Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

At the Port of Dos Bocas in Paraíso, in the Tabasco region of South-Eastern Mexico, the state-owned oil and gas company PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos) is building the largest oil refinery of its kind in the country, due for completi... Read Full Article

Sofia-based Megatron EAD, the Authorised Dealer for Doosan in Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia, has opened a new business centre incorporating the company’s headquarters and central trade ... Read Full Article

Originally founded in 1947, G. Webb is a family-owned company based at their Longstanton HQ near Cambridge and currently operate a fleet of over 60 vehicles. As well as offering bulk road haulage the com... Read Full Article

From 1 January 2022, the new name for industry leading training company, Mentor Training Solutions and qualifications business, Serac UK will combine to become Certora Training.This change is a result of years of evolving from their roots... Read Full Article

Boels Rental, one of the most renowned equipment rental companies in Europe, has placed an order at the Portable Air division for more than 600 portable air compressors, both Stage V diesel units, and E-Air VSD electric mobile compressors...... Read Full Article

A leading South East groundworks specialist has invested in a fleet of new JCB excavators and site dumpers in a deal worth over £2 million.Surrey-based Coinford has ordered 40 machines including 220X and 140X tracked excavators alon... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell will deliver two new Siwertell road-mobile ship unloaders for dust-free cement handling operations in North America. Destined for an undisclosed owner, these new 5000 S units will join the company’s other existing Siwertell t... Read Full Article

Blackwood Plant Hire, based in Kilmarnock, specialise in the hire of operated and self-drive excavators throughout Central Scotland and the UK. The company is headed up by managing director Paul McCormack and boasts a modern fleet of 300 excavator... Read Full Article

Innovative conversion of the SCHADE Wagon Charger ensures a continuous unloading process...At Taman Seaport in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, two Triple Wagon Unloading Systems designed by SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH (Gelsenkirc... Read Full Article

VHS Hydraulic Components Ltd that produce power packs, hydraulic cylinders and supply a vast range of hydraulic components have been announced as a new Bosch Rexroth Certified Excellence Partner.The Bosch Rexroth Certified Excellence is a... Read Full Article

SKF today announces its commitment to have a supply chain with net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO, says: “Having already made significant progress on our journey to reducing emissions... Read Full Article

SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, has for many years been a major supplier of equipment for bulk materials stockyards and blending beds in the Asia-Pacific region. This is again hig... Read Full Article

Leading civil engineering and coastal defence contractor, Earlcoate Construction & Plant Hire Ltd, has invested in four state-of-the-art Yanmar tracked excavators. The brand new ViO23-6, ViO80 and two ViO17 models will be used for a wide range... Read Full Article

HJD Plant Solutions Ltd has launched its brand new hire service with the help of Kubota’s diverse portfolio, meaning almost all of the start-ups' excavators are Kubota models. An impressive 17 Kubota machines have been... Read Full Article

A 20-ton excavator with 8,000 hours on the clock. The eight-year-old skid steer loader you’re looking to sell. Or that truck tractor you’ll need to replace soon. How much would they sell for in today’s market? With productivi... Read Full Article

⸺Excellent fuel efficiency with power-split transmissions critical factor in purchasing decisionLiebherr integrates custom paintwork for wheel loaders directly into the production process ... Read Full Article

Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division has launched a new locomotive design at this year’s Low Carbon Logistics event in Mossend, Scotland.As part of the programme for COP26, Low Carbon Logistics was developed to celebrate... Read Full Article

‘Freight belongs on rail!’ is the message DB Cargo UK plans to take to the heart of Government as part of a major new campaign launched today. The UK’s largest rail freight company is teaming up with some of Britain&r... Read Full Article

Since the beginning of 2021 Jura-Cement-Fabriken AG Switzerland has been using the newly launched PREMAS® 4.0 Predictive Maintenance Solution on an AUMUND Belt Bucket Elevator at its cement plant in Wildegg. PREMAS® 4.0 is an innovative di... Read Full Article

Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has taken home gold in the ‘International Trade and Export’ category at this year’s CoventryLive Business Awards. The ceremony, which took place at the CBS Arena (14 October), celebrated... Read Full Article