Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 99 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet. The deal sees CPI continuing to grow its fleet as it moves forward with sustainable, practical and safe mac... Read Full Article

Continuation of ‘Compact’ product line: new Stage IV / Tier 4f emission standards compliant engine without DPF or EGR valveHigher levels of production than predecessor modelVersatile in urban areas or on na... Read Full Article

Pro Rail Services is a family owned and run rail project management business, established in 2012, based in Rudgwick, located in the heart of the West Sussex countryside. Richard Rowell is the company’s Operations Manager, who is responsible... Read Full Article

A new Volvo EC140E excavator has been delivered to a large, family run dairy farm near Portpatrick, Stranraer, in Dumfries & Galloway thanks to sound third-party references and a specification that impressed its new owner Kenneth McNeil.... Read Full Article

JCB has announced an investment of more than £50 million in a new British plant which will create hundreds of jobs and double production of cabs used on its machines.Work is under way on a 350,000 sq ft facility for JCB Cab Systems ... Read Full Article

Champion has extended its compressor range to include new screw, piston, rotary vane, scroll and portable models, offering a best-in-class portfolio for small and medium-sized industrial businesses.Compressed air is used in an extensive r... Read Full Article

Central Florida based trucking company, Ivetic Trucking, is keeping customers happy with accuracy on volume of materials hauled. The family owned and operated business has been hauling clean fill and ... Read Full Article

A team of school girls from Staffordshire has won Amey’s first ever regional Challenge Cup, a competition aimed at inspiring girls from underprivileged areas into STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) careers. The Cha... Read Full Article

The conclusion of Ian Johnston, Managing Director of Celmisa Plant Hire Ltd, Neilston, Glasgow, as he reflects on his long association operating Volvo articulated haulers and the latest two arrivals to the Celmisa fleet in the guise of Volvo A30Gs... Read Full Article

The newly formed container shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), have signed a contract for guaranteed rail wagon capacity on the main intermodal routes in the United ... Read Full Article

Volvo Construction Equipment is working on a research project to improve work site safety in collaboration with its customer Colas – a world leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. Volvo Constructi... Read Full Article

Kenya Port Authority celebrates reception of 4 cutting-edge ecological hoppers to improve their dry bulk import process and also mitigate environmental damage from fugitive dust. These are the first dust... Read Full Article

A new Rotary Continuous Mixer model CM-16X4-SS from Munson Machinery provides continuous, high-capacity mixing of bulk materials with or without liquid additions at low cost per volume of output.... Read Full Article

Centrocar, the Authorised Dealer for the Doosan range of construction equipment in Spain, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique, has supplied 12 new Doosan excavators to the state-owned Agricultural and Environmental Contractor, Tragsa Group.Th... Read Full Article

Engcon has supplied John Clarke mini digger Hire with its new EC02 tiltrotator package. Operating throughout the Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan area, John Clarke has an Engcon hitch fitted to each of his excavators, and switches the tiltrotator betw... Read Full Article

This June, Mackoy are putting their four new Volvo Crawler Excavators (EC140E model) to the serious test. The new machines are helping Mackoy clear the way to becoming the leading groundworks and civil engineering company in South England.... Read Full Article

The excavator market has soared in recent years thanks to growing urbanization – with 2018 set to mark a record high. But what happens next? Volvo Construction Equipment’s Vice President of Excavator Business Platform Sungmo Yang discu... Read Full Article

“I’m well impressed!” says Gavin Milven, proprietor of G A Milven Plant Hire of Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, as he takes delivery of his new Volvo EC140E excavator.Taking delivery of his ne... Read Full Article

Bobcat has announced details of the 2018 Bobcat Customer Roadshow programme in the UK due to take place at various locations in England and Scotland in the first half of July 2018. The Bobcat Roadshow will arrive in the UK after visiting France, S... Read Full Article

Doosan Bobcat has opened its new backhoe loader plant in India, thus marking its entrance into one of the world’s three largest markets for the compact construction equipment industry.On 4 June 2018, Doosan Bobcat President and CEO,... Read Full Article