Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Macaulay Askernish Ltd, a privately owned civil engineering contractor headquartered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, has taken delivery of two new Volvo EC140E excavators for a dedicated 21 kilometre utilities contract on St... Read Full Article

Tower Hamlets has become the first borough in London to rubber stamp a road made partly from old recycled tyres that would once have been destined for a landfill site.Working with Tarmac, the company behind the innovative technology, Towe... Read Full Article

Decision based on performance and versatilityA cost-effective machine and a comfortable working environmentThe family company Rokemann: serving customers for over 20 years"With its great versa... Read Full Article

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched UK Concrete, a new public and political advocacy vehicle for the UK’s concrete industry.UK Concrete’s principle aim is to proactively engage with political stakeholders and p... Read Full Article

JCB is ending short time working at its UK factories and reverting to a five-day working pattern. Around 4,000 JCB and agency shop floor employees have been working a 34-hour week for the past fortnight due to anticipated compo... Read Full Article

Up to 150 m³ output capacity per hourOptimum construction site mixing plant due to mobile constructionFavourable transport thanks to container design with sea container approvalA highly mobile con... Read Full Article

Leading UK hire specialist Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage has benefitted from six-figure savings and a 30 percent reduction in fleet-related incidents. This was all achieved in the last year, following the implementation of Connexas Group’s ... Read Full Article

Under the themes of Technology, Innovation and Efficiency, Bobcat will present the very latest developments from the company at the Smopyc 2020 Exhibition in Zaragoza in Spain, including new compact track and skid-steer loaders, mini-excavators, t... Read Full Article

Scott Young & Sons of Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway, has taken delivery of a new bespoke sixteen-tonne Volvo EC160E for its general contracting business... Joining an existing EC160E and EC220E, a ne... Read Full Article

This edition will see MB Crusher America both at the demo area and in the centre hall.On March 10-14, 2020, at the Silver Lot - Booth #S5003 at Conexpo 2020, three of a kind will... Read Full Article

Back in July 2019 AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH began increasing capacity in its engineering team; this signalled the start of new product design in conveying and transportation of alternative fuels. The en... Read Full Article

Centrocar, the exclusive importer for the Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment range in Spain, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique, will be showing a wide range of Doosan wheel loaders and excavators at the Smopyc 2020 Exhibition from 1-4 April 202... Read Full Article

Outdoor stand: Festival Grounds – F2658The Mecalac Group clinched its first sales in the United States in 2016 thanks to a partnership in Massachusetts. The following y... Read Full Article

HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) celebrates 25 years in Europe. After making its European debut in Geel (province of Antwerp, Belgium) in 1995 the company is now located in a new state-of-the-art European headquarters in Tessenderlo (p... Read Full Article

Building materials supplier CEMEX is proud to launch the UK’s first ready mixed concrete that is a CarbonNeutral® product. It presents the Vertua® low carbon concrete range,... Read Full Article

Hanson is offering its customers a new range of reduced emission asphalt (REA) products to help minimise the impact of asphalt production and laying on local air quality.The move follows the company's successful REA trials using Shell ... Read Full Article

Montabert, one of the most renowned and respected names in rock breaking attachments, is now a Komatsu-owned company.Whilst continuing to make its traditional products in their iconic green colour scheme, selling them through its long-sta... Read Full Article

N.E Surfacing Ltd of Rayne, Essex, has just purchased a second Volvo P6870C wheeled paver, replacing its three year-old predecessor...“We’ve been very pleased with the performance and reliability of the P6870C over th... Read Full Article

RSG Structures Ltd were recently contracted to undertake construction of a new bunker facility for a client in Stoke, which is part of a larger contract involving demolition and rebuild. The bunker was to have very durable 6.4m high walls and was ... Read Full Article

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020, the largest trade show in North America for construction, concrete, aggregates, asphalt, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and related industries is just weeks away from opening. More than 2.5 million square feet ... Read Full Article