Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Elite Precast Concrete Ltd are the largest manufacturer of interlocking concrete blocks and traffic management / security barriers in the UK. Elite operate from two factories in Telford where all of the precast concrete products are manufactured u... Read Full Article

Continuing to lead the way in fast and efficient road surfacing, Aggregate Industries’ Contracting division recently laid a whopping 1,800 tonnes of an ultra-low noise asphalt at Brampton Hut ... Read Full Article

Following a year of fast paced growth which included the opening of a new Depot in Inverness and the addition of several new brands, Young Plant Sales has been renamed Molson Young Plant Sales as part of a re-branding exercise being completed by M... Read Full Article

Looking to purchase new excavators for their plant hire fleet, Operations Director John Deeble and Managing Director, Jerry O’Donovan, of Active Plant Hire Ltd took a detailed look at the specification and key performance indicators of t... Read Full Article

The reported decision to upgrade the 76-mile Trans-Pennine route between Leeds and Manchester at a cost of £3b without any provision for freight traffic is both unwelcome and deeply troubling for the economy and businesses in the North of En... Read Full Article

Mixing plant supplies concrete for cable car projectUp to 60 m³ quality concrete per hour at lofty heightsA Liebherr Compactmix 1.0 is supplying the construction site for the “V-cableway&rdquo... Read Full Article

AUMUND Brazil and AUMUND China joined forces and worked closely with Sinoma Tianjin TDI to claim two orders in succession for the AUMUND Group of Companies from South America...AUMUND will supply three chain bucket elevators, eig... Read Full Article

Deep in Omaio Forest in New Zealand, Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road-building as well as shift logs. In spite of the slippery surfaces and steep slopes, the projec... Read Full Article

Since setting up his own plant hire and ground working business 13 years ago with a brand new EC160B, proprietor Ken Marsh has reverted to owning a new EC140E thanks mainly to the aftersales support and service he’s experienced ... Read Full Article

By mutual agreement, Scotland based dealer Young Plant Sales Ltd. and Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe will terminate their existing agreement for sales of new Hyundai Construction Equipment on the 1st January 2019.  However, Young Plant... Read Full Article

The Plantworx team announced yesterday that the 2019 event is over 75% sold out overall. This percentage takes into account that the show, at its new East of England Arena home is Peterborough, has 20% more exhibition space than the 2017.... Read Full Article

Leading road planing company Jet Plant Hire has taken delivery of its 100th planer from the Wirtgen Group, the world’s number one milling machine manufacturer...The new Wirtgen W100CFI, a 1m-tracked-cold mi... Read Full Article

Doosan Construction Equipment will display a variety of products at its booth – C5577 – in the Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the annual World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas in the USA from 22-25 January 20... Read Full Article

Level measurement experts Hycontrol are pleased to announce the launch of the company’s new, totally re-designed website. The site, www.hycontrol.com, has been completely rebuilt to provide users with a faster, modern browsing experience.... Read Full Article

Shropshire based Ridgway Rentals have added Komatsu PC210LCD-11 crawler excavators with elevating cabs to their fleetThe conversion of these standard PC210LCD-11’s into high rise cabs was carried out in partnership with Kocurek to f... Read Full Article

The exciting capabilities of the ALLU range of Processors and Transformers were the stars of the show at bauma China 2018. As the largest trade show in Asia, ALLU was delighted to show at first-hand how its equipment can help construction comp... Read Full Article

Family-run Woodgate Sawmills of Coleford, Gloucestershire, continues a tradition of owning and operating Volvo loading shovels since way back in 1963 with the addition of a new L50H loading shovel...Situated in the Forest of Dean... Read Full Article

Learn the techniques to predict and solve bulk materials handling problems The course calendar for 2019 is now out – book early to secure... Read Full Article

The Solids Handling & Processing Association (SHAPA) are delighted to announce that the annual Solids Handling Awards to promote success and achievement across our collective industries, that are open to all companies registered in UK, whether... Read Full Article

The ALLU Transformer D-Series is a range of attachments purpose designed for a variety of precision screening and material processing applications, transforming business operations wherever used... Read Full Article