Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Engcon is setting the benchmark for operator and on-site safety and highlighting its commitment to ensuring the safest working environment for its customers by focusing solely on supplying its innovative and ultra-modern Q-Safe (QS) quick hitc... Read Full Article

Bromley based Standard Plant Hire Ltd has added ten Volvo fourteen tonne excavators to its plant fleet for the first time heralding its entry into hiring larger machines across the South East of England...The new Volvo additions,... Read Full Article

During the middle part of this decade the ready mixed concrete market recovered a significant amount of the ground lost as a result of the 2007 recession, returning to annual outputs of more than 25 million m3. However, the last two years ha... Read Full Article

Is the opinion of father and son team, Phil and William O’Rourke, proprietors of Portsmouth based O’Rourke Infrastructure Services Ltd (OIS) as they take delivery of their third Volvo P6870C wheeled paver...Establishe... Read Full Article

A leading manufacturer of construction products is revealing its business ‘secrets’ to help ensure organisations benefit from the best service.Elite Precast Concrete has become one of the biggest companies of its kind in the U... Read Full Article

Replacing his first EC140ELM purchased three years ago, Ben’s new charge is certainly a one-off, after making a long list of modifications and alterations to the standard factory offering to satisfy... Read Full Article

One of the UK’s leading modern plant and equipment specialists, Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, is looking to further increase its operational efficiencies with the purchase of four Engcon tiltrotators.The plant hire firm has incorp... Read Full Article

Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) are in the top 10% of general further education colleges in the country for students aged 16 – 18. Both colleges offer a wide range of courses from A-levels to apprenticeships which are taught by ... Read Full Article

JCB today announced a $25 million investment in its Brazilian operations as the company gears up for growth. The investment was confirmed as JCB hosted the Governor of the State of São Paulo, João Doria at the company&r... Read Full Article

Elite Sheet Piling Ltd of Stoke on Trent has added a brand new forty tonne excavator to its fleet of piling machines and equipment in the guise of a Volvo EC380E...The EC380E was chosen my Managing Director Carl Ingram a... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, the UK’s largest auctioneers of construction machinery and industrial equipment, announces a special unreserved ‘one day’ sale of ex-rental construction plant, machinery, access equipment and small... Read Full Article

The energy sector has undergone major transformation in the last number of years with increasingly restrictive legislative measures and associated fluctuations in the demand for certain fuels. The industry has been forced to pursue alternative fue... Read Full Article

LMBab operator Patrik Ekström says Volvo’s Dig Assist feature for excavators has improved his work life massively. Unique to Volvo, the user-friendly new system helps operators complete excavation tasks safely, accu... Read Full Article

Following the introduction of new emission standards earlier this year, CASE Construction Equipment announces the first European sale of its Stage V excavator range. The machine, a CASE CX90D, was sold by dealer Dennis Barnfield to engineeri... Read Full Article

With its headquarters located in Ripley Derbyshire, Collins Plant Sales Ltd has been appointed as SMT GB’s utility equipment dealer covering Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire with immediate effect... ... Read Full Article

PD Ports has launched a dedicated rail freight service between Teesport and Doncaster in partnership with GB Railfreight, for its major customer Containerships - Intra-European leader of multimodal transport.The new service is responding ... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, Europe’s largest auctioneers of industrial plant, construction machinery and agricultural equipment, held a two-day auction on the 13th & 14th June to dis... Read Full Article

Innovative truck mixer as a semitrailer from LiebherrNew truck mixer as a semitrailer now availableMaximum flexibility without compromising payloadsWith conveyor belt for concrete and gravel ... Read Full Article

Two compact Liebherr machines in use since 2017Comprehensive solutions thanks to machine, hydraulic changer and toolsFamily-run company Montagnier TP a Liebherr customer for around 30 years&nb... Read Full Article

Three new Volvo EC220E crawler excavators  and two Volvo A25G articulated haulers have been delivered to Leeds based Sirius Group for their civil engineering division – Sirius Civils and thanks to an ever increasing order book for m... Read Full Article