Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

The next BIG event in the construction show calendar is the 3rd biennial PLANTWORX Construction Machinery exhibition, which is just five-months away, and will take place at its established home at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire on... Read Full Article

Award winning demolition attachments from ROTAR are proving to be a welcome asset to the growing success of Midlands based Collins Demolition. Collins Earthworks Group has been managing earthmoving projects for over 10 years. Based i... Read Full Article

Following the relocation of Tarmac’s concrete plant at Crossrail’s Paddington New Yard site as part of the ongoing and far reaching development of the rail infrastructure across London and beyond, DUO Manufacturing were awarded the con... Read Full Article

Liebherr rolls out XPower® wheel loaders with an innovative power-split driveline concept XPower® is an integrated, innovative machine concept for the large series of wheel loaders with operating weight from 39,020 lbs. – 7... Read Full Article

Rapid International Ltd is delighted to be exhibiting its Rapidmix 400CW mobile continuous mixing plant at Con Expo 2017. This will mark the company’s 8th appearance at the international exhibition which takes place once every thr... Read Full Article

The building materials sector is a demanding one, moving its diverse products quickly, effectively and without damage can be challenging. Material handling experts B&B Attachments are the market leaders in the supply of forklift attachments to... Read Full Article

 Briggs Equipment's charitable work attained great heights once again in 2016, as employees pulled out all the stops to raise almost £93,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to impr... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has secured an order from Beijing-based Shenhua Logistics Group Corporation Ltd for two rail-mounted ST 790-D screw-type unloaders. The unloaders are destined for use by Suizhong Power Generation Co Ltd and will suppor... Read Full Article

At CONEXPO 2017 (Las Vegas, March 7–11, booth G72413 in the Gold Hall), CM Labs Simulations will showcase its immersive Vortex Advantage simulator, running tower crane, mobile crane, overhead crane, boom truck, wheel loader, backhoe loader, ... Read Full Article

Plant hire and general contractor C D Mercer has opted for a Volvo EC55C for the first time – the machine being supplied by Volvo Construction Equipment’s utility dealer for the north of Scotland, CSM Sales LtdC D Mercer, a we... Read Full Article

BTE Plant Sales has strengthened its relationship with Kubota, with the construction machinery dealer now selling the manufacturer’s machines within the West Midlands region, an expansion to BTE’s existing Kubota sales territories that... Read Full Article

JCB Power Products marked two special anniversaries with a cake big enough to feed the whole workforce. It is 10 years since JCB Power Products produced and sold the first JCB generator to coincide with the launch of the JCB e... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment, together with their dealer Warwick Ward, has entered into a new partnership with MSM DRH Ltd who will offer an additional outlet for CASE compact range equipment in the West Midlands as a sub-dealer for Warwick Ward Ma... Read Full Article

Blue Machinery Fuchs have recently sold two MHL360 F material handlers to Rail Freight Services (RFS) Ltd, with the machines were purchased to load and unload barges of aggregates and soil a... Read Full Article

During 2016, Freightliner was awarded the contract for British Steel’s rail haulage of raw materials to Scunthorpe Steelworks. Since then, teams from Freightliner and British Steel’s Immingham ... Read Full Article

The National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC UK) which delivers specialist training in pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics and controls to companies across the UK and internationally, will be holding their annual ‘Flagship’ Industry Open Day ... Read Full Article

Bunting® Magnetics Co., the leader in magnet and magnetic equipment design, manufacturing and distribution, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Master Magnets Ltd, a UK-based manufacturer of magnetic separatio... Read Full Article

A new Volvo ECR88D reduced swing compact excavator has been delivered to Skye based James MacQueen Building Contractors Ltd by Volvo Construction Equipment’s utility dealer for the north of Scotland, CSM Sales Ltd.The new Volvo 8.8 ... Read Full Article

Chicago Pneumatic will showcase its expanding range of construction equipment at the 2017 Executive Hire Show, with recently launched energy efficient LED light towers, reliable portable generators and robust construction tools to be displayed on ... Read Full Article

In an effort to celebrate thriving local businesses, Mayor of Croydon Wayne Trakas-Lawlor officially opened a recently renovated concrete operating yard on Monday in Croydon’s Beddington Lane.Staff and local families braved the cold... Read Full Article