Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

A worldwide leader in bulk material handling technology has announced the formation of a new global business unit, which will focus specifically on the powerhouse, and products designed to clean the boil... Read Full Article

With the continuing success of Prolift as an access provider based in the South West of England the company have recently invested in ten new Manitou Access Platforms to meet the demands of their customers from their depot locations of Wellington,... Read Full Article

Starting in November 2015 Sennebogen is strengthening its distributor network in the UK! Molson Green will join in the SENNEBOGEN team and take over the distributorship for material-handling machines for industries such as Waste, ... Read Full Article

Shell continues to invest and grow its bitumen business in Europe, as many smaller players continue to slow operations due to tough market conditions. Shell ... Read Full Article

A brand new twenty two tonne Volvo EC220E crawler excavator has been delivered to Mackoy Ltd of Chandlers Ford Hampshire as the company continues to expand its groundworks and civil engineering business in the house building and industrial sectors... Read Full Article

When presented with the challenge of designing a Slide Gate Valve for the arduous and demanding duty of handling Frac Sand, Mucon responded by developing a technically superior solution.The Requirement:To develop... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract to supply a sixth unloader for the Mai-Liao power plant in Taiwan. Five large Siwertell unloaders are currently in operation supplying coal to the 4,200 MW facility, the third largest in the coun... Read Full Article

In issue five of Finning News, an article entitled - ‘Mine in a Line’ looked at the scale of the HS2 project, which will see 60 million cubic metres of earth processed by a fleet of plant and equipment. To find out more a... Read Full Article

John Reeve Plant Hire Ltd of Eastry near Sandwich, Kent has broken a long standing tradition by purchasing its first new Volvo compact excavators in the guise of two five tonne ECR50D’s.Needing to replace a couple of ageing machines... Read Full Article

It hardly seems like seven years since the very first OilQuick unit in the UK supplied by ECY Haulmark back in 2008 was installed onto a Komatsu PC240 in Caerphilly, South Wales. ECY Haulmark recently revisited Bond Demolition to catch up with tha... Read Full Article

A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products of Clifton near Penrith, has rekindled a long standing association with Volvo construction equipment products by placing an order for ten Volvo loading shovels.Half of the deal for seven Volvo L120H’s,... Read Full Article

Riverside Machinery Ltd have recently delivered a new CityEquip Hook Lift Jaw Crusher to Sahara (Melksham), Swindon. Manufactured in Germany the crusher is hugely popular with small contractors an... Read Full Article

Sandhurst, has recently announced the opening of a dedicated engineering facility in the centre of the country for the refurbishment, remanufacture and repair of rail, quarry and construction industry equipment.The new business, Sandhurst... Read Full Article

Local authorities are going to award over 80 term maintenance contracts during 2015 for highways maintenance. As well as road surfacing, many contracts also involve street lighting, bridge maintenance and other services. This compares wi... Read Full Article

The General San Martín Port Workers’ Cooperative in Argentina moves over six million tons of agricultural exports a year, its dockers helped by a fleet of 79 Volvo machines.The L90F wheel loader measures up against the mounta... Read Full Article

We live in a very diverse world but in the traditional sense it is still quite unusual for a young girl growing up to have an all consuming interest and fascination in articulated lorries, low loaders and trucks of all shapes and sizes. However, f... Read Full Article

An award winning cyclist safety system, the Bike Hotspot, has been developed by a family-run company in Gloucestershire to reduce the number of accidents involving road cyclists and commercial vehicles. Vehicle safety specialists Sentinel Systems ... Read Full Article

Leading conveyor pulley supplier SpecDrum Engineering, have placed a heavy focus on targeting and developing new export markets within the global materials handling sector.SpecDrum... Read Full Article

Hanson Cement projected to save in excess of £175,000 per annum at Purfleet by using Siemens integrated drive systemsBonus additional energy savings after follow-up site reviewCO2 emissions reduced by 1,487 tonnes... Read Full Article

Reliability and service have been crucial factors in the decision by Norfolk-based Aylsham Plant Hire to purchase a B25E Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) from Bell Equipment.The latest machine represents the third Bell ADT in Aylsham’s ... Read Full Article