- Hamilton RentalsHamilton Rentals
Hamilton Rentals has over 45 years experience and a £25 million IT rental fleet made up of products from the leading manufacturers including HP, IBM and...
- ShowplaceShowplace
Showplace, established in 1987, is a leading European provider of hospitality, exhibition and event management services. Based in Stratford upon Avon,...
- The Source at MeadowhallThe Source at Meadowhall
The Source is a flagship Centre providing state of the art training, development and conferencing facilities for all sectors of the local community and...
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Industry News - World
Following the recent establishment of a branch of the Institute of Quarrying in the Middle East, CDE Global will be hosting the third Technical Evening which takes place on 16th February 2010 in Fujai
- 24th January 2010
- Quarrying
The Northern Ireland based manufacturers of washing equipment for quarrying, mining and recycling have a long association with the Institute of Quarrying in the UK and have hosted many similar events in recent years. The most recent of these saw CDE Chairman...
Read Full ArticleThe first Cat Rental Store opens in Western Africa
- 24th January 2010
- Materials Handling
Following a year of preparation and staff training, Western Africa's first branded Cat Rental Store is now up and running in Burkina Faso. Opened last May in the nation's capital Ouagadougou, it's the latest development in over 11 years of rental activity...
Read Full ArticleOptimising the supply chain
- 23rd January 2010
- Materials Handling
Aggregate Industries gains a high performance managed transport platform Aggregate Industries (AI), produces a range of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and pre-cast concrete products as well as construction and surfacing services. Environmental...
Read Full ArticleCrushing demands
- 22nd January 2010
- Recycling
When Brendan Mitchell formed his company he set his stall by a singular vision to provide a multi-skilled service to the building and construction industry. It was in this environment that quality of service, and total reliability, was the hallmark...
Read Full ArticleHenshaws receives a new look reclaimer
- 21st January 2010
- Recycling
A new look Terex Finlay 883 reclaimer has been supplied by Finlay Plant North West - part of the Finlay Group of companies - to waste management company Henshaws, based in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The machinery features the all new white paintwork that...
Read Full ArticleLiebherr-Rental Loaders in timber handling role.
- 20th January 2010
- Materials Handling
Pontrilas Timber operates two sawmills on a 24 acres site near the village of Pontrilas in Herefordshire. The softwood sawmill is one of the most modern in the UK, having recently undergone a £6m refurbishment completed in 2009. It produces Kiln Dried...
Read Full ArticleTEG finds answer to screening animal by-products
- 19th January 2010
- Recycling
The switch to an excavator-mounted screening bucket attachment from Dig A Screener has provided in-vessel composting specialist, TEG, with a cost-effective answer to the screening of animal by-products at its Hutton site in Lancashire. As one of the...
Read Full ArticleMedium Wheel Loaders—Foundation of the Cat® Wheel Loader Range for 50 Years
- 18th January 2010
- Materials Handling
In December of 1959, the first production Cat wheel loader was driven off the assembly line at the Caterpillar plant in Aurora, IL - the 944 Wheel Traxcavator. The 944, fitted with a 2-cubic yard (1.5-m³) bucket and available with either a 105-horsepower...
Read Full ArticleNew unit for tracking and locating metal on conveyor belts
- 18th January 2010
- Materials Handling
The SpyMet Metal Locator is the latest new product developed and launched by Eriez Magnetics Europe. SpyMet is an accessory to a metal detector system and is used to track and locate tramp metal on a conveyor belt. It can be operated in two different...
Read Full ArticleAggregates Levy – Final Nail in the Coffin?
- 17th January 2010
- Quarrying
BDS Marketing Research has issued an independent analysis of trends in aggregates market since 1990, and the effects of the Landfill Tax and the Aggregates Levy (AGL). It concludes that the AGL did not have a discernible effect in decreasing...
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