Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

JSJ Construction of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, has invested in a new Volvo A25G articulated hauler for its growing fleet of ground working equipment. Of which, there are now three twenty-five tonne Volvo trucks in their growing holding of... Read Full Article

A North West plant hirer has invested in a fleet of 20 of JCB’s world leading 3CX backhoe loaders. Stockport-based H&C Plant Hire has purchased the JCB 3CX Eco models to carry out a range of local council contracts in the M... Read Full Article

With Wales leading the march in its progressive adoption of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), Aggregate Industries has emphasised the important opportun... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has delivered a high-capacity Siwertell ship unloader to Gramosa Agroalimentos SA. It was ordered in 2018 to ensure efficient, environment-friendly and careful material handling for Gramosa Agroalimentos’s new agri-... Read Full Article

Boels Rental, the UK division of the leading Dutch organisation are expanding and strengthening their hire fleet of lighting towers. The company has just purchased a further one hundred X-ECO LED lighting sets from the Cambridgeshire based company... Read Full Article

The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, announces the take over of a majority stake in its UK dealer Mawsley Machinery Ltd, based near Northampton, consecutive to the retirement of their main shareholders.A priva... Read Full Article

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested a further £11m into Molson Group, the UK’s largest independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors. ... Read Full Article

With over 3,000 lots consigned already it’s an event you’ll not want to miss!Euro Auctions, record breaking auctioneers of industrial plant, and construction machinery, has already consigned over 3,000 lots consigned ... Read Full Article

ECY Haulmark, the leading supplier of high-quality hydraulic attachments for excavators in the United Kingdom, has signed a co-operation agreement with Steelwrist for supply of fully automatic couplers and attachment interfaces.E... Read Full Article

Allu, the manufacturer of the Transformer and Processor ranges of attachments, has recently launched a rental division within its home market of Finland. This has enabled countless Finnish companies to enjoy the benefits of the Allu solutions,... Read Full Article

Over-pressurisation of storage silos during powder deliveries is a significant safety issue, one which the cement and aggregates industries (amongst others) have become cognisant of over the last decade. Whilst it is a complex problem, the ris... Read Full Article

Shell Bitumen has entered into a partnership with Tiki Tar Industries to sell bitumen to customers in the pavement sector, including national and state h... Read Full Article

The RopeCon® system which transports platinum ore from Booysendal South to the existing processing plant has recently gone into operation. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of North... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has delivered a high-capacity Siwertell ST 640-M screw-type ship unloader to South Texas Cement’s terminal in the US port of Corpus Christi. Ordered in 2018 by US-based GCCM Holdings LCC after an extensive decision-making pro... Read Full Article

Bosch Rexroth takes Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously and allows its associates time off work to support good causes either by giving their time in the community supporting local projects and schools or in fund raising activities.&nbs... Read Full Article

Do you complete maintenance activities or move heavy loads on your site? Are you a utility or building products company looking to train your employees on a swing lift to enable them to carry out their daily job responsibilities safely and efficie... Read Full Article

Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator occupied a very special place on the world's most beautiful avenue o... Read Full Article

JCB is helping a leading London construction skills provider deliver a world first – training on electric diggers. The company has provided a JCB 19C-1E mini excavator – the world’s first electric mini excavator to ... Read Full Article

The national equipment hire group, GAP Hire Solutions, has extended their hire fleet of site lighting towers following the purchase in excess of a further two hundred X-ECO LED sets from Trime UK Limited.The order was finalised at the rec... Read Full Article

D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstration by SMT GB’s utility dealer, CS Machinery Sales Ltd...The machines chosen by ... Read Full Article