Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Shell Bitumen paved the way for more than 200 students from 29 countries around the world to put their energy efficient vehicles through their paces at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe by laying the temp... Read Full Article

A Lancashire Plant Hire company has cemented its relationship with a long established supplier of Hyundai machines - snapping up their second machine in just a matter of months.MJ Teale Plant Hire Ltd purchased their first machine from Ta... Read Full Article

Freightliner is delighted to announce the launch of its 23rd daily rail service from the Port of Felixstowe, increasing the total number of daily trains from the port to 32.The service will operate to/from the Freightliner rail port at Do... Read Full Article

The JCB 1CX-T tracked backhoe loader is proving hugely popular for a Welsh plant hirer - as a cost-saving, single-machine solution to a wide variety of tasks.Haverfordwest-based TJ Wales Plant Hire bought the machine from local dealer Hol... Read Full Article

Warrington based attachment specialists ECY Haulmark are delighted to announce a new dealer agreement between themselves and FRD Furukawa has been signed. The new agreement will see ECY Haulmark becoming the exclusive sole dealer for Furukawa brea... Read Full Article

Kelston Sparkes, a leading South West earthworks contractor, has once again become the first UK business to complete the purchase and delivery of the latest Cat® 730C2 articulated truck model, in a connected fleet deal with Finning UK and Irel... Read Full Article

Richard Budge, the businessman who was crowned “King Coal” after he successfully spear-headed the purchase of State-owned British Coal’s mining assets in England when the industry was privatised over 20 years ago, died today (Mon... Read Full Article

Two new Volvo ECR88D reduced swing compact excavators have been delivered to the West Midlands based Site Services business of Interserve, the international support services and construction group, by Volvo Construction Equipment’s utility d... Read Full Article

“Going.., going.., and I …, sold it to the gentleman in the back! What’s your buyer number, Sir?” On May 10 heavy equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. held its third UK auction of the year in Donington Park (Derby). The thre... Read Full Article

Continuous non-contact level measurementThe robust stainless steel construction makes the NR 3000 extremely suitable for all kinds of industrial applications. The unit operates at a high frequency of 78 GHz. This delivers... Read Full Article

The Stormajor® was originally installed in 1988 at the port for stockpiling oil rape seed, barley, wheat and malt. Forth Ports and SAMSON Materials Handling decided that bringing the St... Read Full Article

A leading hirer to the road building and maintenance sector has bought two of JCB’s brand new 3CX Compact models which have been purpose-built for the industry.Supplied by dealer Gunn JCB, Tipton-based MAC Surfacing has taken delive... Read Full Article

The National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC) prides itself on its reputation as a global training provider for those involved in the maintenance and management of fluid power systems and control and is recognised as the leader in industry training and d... Read Full Article

MJ Church, a leading civil engineering, earthworks and waste management contractor based in Wiltshire, has further strengthened its already extensive taskforce with the addition of ten new Bell Equipment B30E ADTs.With a number of machine... Read Full Article

Dean Ashton, a specialist with a track record of delivering major multi-million projects within the recycling and waste to energy sector, and an in-depth knowledge of plant procurement, joins the co... Read Full Article

Bell Equipment’s relationship with ECI JCB continues to go from strength to strength, since the leading Irish construction machinery dealer became the main Bell supplier for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland last year. The result ... Read Full Article

Wirtgen Slipform Pavers face the challenge...The growing capital Ulaanbaatar is getting ready for a new airport. The New Ulaanbataar International Airport, or NUBIA for short, will increase passenger capacity by ... Read Full Article

RUD Chains Ltd is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of round steel chains, producing top quality chain components and systems for a wide variety of markets and applications. They supply the bulk... Read Full Article

Liebherr invited to design and supply excavator for Moray Council’s new £2.5 million dredgerLiebherr 936 excavator chosen to be bow-mounted on the MV Selkie936 unloads 260 tonnes in half an hour on first tr... Read Full Article

GWS Vacuum Equipment is currently been used on board the new super-carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Queen Elizabeth is the first of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers. The vessel, which will have a displacement of 65,000 tons, is the largest... Read Full Article