Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Euro Auctions, record breaking auctioneers of industrial plant, construction and agricultural machinery, starts 2020 with a bang and a sale that sees over 5,200 lots go over the new sales ramp at Euro... Read Full Article

One of the UK’s leading plant hirers has added another 30 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers to its fleet as part of a massive investment in over 300 JCB machines worth nearly £16 million.Ipswich-based TRU Plant has taken del... Read Full Article

 …in the shape of 3 reduced swing excavators from Volvo.Breaking with tradition, the Aberdeenshire-based civil engineering and groundworks contractor has added two new reduced swing Volvo ECR235Es and an ECR35... Read Full Article

HL960A wheel loader – the start of a new series of wheel loadersHyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) scoops Samoter Technical Innovation Award, in the ‘Medium Wheel Loaders’ category, for t... Read Full Article

A total of four Liebherr wheel loaders at the Samoter stand of the Liebherr GroupSamoter Innovation Award in the wheel loader category for active personnel detection, an assistance system for Liebherr wheel loaders ... Read Full Article

From 1st January 2020, Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will fit CESAR to all its range of Hyundai excavators and wheeled loaders imported into the UK and Ireland, from its South Korean factory...The CEA’s (Constructio... Read Full Article

Taking technologically advanced routes to break new ground, one of the South West region’s largest civil engineering, earthworks and waste management contractors, MJ Church has returned once again to Bell Equipment for the purchase of a rece... Read Full Article

Doosan Infracore Europe has confirmed new changes effective immediately in the company’s Authorised Dealer network in the Republic of Ireland.EMS (Embankment Machinery Sales), based in Naas in County Kildare, is now responsible for ... Read Full Article

CESAR Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV) will be standard on every JCB EU Stage V and electric machine for the UK market from March 1, 2020. A second label, which can easily be scanned to verify the machine’s emissions compliance,... Read Full Article

Russian construction company ASK Cement is building a cement plant -literally on a green field - near Yekaterinburg in the Ural region. AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH is significantly involved in the implementation of this greenfield project, ... Read Full Article

Rapid International Ltd has re-entered the concrete truck mixer market with the launch of their sister company Rapid Tumbler – suppliers of premium lightweight truck mixers.Rapid Tumbler’s first product to market is the RTM89 ... Read Full Article

The Concrete Centre is thrilled to be sponsoring the Best Use of Concrete Technology category in this year’s Offsite Construction Awards.The 2020 entries are now open, so make sure you submit your project or innovat... Read Full Article

The amount of workplace accidents and fatalities that occur in connection with excavators makes for disappointing and distressing reading. Engcon wants to lead the excavation industry towards zero accidents, a “zero vision” - w... Read Full Article

ShearCore announced that Murray Plant, a Blue Group company, has been named the 2019 Fortress Worldwide Distributor of the year.Murray Plant purchased a record-breaking number of Fortress products in 2019 – making them the #1 distri... Read Full Article

Mulholland Contracts Ltd. is a second-generation family run business founded by Trevor Mulholland in 1974. In the 46 years that they’ve been operating the company has established itself as one of Scotland’s largest privately owned cons... Read Full Article

Ridgway Rentals plant hire are adding 200 new JCB machines as part of their ongoing fleet investment programme. Both tracked and wheeled excavators feature in the list in 13 up to 20 ton models.Further additions of JS20MH materials handle... Read Full Article

Maskinia, the Authorised Doosan Construction Equipment Dealer in Sweden based in Linköping, is delighted to announce that the winning bid of SEK 202,000 (19,100 Euros) was made by local company, CN:s Gräv AB, in the company’s on-li... Read Full Article

Phoenix Hire and Sales, Yanmar’s approved dealer for Wales, has invested more than £1.5m in expanding its extensive plant hire fleet. The addition of class-leading models includes the Yanmar SV08, SV16, VIO17, SV18, VIO27, SV26, VIO38,... Read Full Article

Is the sentiment of Darren George, Managing Director of Walsall-based Redmill Construction Ltd, as he reflects on his recent experience  purchasing two of the company’s first ever excavators from SMT GB...“When w... Read Full Article

Doosan Portable Power To Show 7/31+ Compressor Generator...Bobcat’s E10e, the industry's first battery driven, zero tail swing mini-excavator in the one tonne class, will be shown on the Doosan Bobcat Stand I40 for the firs... Read Full Article