Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

JCB has today started a fresh recruitment drive for 500 new shop floor employees as demand for its machinery continues to soar. The company is setting on the additional agency employees at its 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire a... Read Full Article

Bobcat is launching the company's new generation R-Series telehandler range, providing a choice of 12 models with Stage V engines. The new telehandlers cover lifting heights from 6 to 18 m with maximum lifting capacities between 2.6 and 4.1 tonne.... Read Full Article

Work has commenced on a new 14,000 square foot extension to Rapid International’s existing 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The new extension will create an additional 30 jobs and provide increase... Read Full Article

GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s leading transport companies and the fastest growing rail freight operator, operated the first loaded freight service from Stanton Gate since 2009 on behalf of Ward.GBRf reacted to a late notice demand... Read Full Article

Sibbald Training is recognised as one of the top training companies in Scotland, providing a vast array of specialised training and assessment solutions to a wide range of industry sectors such as construction, civil engineering, utilities, local ... Read Full Article

The problem with excavated earth and rocks is, from an economic, regulatory, and an environmental perspective. However, there is a solution and is within reach...Although NASA’s Ingenuity drone helicopter landed on Mars, th... Read Full Article

Direct Rail Services (DRS) has been named ‘The Best Performing Rail Freight Operator’ for the eighth year running at the Golden Whistle Awards.Now in its 12th year, the awards, organised by the Institute of Railway Operators a... Read Full Article

Includes orders from countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa...Doosan Infracore has announced that it has signed contracts to deliver a total of 221 construction machines in countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and La... Read Full Article

JCB employees are embarking on a major fundraising drive for children’s charity the NSPCC with the launch of a £70,000 appeal. The JCB NSPCC Platinum Jubilee Appeal starts this week and is set to run until 2022 to coincid... Read Full Article

During difficult times it seems easier to ''just get on with it'', trying to adjust to accommodate the way we always did things.But last year has taught everyone to adapt, which inevitably led to embracing changes. This brin... Read Full Article

Minutdagen in cooperation with AjaBajaCancer foundation has teamed up with Bobcat Sverige AB, the exclusive dealer for the Bobcat range in Sweden, to auction off a unique Bobcat machine decorated with children’s drawings. All proceeds from t... Read Full Article

The three new ranges are:The Standard Range: features a variety of standard chain manufactured with precision to suit simple drives with large diameter sprockets or complex drives with multiple sprockets and high load bea... Read Full Article

All industries and environments have their own level of responsibilities and ways in which they demonstrate competency throughout their workforce; this will differ depending on the risk levels of that particular site but will not discourage the fa... Read Full Article

Total UK Limited – ... Read Full Article

The #MyKubota competition is back and Kubota UK is urging all Kubota fans to submit their entries, offering customers the chance to win a £200 retail voucher and a number of runner-up prizes.From the 3rd to the 31st of May, users mu... Read Full Article

GKD Technologies are pleased to announce that Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers Ltd has been appointed to supply, install, maintain and provide aftermarket service support for its range of Rail Safety Control Solutions.As an appointed de... Read Full Article

To improve safety, Volvo Trucks has developed an acoustic alert system with unique sounds for its electric truck models. The alert – designed to be pleasant and unobtrusive, both for the driver and others close by – will increase... Read Full Article

Tarmac and its rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced that the delivery of construction materials on a key strategic route will be powered entirely by 100 per cent renewable fuel.The partners have confirmed that environmentally f... Read Full Article

With OEMs slowing down or ceasing to manufacture due to Covid, the demand for good, late, low hours used equipment and machinery is higher than ever with buyers in the UK & Ireland out bidding European and world buyers. Chris Osborne, Terr... Read Full Article

Duchy Plant Hire Ltd, based in Truro in Cornwall, has expanded with the purchase of 15 new Doosan excavators of various sizes from 2.7 to 25.5 tonne from Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd, based in Bridgwater in Somerset, the Authorised Doosan Dealer for... Read Full Article