Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Boels Rental, the UK division of the leading Dutch organisation are expanding and strengthening their hire fleet of lighting towers. The company has just purchased a further one hundred X-ECO LED lighting sets from the Cambridgeshire based company... Read Full Article

The Manitou group, world leader in all-terrain material handling, announces the take over of a majority stake in its UK dealer Mawsley Machinery Ltd, based near Northampton, consecutive to the retirement of their main shareholders.A priva... Read Full Article

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has invested a further £11m into Molson Group, the UK’s largest independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors. ... Read Full Article

With over 3,000 lots consigned already it’s an event you’ll not want to miss!Euro Auctions, record breaking auctioneers of industrial plant, and construction machinery, has already consigned over 3,000 lots consigned ... Read Full Article

ECY Haulmark, the leading supplier of high-quality hydraulic attachments for excavators in the United Kingdom, has signed a co-operation agreement with Steelwrist for supply of fully automatic couplers and attachment interfaces.E... Read Full Article

Allu, the manufacturer of the Transformer and Processor ranges of attachments, has recently launched a rental division within its home market of Finland. This has enabled countless Finnish companies to enjoy the benefits of the Allu solutions,... Read Full Article

Over-pressurisation of storage silos during powder deliveries is a significant safety issue, one which the cement and aggregates industries (amongst others) have become cognisant of over the last decade. Whilst it is a complex problem, the ris... Read Full Article

Shell Bitumen has entered into a partnership with Tiki Tar Industries to sell bitumen to customers in the pavement sector, including national and state h... Read Full Article

The RopeCon® system which transports platinum ore from Booysendal South to the existing processing plant has recently gone into operation. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of North... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has delivered a high-capacity Siwertell ST 640-M screw-type ship unloader to South Texas Cement’s terminal in the US port of Corpus Christi. Ordered in 2018 by US-based GCCM Holdings LCC after an extensive decision-making pro... Read Full Article

Bosch Rexroth takes Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously and allows its associates time off work to support good causes either by giving their time in the community supporting local projects and schools or in fund raising activities.&nbs... Read Full Article

Do you complete maintenance activities or move heavy loads on your site? Are you a utility or building products company looking to train your employees on a swing lift to enable them to carry out their daily job responsibilities safely and efficie... Read Full Article

Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator occupied a very special place on the world's most beautiful avenue o... Read Full Article

JCB is helping a leading London construction skills provider deliver a world first – training on electric diggers. The company has provided a JCB 19C-1E mini excavator – the world’s first electric mini excavator to ... Read Full Article

The national equipment hire group, GAP Hire Solutions, has extended their hire fleet of site lighting towers following the purchase in excess of a further two hundred X-ECO LED sets from Trime UK Limited.The order was finalised at the rec... Read Full Article

Earlier this year it was announced that London mayor Sadiq Khan has committed to adopting Vision Zero for road danger in London. The mayor’s aim is for all deaths and serious injuries to be eliminated from London’s streets by 2041.... Read Full Article

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid in Spain, Europe’s sixth busiest airport, needs reliable and effective equipment to keep the runways and other paved areas safe in the winter. For this i... Read Full Article

D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstration by SMT GB’s utility dealer, CS Machinery Sales Ltd...The machines chosen by ... Read Full Article

A new secondary conveyor belt cleaner has been engineered specifically for challenging applications where traditional designs fail to deliver the necessary performance or wear life.  The CleanScrape® Secondary Cleaner (CS2) from Marti... Read Full Article

A new Mobile Drum Tipper-Conveyor System from Flexicon allows dust-free dumping of bulk solid materials from drums, and/or c... Read Full Article