Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Two new loading shovels have been supplied to James Jones & Sons Ltd for the company’s log handling activities at its Mosstodloch and Lockerbie sites, located in the north-east and south-west border areas of Scotland...... Read Full Article

Hertfordshire based Robert Swann first set up on his own in 1989, initially as a self-drive plant hire business. His very first machine was a 2.5 tonne Nissan mini excavator which proved to be rather unreliable and as Robert jokingly commented, &l... Read Full Article

LK Construction, the operated plant hire and ground works contractor, renowned for its archaeological excavation expertise, has bolstered its fleet with the purchase of three Bell Equipment B20E Articulated Dump Trucks, all within 16 months.... Read Full Article

Based in West Lothian, Scotland, Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd. have recently rejuvenated their fleet, and this recent purchase comes as part of their £5M investment programme.The new fourteen tonne excavators all kitted with Miller att... Read Full Article

Today, LiuGong held it’s 1st Global Customer Day in Liuzhou with the theme of “Building Our Business Together”. In this 2-day event, more than 300 guests, customers, key accounts and dealers from 41 countries gathered together to... Read Full Article

A new BULK-OUT® Model BFF Bulk Bag Discharger features a steel safety cage to prevent contact with moving parts during operation and automated unloading of ... Read Full Article

JCB is proving a driving force in supporting the new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) Programme on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate (SHRE) in the East Midlands.The Black Stork Charity, which runs the DNRC Progra... Read Full Article

November 16, 2019 – Stalowa Wola, Poland...During 14-16 November, LiuGong Europe held 2019 European Dealer Conference in Poland, where its headquartered for European operations, with the theme of “Vision 2020”. A total o... Read Full Article

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 is North America’s largest construction trade show for the asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and related industries – set for March 10-14 in Las Vegas, USA.“The s... Read Full Article

Taking place throughout most of November, bidding is underway in an on-line charity auction of a new Doosan DX10z 1 tonne mini-excavator organised by Maskinia, the Authorised Doosan Construction Equipment Dealer in Sweden, to raise funds to fight ... Read Full Article

Gordon Bow Plant Hire Ltd of Broxburn, West Lothian, has added ten new Volvo EC140E excavators for the very first time, as part of a significant £5M investment programme in its fleet rejuvenation and general operations...  ... Read Full Article

MTS Plant, the equipment sales and rental specialist, has added the latest models from Yanmar’s 2019 compact portfolio to its growing hire fleet. Available through its depots in West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Co. Durham and Scotland, operators ... Read Full Article

Forest of Dean-based building, groundworks and home development specialist, Bell Contracting, has invested in six state-of-the-art Mecalac 9MDX cabbed site dumpers. The nine-tonne payload models will be used for earthmoving applications in project... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions are accepting ‘outside lots’ for this sale. Consignors, if you have plant to sell, check out the Euro Auctions website...Euro Auctions, world leading valuer’s and auctioneers, have been appointed t... Read Full Article

JCB’s Fastrac has stormed into the record books after being crowned the world’s fastest tractor with a speed of 135.191 mph. The Fastrac - designed and built by a team of young engineers in Staffordshire - secured the title at E... Read Full Article

Housebuilding and ground working contractors M M Miller Ltd of Wick, Caithness, is one of the first to take delivery of the all-new Volvo EC60E compact excavator, launched earlier this year at Plantworx. The pair of machines have been supplied... Read Full Article

JSJ Construction of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, has invested in a new Volvo A25G articulated hauler for its growing fleet of ground working equipment. Of which, there are now three twenty-five tonne Volvo trucks in their growing holding of... Read Full Article

A North West plant hirer has invested in a fleet of 20 of JCB’s world leading 3CX backhoe loaders. Stockport-based H&C Plant Hire has purchased the JCB 3CX Eco models to carry out a range of local council contracts in the M... Read Full Article

With Wales leading the march in its progressive adoption of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), Aggregate Industries has emphasised the important opportun... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has delivered a high-capacity Siwertell ship unloader to Gramosa Agroalimentos SA. It was ordered in 2018 to ensure efficient, environment-friendly and careful material handling for Gramosa Agroalimentos’s new agri-... Read Full Article