Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

We will keep you up to date on the trade fair highlights from Wacker Neuson!EW100: A New Era of Wheeled Excavators BeginsThe Wacker Neuson wheeled excavator EW100 is uniq... Read Full Article

The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has today called for an ambitious target to be set for Great British Railways (GBR) to drive rail freight growth...Responding to the Call for Evidence from the GBR Transition Team, RFG highlighted the... Read Full Article

Hanson’s Padeswood cement works in Flintshire has been shortlisted for funding as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Phase 2 Carbon Capture and Storage Cluster Sequencing process.The a... Read Full Article

Direct Rail Services (DRS) wins prestigious award for growing rail freight in exciting new areas.  The Rail Freight Group awards, held earlier this month, showcase excellence in all aspects of rail freight and the benefit it brings t... Read Full Article

Around 70 years ago the first AUMUND conveyor with deep-drawn pans for the transportation of clinker was installed. Since then AUMUND Fördertechnik (Rheinberg/Germany) has become an international market leader in products and efficient soluti... Read Full Article

Von der Wehl Unternehmensgruppe, a long-standing Doosan dealer in Northern Germany, reports a successful NordBau exhibition for the Doosan brand. Nordbau is Northern Europe's largest compact construction trade fair and was again held as before in ... Read Full Article

At the trade fair, visitors can see for themselves how easy it is to make the #switch to the E-machine. The well-known WL20e e-wheel loader has already been in series production since 2015 and will be presented at Bauma in its third generati... Read Full Article

One of Scotland’s leading civil engineering contractors has bought the world’s first Hyundai HX145A LCR HW (High Walker) model.Crieff-based MAM Contracting has taken delivery of the unique machine. Th... Read Full Article

Global buildings materials supplier CEMEX was pleased to welcome H.E. Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena, Mexican Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to its flagship UK cement plant, based in Rugby... Read Full Article

The new TL25.60 telehandler and S86 skid-steer and T86 track loaders...Bobcat has expanded the company’s next generation R-Series range of products with the launch of the new Super Compact TL25.60 telehandler and the new S8... Read Full Article

Aquajet, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative Hydrodemolition technology, will showcase its full line of Hydrodemolition robots at a bigger and better booth at ... Read Full Article

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is calling on plant owners to consider taking on an apprentice. Funding is in place for plant owners to access, including an Apprenticeship Grant of up to £14,500 as well as a further £500 f... Read Full Article

Irish construction equipment distributor, McHale Plant Sales has moved to further strengthen its aftersales support, both at its Birdhill and Rathcoole operations.The move is described by company chairman, Michael McHale as ‘one tha... Read Full Article

J H Fencing Contractor Ltd, based in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, has purchased the first Bobcat MaxControl Remote Control system in the UK from Bedale-based Grays Machinery Ltd, the local Authorised Bobcat Dealer. J H Fencing is ... Read Full Article

Machine design is a lynchpin for mechanical industries, from aerospace and medical to emobility. This process ultimately determines manufacturing costs and profits for the product, setting the stage for its success or failure. As such, intel... Read Full Article

• Berco Aftermarket S.r.l.: a new company entirely focused on the Aftermarket• Customer satisfaction at the heart of the new venture• New direction and extension of product and service portfolioBerco, a... Read Full Article

JCB has created more than 150 new jobs for apprentices and graduates with an £8 million investment in its industry-leading early careers programme.The new recruits started their jobs this week as JC... Read Full Article

Leading construction equipment distributor, Shellplant, has surpassed the 5,000 sales mark for its Kubota mini-excavator range. Based in Northamptonshire, the company has been partnered with Kubota for some 25 years. Shellplant celebrated its 1,00... Read Full Article

Hanson has used an innovative low carbon asphalt for the first time in the UK as part of a programme of road maintenance schemes carried out with Dorset Council ahead of next week’s Tour of Britain.The eight-stage men’s profes... Read Full Article

Liebherr shows a range of innovations for the railway systemLiebherr is located in the outdoor area south – booth no. O/170Liebherr will be attending InnoTrans in Berlin from... Read Full Article