Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Immersive training technology is seeing rapid growth within the construction sector. Advanced simulator development for construction site machinery is being implemented by many leading construction businesses, who are using leading edge technology... Read Full Article

Tool Care Hire, one of the largest independent plant hire firms in the South West, has expanded its extensive excavator fleet by investing in 28 new Kubota machines following a period of significant business growth.With more than 30 years... Read Full Article

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has agreed a new five-year partnership with Walsh, a leading provider of river, road and rail freight solutions in London.... Read Full Article

Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable construction solutions and building materials company, has successfully supplied and installed a specialist asphalt surface course to the largest infrastructure project East Cheshire has seen to date.... Read Full Article

Hyundai dealer, Taylor and Braithwaite has recently supplied a brand-new fleet of Hyundai Excavators, to long term customer, Buckhurst Plant Hire forming part of a £2.5 million investment in upgrading the company’s machines during the ... Read Full Article

After exploring competitor offerings, MAC Surfacing have returned to Volvo and recently taken delivery of a new P6870D ABG paver, fitted with a state-of-the-art VB79 electrically heated screed. This screed is unique to the Volvo ABG range of p... Read Full Article

Weir Minerals is proud to announce another major order of Enduron® HPGR in Gold application with our valued Customer IAMGOLD.An Enduron® HPGR with rolls measuring 2.4 m x 2.4 m (length : diameter) will be installed at IAMGOLD's C&... Read Full Article

Ridgway Rentals adds a splash of Doosan orange to their fleet with the addition of Doosan DA30 Dump trucks this month. The DA30 offers best-in-class ground clearance & ground bearing pressure, increased safety & visibility and a SCR & ... Read Full Article

MB Crusher introduces the new MB-HDS523 shafts screener to the world, designed to increase productivity on the job site...The saying goes, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going," and this historical moment... Read Full Article

PD Ports, owner and operator of Teesport, the fifth largest port in the UK and the only major port in England to handle more exports than imports, has expanded its rail freight network to include a new connection at Elderslie, West Central Scotlan... Read Full Article

Following the impressive performance of a previously purchased ECR58D, Tilsley Plant Hire has recently taken delivery of a brand new Volvo ECR18E and ECR25D....“They look great, have plenty of power, are smooth to op... Read Full Article

There is just one week left to enter the draw for the charity raffle of a Bobcat E10z 1 tonne mini-excavator to raise proceeds for the charity, When You Wish Upon a Star. The Grand Raffle has been organised by long-standing Bobcat Dealer,... Read Full Article

TBS loading hopper eliminates the need for and costs of building loading ramps...As part of their Ultra Mobile range, Total Batching Solutions have launched a new innovative Mobile Loading Hopper which has been designed to feed a... Read Full Article

At the beginning of the year TILEMANN GmbH, specialist manufacturer of Bucket Elevator Chains, Scraper Chains and Conveyor Chains, continued its trend of strong business, in particular with Scraper Chains. TILEMAN... Read Full Article

LH 60 M Port Litronic machine handed over to Aarekies Brienz AGLiebherr machine for economical handling of bulk goods and general cargo in the harbourLiebherr clamshell: spec... Read Full Article

The first Sany SY500H, 50t excavator, sold in the UK is about to be put to work on ten oil platforms in a decommissioning yard in Methil. The machine, which carries a 60-inch heavy duty bucket from Miller UK as well as a six-tonne Fortress shear s... Read Full Article

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX is proud to present VIALOW, a new addition to the VERTUA family of low carbon and sustainable building solutions. VIALOW is a reduced ca... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK and Maritime Intermodal have announced they are to conduct trials of 100% renewable Hydro-Treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) on their rail freight services from the Port of Felixstowe to East Midlands Gateway this month...... Read Full Article

Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China inspected the city of Liuzhou in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and paid a visit to LiuGong.Xi learned about the reform and innovation of enterprises, an... Read Full Article

Doosia AB, based in Linköping, is this year celebrating 30 outstanding years as the Authorised Dealer in Sweden for the Doosan range of construction, mining and quarrying equipment.The... Read Full Article