Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

The first new Doosan DX350LC-7 36 tonne crawler excavator in Italy has helped to secure the bed of the But creek, a tributary of the Tagliamento river in the province of Udine in Northern Italy.Part of a fleet of Doosan equipment, includi... Read Full Article

As a distribution partner for Metrix, the USA condition monitoring specialists, Northants based Ixthus Instrumentation provides preventative maintenance equipment for vital asset protection on large plant and rotating machinery such as compressors... Read Full Article

“It’s been worth waiting for….”Is the sentiment of Steve O’Keefe, Co-Director of Bradford-based Excel Surfacing Ltd, as the company takes delivery of the very first Volvo P2870D compact wheeled paver to be sold i... Read Full Article

An Ammann Asphalt-Mixing Plant proved so environmentally friendly on one large-scale project that it helped a Chinese company successfully land another high-volume contract.Xingtai Road & Bridge Co., one of the largest contractors in ... Read Full Article

Established in 1996, Rastrum Ltd has been a major force in the development of Rye Wharf. Before Rastrum’s arrival onto the Wharf it was very distressed with no ships to be seen. Due to the intuitiveness and determination of Rod Chapman and D... Read Full Article

AUMUND looks after its customers, especially in difficult times. During the current coronavirus pandemic, the international companies of the Group continue to offer their reliable After Sales Service. Many customers, from cement, steel and oth... Read Full Article

EC-Oil, Engcon's automatic quick mounting system, when combined with a tiltrotator and hydraulic tools makes a huge difference to an excavator's productivity. Increasing profitability, efficiency and safety for the excavator industry. The bene... Read Full Article

A new Volvo EW60E compact wheeled excavator has been delivered to A.C.S. Building Services of Wadebridge, Cornwall, following an impressive demonstration...The six tonne machine has been supplied by Plant & Engineering Servic... Read Full Article

Atlas Copco has introduced four new models to its flagship QAS 5 range of mobile diesel generators, which are fully EU Stage V compliant - QAS 5 250, 325, 450 and 660. Operators can now reduce emissions and improve their carbon footprint, whil... Read Full Article

Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, CEMEX has today confirmed its proposal that it will mothball South Ferriby Cement Plant.... Read Full Article

Generation 8 supersedes a Liebherr R 954 C after 16,000 operating hoursNew R 956: For work in earthmoving and truck loadingMore than 40 Liebherr earthmoving machines in operation with Luxembourg's largest publ... Read Full Article

When it came to specifying new plant equipment to deliver a bridge replacement project in Cumbria, Waitings Ltd knew that only the best would do. The company invested in two new models from Yanmar, a ViO50 midi excavator and C30R tracked dumper, a... Read Full Article

Methods for wide-area suppression of surface-borne microbes such as the novel coronavirus -- also referred to as SARS-Cov-2 or Covid-19 -- is a serious consideration for both private industry and public works.  Atomized mist technology is cur... Read Full Article

By Chris Williams, Industrial Service Manager, Flender UK...Predictive maintenance has become an essential weapon in the armoury of industrial processes and manufacturing by helping avoid breakdowns and plant failures as well as ... Read Full Article

Flexicon (Europe) Ltd have opened an office here to provide factory-direct engineering services and technical sales support to customers throughout Germany, it was announced by Greg Slack, Vice President Global Sales, Flexicon Corporation.... Read Full Article

Rapid International Ltd recently commissioned a new Rapidmix 400CW, fully weighed, mobile continuous mixing plant (pugmill) for Thalle Construction Company (A Tully Group Company) in Leonard, Texas. The new Rapidmix is being utilised for the produ... Read Full Article

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Work on the 49,000-tonne base for the second reactor at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C (HPC) has been completed on schedule.Hanson UK supplied the raw materials for the concrete to main ... Read Full Article

Skillings is one of the early UK customers for Liebherr’s new Generation 8 excavators, placing an order for four machines from the factory in Colmar, France. An R 934 with straight demolition boom and an R 945 have already arrived with a pai... Read Full Article

Working to support the country’s essential services in this unprecedented time, loading bay solution specialist Thorworld Industries has devised safe practice methods to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the company ... Read Full Article