Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Acorn Hire of Staplehurst, Kent has broken with tradition and purchased a quintet of Volvo compact excavators from Volvo CE’s utility dealer - the Glosrose Group. “We liked the look of the Volvo range of equipment and wer... Read Full Article

Ardent Hire Solutions, formed through the amalgamation of One Call Hire and Fork Rent, has chosen Kubota as one of their first suppliers in its ï¿¡100m investment programme.One Call Hire was a customer of Kubota for many years before A... Read Full Article

US-based contractor Conewago Enterprises Inc. is using Volvo ABG7820C pavers to get the very best results when laying down its revolutionary roller-compacted concrete, a cost-effective and durable alternative to asphalt. Along the Ap... Read Full Article

As the UK’s largest specialist excavator hire company, H.E. Services (Plant Hire) Ltd has an enviable reputation to uphold. Having a plant fleet of over 3500 items is a great start, and having ten depots strategically located around the UK m... Read Full Article

Hyundai dealer Taylor & Braithwaite, based in Cumbria in the heart of the Lake District, has recently sold its 500th new Hyundai machine since taking on the dealership in 2010. Civil Engineering company, L&W Wilson, based in Kendal Cumbria... Read Full Article

JCB achieved underlying earnings of £214 million during 2015 despite difficult market conditions in most developing markets around the world and slower than expected growth in North American and European markets. Overall, the global market f... Read Full Article

Empire Machinery Ltd, a family owned business based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne have invested in a new Neuenhauser tracked star screen for their hire fleet.The company which is headed up by Danny Turner is a well respected company in the North... Read Full Article

James Penman Plant Hire Ltd of Kirkcaldy, Fife has reacquainted itself once again with Volvo Construction Equipment by purchasing a new ECR235E reduced swing radius excavator for its plant hire and contracting fleet of equipment. &ld... Read Full Article

Long lines of heavy machinery and trucks filled up the auction yard opposite the famous Donington Park racing track. For convenience of the interested buyer, the rows are sorted by equipment type, brand, model and size. All together the Donington ... Read Full Article

Metal Detection Ltd have recently supplied three QDC tunnel type metal detectors to a large company producing various high quality roof tile products. The company had been experiencing metal contamination issues in the manufacturing process which ... Read Full Article

This fully automated, self-contained, bulk material handling system completely manages material from the introduction stage, through discharge and conditioning, to downstream supply of finished material ... Read Full Article

‘’We could choose catchy words and photoshopped images with a strong impact, but when you are sure of the quality of the products all you have to do is to talk to customers." MB CRUSHER marketing team have begun in recent years, this i... Read Full Article

To say that Tim Cooper (AKA Tim the Dig), proprietor of TG Cooper Contracting Ltd is as pleased as punch with his new Volvo ECR145E would be something of an understatement! The plant hire and landscaping contractor based at Beanacre near Melksham ... Read Full Article

The NFPC (UK) will hold its annual Industry Open Day on Wednesday 15th February 2017.2016 saw a record number of both exhibitors & attendees and we aim to increase the overall attendance for 2017 by at least another 50%. The event wil... Read Full Article

UK contractor Aggregate Industries is helping to raise awareness of cancer research with two P6870C ABG pavers, supplied in a pink foil finish by Volvo Construction Equipment.After... Read Full Article

Bouygues Energies & Services, the company responsible for the engineering and construction of the UK’s largest waste-to-energy gasification plant currently underway at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, has selected Saxlund International, part ... Read Full Article

Spencer Group has announced it had won a significant contract to design and build wood pellet facilities at the Port of Tyne. Lynemouth Power Ltd, which operates Lynemouth Power Station on the Northumberland coast, has awarded a cont... Read Full Article

The world has now seen the UK’s largest ever mechanical puppet, an epic 10 metre plus Cornish Mining Man Engine, who has awakened on Monday 25 July and set off on his historic summer journey the entire length of the Cornish Mining World Heri... Read Full Article

During a ceremony held at Warszawa Wschodnia railway station on June 9 2016, Newag S.A. officially handed over the first of five DRAGON locomotives to Freightliner PL.These are cutting-edge, 6-axle electric locomotives equipped with an ad... Read Full Article

You can register NOW for your free tickets to BULKEX16. Sign up today to attend this autumn’s key industry event in bulk and materials handling... Read Full Article