Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Earthmoving attachments manufacturer, Miller UK, has secured the top spot in the latest EY Manufacturers’ League in the North East, where it was ranked number one for both efficiency and exports, and second in terms of turnover for quarter t... Read Full Article

To help empty wood chips quickly from containers in a recycling application, Hyster has developed a custom container pivot attachment on a ReachStacker.“The customer works in ... Read Full Article

Chepstow Construction Equipment, a reputable supplier of new and used Kubota construction machinery in South Wales, has completed a significant new deal with Rocket Rentals to supply 20 mini-excavators, all fitted with the class leading emission c... Read Full Article

A new Wide-Inlet Bulk Bag Filler from Flexicon allows rapid filling and passage of large, moist or dense chunks and semi-solid materials into open or duffle-top bu... Read Full Article

For the past two years a conglomerate of trade associations, industry, government and academia have been collaborating on the world’s first operational 3D printed excavator. That project made a giant leap forward with the recent printing of ... Read Full Article

The first JCB Hydradigs to roll off the company’s production line are being pressed into service - with two being snapped up by a leading Scottish plant hirer.The innovative Hydradig 110W is taking the construction industry by storm... Read Full Article

Garvey Demolition have made the switch to Lehnhoff, benefiting from just a 15 second changeover between their hydraulic attachments.Garvey have invested in 4 Lehnhoff Fully Automatic Variolock Quickouplers for all of their 22 ton machines... Read Full Article

Since purchasing his first Volvo articulated hauler back in 1990, Martyn Ward, managing director of Ward Plant Limited, Carnwath, South Lanarkshire has added a further three Volvo A30G haulers to his fleet.“The Volvo ADT is second t... Read Full Article

After being called to the sunny seaside town of Great Yarmouth to react to a recent fire in the town centre, Anglian Demolition & Asbestos were tasked with the delicate operation of assisting the fire Services in making the site safe whilst pr... Read Full Article

Katoen Natie, a provider of international logistics services and port operations, has continued its successful roll-out of Hyster® equipment, receiving its 1000th Hyster® truck in the past five years. Representatives from Kat... Read Full Article

The PLANTWORX team are preparing to put on an impressive exhibition when the biennial show returns to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire, from 6 -8 June 2017. The UK’s Largest Working Construction Equipment Show, hosted by the CEA... Read Full Article

Production paused at a JCB factory today as the company said thanks to its workforce on winning one of the world’s most prestigious export awards.JCB Compact Products in Cheadle, Staffs, has won a Queen’s Award for Internation... Read Full Article

RM Group Services Ltd of Wolverhampton has launched RM Plant Services, a dedicated plant division of the parent group investing as it does so in a quantity of Volvo compact excavators – all supplied by Volvo Construction Equipment’s ut... Read Full Article

Oxford-based contract hire and leasing company Axis Fleet Management has struck a deal to provide an additional 50 new MAN tractor units to Freightliner. The units will be fully liveried with Freightliner’s distinctive logo and are to be del... Read Full Article

To facilitate an expansion in trade, Associated British Ports (ABP) at Ipswich has placed Orders for the Supply of Five New Grabs from pALM Bulk Solutions Ltd... Read Full Article

In a matter of weeks Volvo Construction Equipment will pit 20 of EMEA’s finest operators against each other in the epic battle of speed, precision and technique that is the Operators Club Final. The action will be streamed live on Facebook o... Read Full Article

Hyundai Heavy Industries and CNH Industrial ink exclusive strategic alliance Agreement for Mini Excavator Business.Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading construction equipment manufacturer, ha... Read Full Article

Utranazz, the concrete equipment specialist, has further cemented its relationship with Croydon-based King Concrete, securing an order for: two HM12H-E Volumetric Concrete Mixers, four Standard Transit Mixers, two LS600 Concrete Line Pumps, a Mobi... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has secured its fourth road-mobile unloader order from Turkish cement specialist, Muhammet Gümüstas. Three similar systems have been delivered to the same customer since 2012. However, this latest unloader wi... Read Full Article

JCB has secured a massive deal for 700 machines worth in excess of £40 million from one of the country’s largest plant hire companies.Ardent Hire Solutions is buying JCB Loadall telescopic handlers and rough terrain forklift t... Read Full Article