Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

A Volvo EC18D compact excavator has established a niche for itself with owners W T Paterson Joinery & Building - working on a whole spectrum of property maintenance duties at the huge glass manufacturing facility in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.... Read Full Article

Inspired by the growing popularity of its SiteZone proximity warning system, anti-collision health and safety expert OnGrade decides to use ‘SiteZone Safety’ as its public-facing brand.Following the successful UK-wide applicat... Read Full Article

Express Concrete Ltd is a newly-formed ready mixed concrete business in the London areaThe company has purchased eight HTM 804 truck mixers from Liebherr for its plant in BarkingTwo further plants are in the pipeline w... Read Full Article

The quality of transport infrastructure plays a critical role in the success of a town, city, region or country. And the UK government has made improving transport a key priority, not only to increase our competitiveness, but also to ensure that w... Read Full Article

H&S Contractors Ltd of Kingsnorth, Hoo in Kent continues to add Volvo Construction Equipment products to its plant portfolio, following the purchase of a 25-tonne L150H late last year for its hire fleet.Established back in 1972, H&... Read Full Article

Highways England’s strategic road network has over 1,200km of concrete pavement throughout its system, with the local authority network containing even more. Bridges, flyovers and other concrete structures also require special consideration ... Read Full Article

JCB today announced a £500 Christmas bonus for more than 5,500 UK employees.The pay out was announced this morning across at the company’s 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham. JCB CEO Graeme Macdonal... Read Full Article

Anyone who has walked barefoot into a child’s room late at night will probably hate Lego bricks. That aside, Lego has got to be one of the best toys ever developed. It’s an open system with which you can build whatever you want. Lego t... Read Full Article

Liebherr provides concrete technology for the production of ready mixed concrete and to supply prefabricated or pre-cast concrete element production plants. Providing concrete production solutions from the smallest site to major construction proje... Read Full Article

Mike Taylor Plant Hire of Blairgowrie, Perth & Kinross has opted for a Volvo reduced swing ECR58D for the first time.The new six-tonne machine has been supplied by SMT GB’s utility dealer for the north of Scotland,CSM Sales Ltd,... Read Full Article

Hanson UK is supplying concrete for part of the Midland Metro Alliance (MMA) tram extension projects, one of the biggest construction projects outside London.The venture comprises of six separate projects and Hanson is providing 45,000m3 ... Read Full Article

HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) held an official opening ceremony last week for its new headquarters in Tessenderlo, Belgium. Management from the South Korean headquarters, national and regional government, the European dealer network... Read Full Article

The Materials Handling Engineers Association has appointed a new president, John Connolly, who will hold the post for the next two years. John, who has been Vice President for two years and... Read Full Article

Collett Plant Hire Limited has bought four new JCB tracked excavator models to signal a rapid expansion for the Newark-based firm. Established in 2015, with just one machine bought through the 'JCB Your Own Boss' scheme, entrepreneur... Read Full Article

Having being impressed with the versatility, reliability, fuel economy and the performance of their first CASE CX130D excavator, premier golf course constructors John Greasley Ltd have taken delivery of their second, fitted with a Rototilt R4 tilt... Read Full Article

A global leader in bulk handling technology has introduced a 12 VDC electric vibrator that combines superior performance with long-lasting reliability to improve material flow in specialized hauling and ... Read Full Article

November 13 – Changzhou, Jiangsu, Today, LiuGong held its 2017 Global Dealer Conference in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. With the theme of “Innovation Creates the Future”, LiuGong shared its 60 years’ heritage as well... Read Full Article

With nearly 800 visitors attending over two weeks in October, the Doosan Bobcat Demo Days event continues to go from strength to strength. The latest Demo Days also showed how international the event has become, as Doosan and Bobcat dealers and cu... Read Full Article

C D McNeill of Dingwall, Ross-shire has purchased a fourth EC27C for its contracting business.The new EC27C is the fourth machine in a line to join C D McNeill’s contracting fleet, who took delivery of the first of its kind to be so... Read Full Article

So says Brian Taylor, proprietor of B G Taylor Groundworks of Glenrothes as he reflects on one year’s operation with his Volvo EC27C and ECR50D compact excavators.Having owned and operated a Volvo ECR88 Plus (8.5 tonnes) for some ti... Read Full Article