Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

 Following the successful introduction of a productive and reliable Liebherr LR 632B specialist landfill crawler loader at Lafarge Aggregates' Walleys landfill site two years ago, the company has now invested in another model. A "New Gener... Read Full Article

Drumclog Plant, a client of JCC Engcon Group for over 10 years, have recently commissioned JCC Engcon to modify their newest Volvo 14t excavators for low ground pressure use, and supply a new EC15 tiltrotator & quick hitch.   JCC Engcon ... Read Full Article

 The construction of a new cement plant at Tarmac's Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire has helped to create one of the busiest sites in Europe, with product movements in excess of 6 million tonnes per annum.With more than 650 vehicle an... Read Full Article

 Freightliner Group Ltd and GE Transportation have today launched images of the new 'PowerHaul(tm)' locomotive being developed for the UK market at the InnoTrans show in Berlin. 30 of these locomotives where ordered by Freightliner last ye... Read Full Article

COVENTRY, ENGLAND, Friday, June 13, 2008 --- Leading construction equipment manufacturer Terex Construction UK won the coveted Supplier of the Year for Plant award at A-Plant's Annual Conference 2008, held... Read Full Article

BG Europa of Wickhambrook has recently installed an FMA Ullrich Hot Asphalt storage extension to existing Sherwin... Read Full Article

Demand for more productive methods of reconstructing runways is increasing the need for high capacity, mobile asphalt plants.Engineers at Colas are preparing to take the firm's Ermont asph... Read Full Article

Scotland's only large coastal quarry, Glensanda Quarry on Loch Linnhe near Oban in western Scotland, has agreed a long term deal with Alfred McAlpine Plant Services, delivering a fleet of 12 new large quar... Read Full Article

Investigators gathering evidence over alleged cement price fixing in the UK have been boosted by Heidelberg, Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and three other cement producers losing their court bid in Germany to throw out a lawsuit over a price-fixing carte... Read Full Article

One of the premier events at any Olympic games is the marathon race, and in 2008 Beijing will play host to the world's best distance runners. Not only will those world-class runners be making history in front of Beijing's historic Forbidden City and ... Read Full Article

There is a growing role for waterborne freight transport in today's logistics, particularly for the bulk handling industry, writes Frank Worsford. As a student I advanced the argument th... Read Full Article

A specialist Scottish plant hirer and earthworks contractor is using a pair of track-mounted mobile crushers in preparatory works for what is scheduled to become Europe's largest onshore windfarm when it comes online next year. Gl... Read Full Article

Metso Minerals (UK) Ltd, the sole UK importer of Rammer products for the past 10 years, has decided to relinquish the franchise following the rebranding of Rammer's range of hydraulic hammers and attachments as Sandvik Mining and Construction product... Read Full Article

Building a road through a rocky, mountainous Alaskan forest was never going to be easy on the construction equipment, but when the operators are novices it creates extreme demands. Brian O'Sullivan reports from the 49th state of th... Read Full Article

Hanson Building Products have recently signed an order for delivery of a new Sennebogen 6180HD electric 180 tonne dragline. To be supplied by the Sennebogen UK distributor E. H. Hassell of Stoke on Trent this will be one of the biggest draglines sold... Read Full Article

Stockholm, Sweden, February 5, 2007: Atlas Copco AB has entered into an agreement with Altor 2003 Fund to acquire Dynapac AB of Sweden, a leading supplier of compaction and paving equipment for the road construction market. The acqu... Read Full Article

Forest Garden, the UK's largest manufacturer of timber garden products, has just taken delivery of a Liebherr A 924B HD Litronic materials handler for their mill at Lockerbie. Forest Garden has run two A 904 models for around five years at the mil... Read Full Article

Stockholm, Sweden, October 24, 2006: This year marks 50 years since Atlas Copco made a major expansion of its compressor business and accelerated its journey towards worldwide leadership in compressed air. It is also 50 years since Atlas Copco too... Read Full Article

At the forthcoming Bauma exhibition on 23 - 29 April 2007 in Munich, more international companies for construction, building materials and mining are expected to exhibit their current product innovations including the latest trends in technologies... Read Full Article

It's not often that customers take the trouble to send unsolicited testimonials but that's exactly what Bernard Partridge, Technical Advisor for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) at Harwell did for Spiroflow Ltd.Spiroflow s... Read Full Article