Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Asbury Graphite & Carbons is one of the largest global processors of graphite and other carbon materials used in the plastics, automotive, lubrication, powder metallurgy, petroleum and coatings industries. Its European installation in the Neth... Read Full Article

Working hand-in-hand with the MySMT development team, A.W. Jenkinson and SMT GB have developed a cutting-edge information and service portal...In today’s highly digitalised age, having quick and easy access to fleet i... Read Full Article

SANY UK, a leading global manufacturer of construction equipment, is pleased to announce its membership in the Hire Association Europe (HAE).The HAE is the leading trade association for the plant and tool hire industry in Europe, promotin... Read Full Article

This year marks the 28th successive ALARM survey and we received a record number of responses from 75% of local authorities, who have been working against a backdrop of increased costs caused by rising inflation, more extreme weather events, incre... Read Full Article

Leading construction enabling works contractor, Rhodar, is growing at pace, having secured a number of significant new contracts across the UK in recent months. These wins, spanning its core demolition, remediation, asbestos removal and passive fi... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has received an order for a next-generation Siwertell road-mobile ship unloader from new customer, Kosmos Cement Company. The American-owned cement producer specializes in high-quality Portland cement and has specified Siwertell dr... Read Full Article

Hosplant, one of the South East’s leading construction machinery dealers, hosted a special open day event on 22nd February to celebrate 20 years of trading.Founded in 2003, Hosplant has experienced a number of ke... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has secured an order from Senegal Minergy Port SA (SMP) for a high-capacity grain handling Siwertell ship unloader for a new port development, Bargny-Sendou, located near Dakar, Senegal, west Africa. SMP has been esta... Read Full Article

The largest electric excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) – the EC230 Electric – has made its debut in Denmark after proving itself successful across multiple applications.Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo ... Read Full Article

JCB has won its biggest ever deal in the UK after rental firm Morris Leslie Plant Hire placed an order for £87.5 million worth of machines – including a big fleet of 3CX backhoe loaders.The huge order from the Perth-based comp... Read Full Article

Without drives the world would not turn, even in our more digitalized era. No raw materials are being processed, no food made, no containers loaded, no energy generated, no smartphones produced without a gearbox being involved. For more than 120 y... Read Full Article

DEVELON Brand Builds on Achievements in Technology & Innovation...(Note: Doosan Infracore is replacing the DOOSAN brand on its construction equipment and introducing its new brand named DEVELON which is n... Read Full Article

PD Ports is delighted to have secured a new long-term deal with worldwide logistics specialist CLdN.The new service, consisting of four round trip sailings per week, three from Zeebrugge and one from Rotterdam, reinforces Teesport’s... Read Full Article

Solids handling equipment maker, Ajax Equipment, has supplied material transfer specialists, , with two retractable stainless steel triple screw feeders with hoppers for powder handling.Sitting above the triple screw feeders, the hoppers ... Read Full Article

Rubix, a market leading pan-European distributor of industrial products and services, has released a new ‘Quick wins to cut energy waste’ report, which addresses inefficiency issues in motor-driven systems.Industrial motor-dri... Read Full Article

Recently, the Wolfson Centre started applying digital twinning in the field of pneumatic conveying, which involves transporting bulk materials through pip... Read Full Article

Following the successful completion of the installation phase of the Southern section of Hinckley Connection, Kelston Sparkes was subsequently appointed to manage the groundworks along the northern section from Sandford to Portbury. The two-year p... Read Full Article

Owner continues to benefit from enormous fuel savings...August Lücking GmbH & Co. KG is a 123 year old building materials producer based in north-west Germany. About two years ago, the company purchased a Doosan DL420CVT... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK has reiterated its call for the UK Government to set an ambitious target for rail freight growth...New research published today by Rail Partners claims that trebling rail freight traffic by 2050 would deli... Read Full Article

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment showed further growth in the first month of the year, recording a 10% increase compared with January 2022 levels, as shown in the chart below. This followed strong sales in Q4 last year wh... Read Full Article