Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Gloucestershire plant and tool hire business Rocket Rentals has installed FuelActive’s clean diesel pick-up system across its self-drive plant fleet. The company, which operates a growing selection of crawler excavators, site dumpers, compac... Read Full Article

At the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 22-23 April 2022, Inverurie-based Balgownie, the Authorised Bobcat Dealer for the North of Scotland will be showing the latest in Bobcat mini-excavators and teleha... Read Full Article

John H McNae Ltd, the Authorised Dealer for Bobcat in the Central Belt of Scotland, will present a range of Bobcat equipment including the new R-Series TL30.70 telehandler and the new Bobcat light compaction range at the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition ... Read Full Article

Inverurie-based Balgownie, the Authorised Doosan Dealer for the Scottish Highlands and Islands down to as far south as Fife, will have an impressive stand at the ScotPlant 2022 Exhibition at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 22-23 April ... Read Full Article

Withstand material shortage by using your heavy equipment...Type in ‘’island’’ on a search engine and a dreamy image of a piece of land surrounded by clear blue water will appear.Those pictures im... Read Full Article

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been awarded a five-year term contract with the City of London Corporation to provide highway improvements and maintenance works across the City’s unique public realm...... Read Full Article

Bobcat excavators and loaders operating in the Decent Life initiative...Otrac Heavy Equipment, the Bobcat Authorized Dealer in Egypt, has secured the largest ever order in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for new Bobcat mi... Read Full Article

ACC Cement Ltd (Holcim Group) has commissioned AUMUND Engineering Pvt Ltd, Chennai/India, with the refurbishment of the tallest belt bucket elevator in the world, which is 175.3 m high. The elevator is installed at Wadi Cement, one of the largest ... Read Full Article

The UK rail industry has joined together to facilitate sending more than a million items of aid to Ukraine in response to the humanitarian crisis in the region.UK Rail for Ukraine, a cross-industry initiative set up by volunteers in early... Read Full Article

Redditch-based RM Contractors Ltd has placed an order for 11 new DX-7 medium-sized crawler excavators from Doosan. The order is being supplied by Doosan Authorised Dealer, T H WHITE Construction, based in Stourport-on-Severn and comprises 10 DX140... Read Full Article

Since Blue Group purchased Murray Plant back in 2019, it has always been our goal to grow the business to become a leading attachments distributor throughout the UK. In recent years Murray Plant have grown significantly, taking on several new bran... Read Full Article

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been awarded the latest carriageway and footway packages for West Sussex County Council. The contract value, estimated at approximately £6 million, forms part of a wider £12 million... Read Full Article

Plant hirer Waitings is tickled pink with its newest heavyweight JCB machine – literally.The latest 22-tonne excavator to join the family firm’s fleet doesn’t come in traditional JCB yellow but in pink – in tribute... Read Full Article

Derby based, Green Site Solutions, the site lighting division of ISS Labour Ltd., are an environmentally sound supplier of a range of lighting solutions to the UK rail industry. Their markets encompasses; construction, civil engineering, overhead ... Read Full Article

Up to 1,000 cyclists are set to climb into the saddle this summer to put some pedal power into JCB’s NSPCC Platinum Jubilee Appeal.The cycling event on Sunday, May 8th will cover either 70 miles or 70 kilometres – a... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions hosted a one-day 'off site' sale for GA Smith Plant Hire on 8th March at the clients Nelson Park West site in Cramlington, the day before Europe's biggest four-day sale of used and new plant, construction equipment and... Read Full Article

Astley Hire is proud to be one of the first industrial equipment hire companies to achieve carbon-neutral status for December 2020 – November 2021 under PAS 2026 framework.In 2021 Astley Hire embarked on a 12-month long project to a... Read Full Article

Kohler is continuing to develop its program for rental operators...Given its growing importance for market shares and promotion, the rental channel is also playing an increasingly strategic role for OEM. Kohler understands this a... Read Full Article

CEMEX, the global building materials company focused on cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and urbanisation solutions, has joined the ... Read Full Article

Bunting has acquired Gloucestershire-based powder milling and blending specialist Pilamec. Pilamec further broadens the Bunting product portfolio.Bunting is a global manufacturer of magnet and magnetic products serving a wide range of ind... Read Full Article