Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Case Construction Equipment will showcase its full line of industry leading equipment and services at Intermat 2015. The Case team will welcome visitors on the ample, 4,150 square meter stand, where it will present the brand’s comprehensive ... Read Full Article

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has appointed a new dealer for its customers in Romania. Utirom Invest SRL is located on the outskirts of Bucharest with a 4,000m² workshop, warehouse and office space. The company will distri... Read Full Article

Castleford Engineering based at Liverton near Newton Abbott, Devon has added two further Volvo crawler excavators to its plant fleet along with a couple of mini excavators from Volvo CE’s utility dealer Plant & Engineering Services. ... Read Full Article

Finning UK & Ireland have worked with Scottish groundworks specialist John Mackay Ltd to produce the world’s first low ground pressure (LGP) Cat® 312 Hydraulic Excavator. The modification will allow the machine to function accurately... Read Full Article

In Szczecin in Poland, a new Doosan DX300SLR-3 extended boom excavator has been purchased by SzczeciÅ„skie Kopalnie Surowców Mineralnych S.A. (SKSM S.A.), which is using the new machine on the Regalica trans-shipment wharf in Szczecin, p... Read Full Article

The latest addition to Hampshire based plant hire company Cosham Plant’s fleet of construction machinery is a little different than most Hitachi excavators. The bright pink Hitachi ZX130LC-5 was specially commissioned to support and raise mo... Read Full Article

For the second straight year, a global leader in bulk material handling technology is co-sponsoring two teams of high school students dedicated to building highly-functional robots, helping aspiring inve... Read Full Article

Crushing and screening specialist Pilot Crushtec International has recently concluded the sale of three Sandvik products for use in an extensive coal ... Read Full Article

A Volvo ECR88 D-Series excavator fitted with unique swamp pads and grapples is working in the Connecticut coastal wetlands for the Wetlands Habitat and Mosquito Management (WHAMM) Program.The excavator spreads its weight over the... Read Full Article

South Africa has received its first delivery of two CPS 950-10 portable compressors from Chicago Pneumatic as the company expands its growth strategy in the country. The two high-pressure diesel compressors will be put straight into action for abr... Read Full Article

Hangzhou was once the largest city in the world before silting of its port meant trade moved to nearby Shanghai. Today, Hangzhou Qiangjie Municipal Construction is using a fleet of 20 Volvo excavators to help build the Hangzhou underground shoppin... Read Full Article

International construction equipment manufacturer Chicago Pneumatic has expanded its footprint in Estonia with the appointment of two new authorised distributors, Melker Baltik OÜ, which will distribute handheld compaction equipment and handh... Read Full Article

Construction and infrastructure business Morgan Sindall has taken receipt of the first Caterpillar 311F Euro Stage 4 Engine Excavator in Europe. The ubiquitous ‘digger’ is a staple feature of construction sites everywhere, but this one... Read Full Article

Marston’s a West Midlands brewery has started to ensure that they minimise their beer duty by claiming a refund on the ‘dregs’ from their returned kegs and casks. Known as ‘ullage’, this is often only thought of ... Read Full Article

Liebherr Great Britain are proud to announce the signing of a contract to supply Coleman & Company, one of the largest demolition companies in the UK with six large demolition specification excavators.Birmingham based demolition contr... Read Full Article

Loughborough based CR Civil Engineering Limited have replaced their ageing 14 tonne Volvo 140b machines with two new Komatsu PC138US-10 excavators. As Dean Thomas Plant Manager for CR Civil Engineering explains; 'Although we considered Volvo once ... Read Full Article

L.Lynch Plant Hire of Stanmore in London has recently placed the largest ever single order for Doosan excavators in Europe. The order covers the supply of 216 tracked and wheeled machines ranging in size from 14 to 38 tonne and has b... Read Full Article

A wide range of new Holland machines from large excavators to small compact machines, have been hard at works in towns in cities across Europe as they repair and clean-up towns and cities affected by the recent storms and floods.It’... Read Full Article

The troughed belt conveyor has been the main product for the efficient transport of bulk materials over short, medium and long distances for many years.The inherent problems of conventional belt... Read Full Article

Hanson UK has developed a concrete retaining walls system that is designed to save quarry operators time and money. Business development manager Paul Lees looks at the benefits of the new product and how it can also help improve safety.Ha... Read Full Article