Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

To meet the demands of its growing order book, Liskeard-based Fred Champion Groundworks has expanded its CASE Construction Equipment fleet of machines with sixteen, Tier 4 Final, crawler excavators.Fred Champion is one of the largest grou... Read Full Article

Lincolnshire based civil engineering and surfacing contractors, Flexi Dig Ltd has added six new Volvo compact excavators to its plant fleet for the first time, taking delivery from Volvo’s utility dealer for the area – Rickmar Plant Sa... Read Full Article

GWS Vacuum Equipment has recently been used at a new straw fuelled Renewable Energy Plant in North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The straw fired facility is now fully operational, 3 months ahead of schedule, after its commissioning phase ended lat... Read Full Article

A world leader in conveyor bulk handling solutions has used its innovative belt cleaning technology to help a cement manufacturer resolve fugitive material buildup caused by a variety of alternative fuel... Read Full Article

Herga Technology has expanded and improved its economic light industrial duty footswitch range with two new single pole switching models that offer increased temperature range to -20 to +80⁰ in addition to IPX7 ingress protection. The 6219 an... Read Full Article

Bauma 2016, Munich: April 11-17 2016 – Open-air ground FM.813AHyundai Heavy Industries Europe (HHIE) will present an extensive range of equipment for both the construction and forklift world. The constructi... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has delivered two more of its market-leading 10 000 S road-mobile unloaders for cement unloading operations in Libya and Vietnam. The new trailer-based, diesel-powered machines are fitted with a double bellows system a... Read Full Article

Perlite Management Services Ltd have carried out a critical perlite removal project on board theLNG tanker mv "Al Gattara”.They decided the most efficient and cost effective way would be for the whole project to be completed while t... Read Full Article

Solids handling specialist, Ajax Equipment has improved hopper flow at a Scandinavian puffed oat and rice maker. The design of the company’s main storage hopper was causing segregation, leading to quality issues arising from poor distributio... Read Full Article

HOLLAND, Michigan (February 25, 2016) – National Bulk Equipment, Inc. (NBE). Recognizing a void in the marketplace for process-critical flexible screw conveyor systems, NBE introduces its line of a... Read Full Article

A JCB Loadall telescopic handler has been playing a leading role in Hollywood…. ensuring the most glittering event in the global showbiz calendar all runs to plan. Preparations for the 88th Academy Awards are now in full swing... Read Full Article

IronPlanet and Cat Auction Services are delighted to announce the launch of their inaugural European Unreserved Public Auction to include quality used Cat® equipment, to be hosted by Finning.The landmark auction will take place on Wed... Read Full Article

The Materials Handling Engineers Association is proud to announce the dates for its annual BULKEX conference.BULKEX16 – to be held again at the prestigious Harrogate... Read Full Article

Miller UK will be exhibiting its new PowerLatch Tilt coupler at the 2016 ScotPlant event – Scotland’s biggest construction equipment trade show.The leading earthmoving attachments manufacturer has a significant customer base i... Read Full Article

The desire to change out a six year old Volvo EC160C for the latest E model has materialised in the very first EC160E to be delivered in Great Britain going to JJ Groundworks of Buckingham.New Volvo EC160E for JJ Groundwo... Read Full Article

Kinder Australia announces a new logo - the recognisable red “K” now standing out in front of the word KINDER and “EXPERIENCE INNOVATION PRODUCTIVITY” as their new slogan. “We believe that this change better reflects ... Read Full Article

Family owned business, Adey Steel Group, are expanding their team with an ongoing recruitment process and an exciting apprenticeship programme, giving young people the chance to build a career in the steel industry.Recognising the need to... Read Full Article

Precia-Molen has recently installed a new ABS-XI14 hopper scale and associated software which has increased efficiency in a busy grain operation situated within Southampton Docks in the UK.History: The first grain s... Read Full Article

At bauma in Munich!Following the March 2015 deadline for applications to exhibit at the next bauma, taking place from April 11 to 17, 2016, it was already clear that demand for exhibition space is again very high... Read Full Article

Earthmoving and Plant Hire Contractors, B T Jenkins of Clyst St Mary, Exeter has opted for a brace of Volvo EC220E crawler excavators for its fleet of equipment, continuing a long tradition of operating Volvo Construction Equipment products.... Read Full Article