Materials Handling - Product News

Volvo Construction Equipment’s fully-electric compact excavator has won an Intermat Innovation Award for its revolutionary design. The EX2 prototype delivers zero emissions, 10 times higher efficiency, 10 times lower noise levels and reduced... Read Full Article

JCB Attachments has now introduced two new product ranges for the construction industry.These include a brand new series of bladed buckets – purpose built for the utilities sector &ndas... Read Full Article

A new Bluetooth app for smart devices, named after Straightpoint’s (SP) Handheld plus display unit, is now available for download and easy connection to the manufacturer’s recently launched range of load cells that boast the same techn... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment will showcase its product offering for the Road Building, Urban Construction, Recycling and Quarry segments at Intermat 2018 with a display organised by mission. The CASE... Read Full Article

A new MUNSON® Rotary Batch Mixer with integral Lump Breaker provides inline de-agglomeration of compacted bulk materials before blending batches gently with total uniformity in one to three minutes.... Read Full Article

To address the diverse requirements of the global off-highway emissions landscape, Caterpillar has taken a customer’s approach to the new Cat® C9.3B industrial engine. Our customers expect reliability and durability, but they need it fro... Read Full Article

A new FLEXICON® Mobile Flexible Screw Conveyor with multi-purpose hood transfers material discharged from bulk bags and/or manually dumped from handheld sacks into elevated process equipment or stora... Read Full Article

 The same innovatory spirit which in the 80s launched Canguro semitrailer, the first one specifically designed to transport metal scrap, drives the latest innovative semitrailer signed by Gervasi Ecologica.Gervasi Ecologi... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment received the Good Design™ Award for the G-Series wheel loaders – the latest generation of the brand’s proven range, which introduced a revolutionary windscreen design and raised the bar on operator com... Read Full Article

Japanese engine manufacturer Kubota has achieved certification for the EU Stage V diesel engine emission regulation for Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM), which will come into effect in 2019. The German Federal Motor Transport Authori... Read Full Article

Cheshire based ADM Regeneration provide demolition and remediation services for brownfield regeneration all across the UK.Bringing land back into beneficial use for a sustainable future does not just involve physical demolition, site clea... Read Full Article

A Volvo EC18D compact excavator has established a niche for itself with owners W T Paterson Joinery & Building - working on a whole spectrum of property maintenance duties at the huge glass manufacturing facility in Alloa, Clackmannanshire... Read Full Article

The T46-7 Telescopic handler and XPower wheel loaders receive awards in the "Excellent Product Design" categoryStriking, functional designs won over the panel of expert judgesIn Frankfurt (Germany) – Liebhe... Read Full Article

A new TIP-TITE® Drum Tipper for 115 to 200 liter drums features an elongated discharge cone that mates with the gasketed inlet of low-height receiving vessels, allowing dust-free transfer of free-flowing ... Read Full Article

Three Next Generation 20-ton size class excavators from Caterpillar—the 320 GC, 320 and 323—increase operating efficiency, lower fuel and maintenance costs, and improve operator comfort compared to previous models. The new excavators o... Read Full Article

Registration now open for 2018 sessions...Sound and vibration expert, Brüel & Kjær is running a variety of theoretical and practical training courses throughout 2018.The first session, taking place on 6th ... Read Full Article

JCB is today celebrating a major milestone in its long record of innovative machine design – the 40th anniversary of the Loadall telescopic handler.First launched on October 20th 1977 the machine mechanised lifting and loading tasks... Read Full Article

A new Flexicon Bag Dump Station with explosion-proof electrical system contains dust emitted from manual dumping activities, compacts empty bags and conveys the material to an elevated destination.Bags are staged on the bag tray and trans... Read Full Article

A new model 700-THX-50-ARI Rotary Batch Mixer from Munson Machinery blends abrasive materials such as concrete, premix, mortar mix, glass/cullet, fibreglass, refractories, tungsten powder and ceramics, in one to three minutes with minimised abrasi... Read Full Article

Marubeni-Komatsu announces the new PW118MR‐11, a quick and precise “tight tail” midi excavator with a powerful EU Stage IV engine, 6% less fuel consumption and an unrivalled compactness and lifting performance.Sturdy and... Read Full Article