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JCB has created more than 150 new jobs for apprentices and graduates with an £8 million investment in its industry-leading early careers programme.The new recruits started their jobs this week as JC... Read Full Article

Leading construction equipment distributor, Shellplant, has surpassed the 5,000 sales mark for its Kubota mini-excavator range. Based in Northamptonshire, the company has been partnered with Kubota for some 25 years. Shellplant celebrated its 1,00... Read Full Article

Hanson has used an innovative low carbon asphalt for the first time in the UK as part of a programme of road maintenance schemes carried out with Dorset Council ahead of next week’s Tour of Britain.The eight-stage men’s profes... Read Full Article

The new Komatsu PW98MR – 11 tight-tail, wheeled midi excavator is a machine that moves within its own circle, as this aerial picture shows.Part of the Komatsu exhibit at the forthcoming Bauma 2022 exhibition, the PW98MR – 11 i... Read Full Article

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology in the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Greenwich (based at the Medway campus in Kent) requires a laboratory technician to wo... Read Full Article

Liebherr shows a range of innovations for the railway systemLiebherr is located in the outdoor area south – booth no. O/170Liebherr will be attending InnoTrans in Berlin from... Read Full Article

Shell Bitumen CarbonSink, Shell’s new bio-component binder that locks carbon within roads instead of releasing it back into the atmosphere, has been used in France for the first time.Ka... Read Full Article

Next month (8-9 September), Phoenix Hire and Sales – Yanmar’s official dealer for South Wales, Gloucestershire and Bristol – will host a compact equipment open day at its depot in Newport. Specialising in tool, plant and powered ... Read Full Article

Michelin training course for technicians working with materials handling equipment sets a new benchmark for the industryProgramme with practical emphasis is being run for Camso tec... Read Full Article

Staffordshire-based plant hire firm Double M has taken delivery of the very first Mecalac 3.5MDX site dumper sold by SM Plant Ltd. The state-of-the-art cabbed unit arrived in May and is already being used by customers across the region for a wide ... Read Full Article

Bobcat Sverige AB, the Authorised Dealer for Bobcat for Sweden, has announced a new collaboration with Nordkust Maskin AB for sales and service of the entire Bobcat range in the area from Umeå to Kiruna in the North of Sweden.Bobcat... Read Full Article

With the arrival of an E-Air V1100 from Atlas Copco, Brødrene Myhre, one of Norway’s largest drilling companies, is shifting to cost efficient, silent and low-emission electric machines...Only 30 minutes from the cen... Read Full Article

Construction materials trading group GRS has announced record turnover and strong pre-tax profits for 2021/22.The Nuneaton-based firm – which trades and transports aggregates and building products, as well as materials for ... Read Full Article

Mobile Mini UK, one of the leading worldwide providers of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, continues its commitment as an employer of choice for young professionals seeking career development opportunities, showcasing the ... Read Full Article

Trimet France needed a new ship unloading solution for its alumina-handling facility in Marseille, France. After leasing an older model, Trimet decided to order its own Siwertell next-generation road-mobile unloader. It is now oper... Read Full Article

10 weeks to go until Bauma!In the light equipment segment, Wacker Neuson is unveiling an absolute innovation at Bauma: the first battery-powered reversible vibratory plate with direct drive on the market, further expanding the ra... Read Full Article

Presenting new industry-leading machine and digital technologies…Doosan is presenting an industry leading display of new state-of-the-art machine and digital technologies on the company’s Stand No FM.711/1 at the hea... Read Full Article

Bobcat has expanded the company’s market-leading line-up of attachments with the launch of a new Heavy Duty Box Blade, aimed at both 2D and 3D grading applications. The new attachment offers a Plug & Play integrated solution, that can be... Read Full Article

The recent sale at the Euro Auctions flagship sale site in Leeds, showed a solid £42 million hammer total, as smashing the record for the greatest number of excavators ever sold at a Euro Auctions sale with 769 machines going over the ramp.... Read Full Article

Prompted by customer demand, environmental benefits, and low operational costs GAP has confirmed its commitment to offering sustainable alternatives to fossil-fuel-powered machinery by investing in a substantial fleet of sustainable site lighting ... Read Full Article