Materials Handling - Product News

Following the global success of its MDX range and the recent launch of its 3.5-tonne variant, the 3.5MDX, which has set new standards in terms of safety, comfort, and performance, Mecalac has announced a series of major evolutions to its site dump... Read Full Article

Introducing Industry Solutions from JCB, a range of machines designed and built specifically to meet the challenges of demanding material handling applications. Using our extensive knowledge and industry-leading product development, we offer machi... Read Full Article

Bobcat has won two EquipmentWatch 2021 Highest Retained Value (HRV) Awards for Compact Track Loaders (model T770) and Small Skid-Steer Loaders (model S590). This is the sixth consecutive year that Bobcat has won an EquipmentWatch HRV Award. These ... Read Full Article

An innovative and sustainable enhancement...Kramer-Werke GmbH unveils a new, fully-hydraulic quickhitch system. With this patented and sustainable enhancement, Kramer is ensuring that in future, spontaneous interruptions when cha... Read Full Article

Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has unveiled the next generation of its V120 wheel loader. Powerful, efficient and versatile, the V120 is ideally suited to space-restricted urban job sites, infrastructure developments, agriculture and landscaping ap... Read Full Article

All-new machines are also a new size class for Volvo CE, offering a 25% boost in fuel efficiency and a range of advanced features to also deliver a 20% boost in productivity…Volvo CE does not do things by half – when... Read Full Article

Leading materials supplier, Goodfellow, has announced the launch of a worldwide exclusive range of ultrafine wires, including microwires of Copper, Nickel, Platinum and more. The full range, which has been launched to meet the demand... Read Full Article

Leading independent family-run hire specialist, Hewitson Plant Hire, has expanded its extensive excavator fleet by investing in 50 new Kubota machines following a period of significant business growth.Supplying equipment throughout the No... Read Full Article

Atlas Copco Power & Flow has launched two new PAS dewatering surface pumps with robust proprietary HardHat® technology. The lightweight yet tough canopy means the innovative PAS 100 and PAS 150 pumps are durable and easy to service, pr... Read Full Article

Technological advancements continue apace at Komatsu with the news that its Advanced Joystick Steering System (AJSS) is now available as an option on its next generation 24-tonne WA475-10 wheel loader.Designed to enhance versatility, mano... Read Full Article

Hitachi has put owners and operators at the heart of the design for its latest Zaxis-7 medium excavators¬: the ZX210-7, ZX225US-7 and ZX225USR-7. Continuously improving on previous generation machines, Hitachi has focused on enhancing the expe... Read Full Article

When the brothers Louis and Cyril Keller invented the first front end loader to help a local farmer remove turkey manure from his barn in Minnesota in 1957, few could have imagined the impact this development would have on the world of heavy machi... Read Full Article

Doosan Infracore Europe has launched the new DX140W-7 and DX160W-7 Stage V compliant wheeled excavators. These new ‘-7’ models provide significantly higher performance in every area than the previous generation Stage IV machines. They ... Read Full Article

The MHM Group have confirmed that all their diesel powered machinery, principally generators and lighting towers are now fully compatible with HVO fuel.For rental firms and contractors which are not familiar with HVO fuel, it is a renewab... Read Full Article

Enerpac announces the RC-Trio hydraulic cylinders range featuring a new bearing system for enhanced durability and a hybrid spring-return system for up to 3x faster retraction. The general purpose RC-Trio range is the next evolution of the Enerpac... Read Full Article

As part of its continued drive towards zero accidents, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is introducing an industry-first safety feature designed to eliminate machine movement linked to unintentional activation o... Read Full Article

The DX225LC-7 is the first of Doosan’s new medium-sized excavators ...Doosan has launched the first of the company’s new generation medium-sized Stage V compliant excavators - the new DX225LC... Read Full Article

Transport operators across the UK are set to benefit from the introduction of new connected vehicle technology that will reduce accidents and improve fleet behaviour.Spillard Safety Systems is planning to officially launch ‘Spillard... Read Full Article

Atlas Copco Power and Flow has launched a new user-friendly solar-powered LED light tower, the HiLight S2+, which enables users to reduce CO2 emissions by up to six tones compared with traditional technologies. The innovative S2+ li... Read Full Article

The UK’s leading long reach excavator hire company, WM Plant Hire has recently joined the XWatch revolution with purchase of an XW4 slew and height restrictor system for their 22m long reach, Caterpillar 340F 50 tonne excavator.WM P... Read Full Article