Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

With the rise in many European cities insisting that Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) must not produce harmful emissions, the need for electrified vehicles is growing.  Webasto, better known for producing heating and cooling systems, has ... Read Full Article

The third tranche of Direct Rail Services’ (DRS) heritage stock is now available for sale.  This sale will see four Class 37 and two Class 57 locomotives available to buy through a competitive online bidding process. You can fi... Read Full Article

Guy Nicholls, the entrepreneur behind the hugely successful Tru7 Group and brands such as Tippers R Us, TRU Plant and Trucks ‘R’ Us canvassed opinions on suitable equipment suppliers when he began laying the foundations for ... Read Full Article

PRIME Minister as the company strengthens is global manufacturing presence.With 11 factories in the UK employing more than 7,500 people, JCB first began manufacturing in India in 1979 and is now the country’s leading producer of con... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell can now reveal the extremely positive outcomes of its recent innovative research and development (R&D) program, targeted at improving the lifetime of the vertical screw conveyor in its market-leading range of Siwertell technolo... Read Full Article

Many rental companies are struggling to maximize their uptime, meet increased demand and surmount supply chain problems. They can leverage technology and data more to overcome these challenges and drive better decisions, according to leading r... Read Full Article

Gloucestershire plant and tool hire business Rocket Rentals has installed FuelActive’s clean diesel pick-up system across its self-drive plant fleet. The company, which operates a growing selection of crawler excavators, site dumpers, compac... Read Full Article

At the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 22-23 April 2022, Inverurie-based Balgownie, the Authorised Bobcat Dealer for the North of Scotland will be showing the latest in Bobcat mini-excavators and teleha... Read Full Article

John H McNae Ltd, the Authorised Dealer for Bobcat in the Central Belt of Scotland, will present a range of Bobcat equipment including the new R-Series TL30.70 telehandler and the new Bobcat light compaction range at the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition ... Read Full Article

Inverurie-based Balgownie, the Authorised Doosan Dealer for the Scottish Highlands and Islands down to as far south as Fife, will have an impressive stand at the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 22-23 April ... Read Full Article

Withstand material shortage by using your heavy equipment...Type in ‘’island’’ on a search engine and a dreamy image of a piece of land surrounded by clear blue water will appear.Those pictures im... Read Full Article

Bobcat excavators and loaders operating in the Decent Life initiative...Otrac Heavy Equipment, the Bobcat Authorized Dealer in Egypt, has secured the largest ever order in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for new Bobcat mi... Read Full Article

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been awarded a five-year term contract with the City of London Corporation to provide highway improvements and maintenance works across the City’s unique public realm...... Read Full Article

ACC Cement Ltd (Holcim Group) has commissioned AUMUND Engineering Pvt Ltd, Chennai/India, with the refurbishment of the tallest belt bucket elevator in the world, which is 175.3 m high. The elevator is installed at Wadi Cement, one of the largest ... Read Full Article

The UK rail industry has joined together to facilitate sending more than a million items of aid to Ukraine in response to the humanitarian crisis in the region.UK Rail for Ukraine, a cross-industry initiative set up by volunteers in early... Read Full Article

Redditch-based RM Contractors Ltd has placed an order for 11 new DX-7 medium-sized crawler excavators from Doosan. The order is being supplied by Doosan Authorised Dealer, T H WHITE Construction, based in Stourport-on-Severn and comprises 10 DX140... Read Full Article

Since Blue Group purchased Murray Plant back in 2019, it has always been our goal to grow the business to become a leading attachments distributor throughout the UK. In recent years Murray Plant have grown significantly, taking on several new bran... Read Full Article

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been awarded the latest carriageway and footway packages for West Sussex County Council. The contract value, estimated at approximately £6 million, forms part of a wider £12 million... Read Full Article

Derby based, Green Site Solutions, the site lighting division of ISS Labour Ltd., are an environmentally sound supplier of a range of lighting solutions to the UK rail industry. Their markets encompasses; construction, civil engineering, overhead ... Read Full Article

Plant hirer Waitings is tickled pink with its newest heavyweight JCB machine – literally.The latest 22-tonne excavator to join the family firm’s fleet doesn’t come in traditional JCB yellow but in pink – in tribute... Read Full Article