Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

The amount of workplace accidents and fatalities that occur in connection with excavators makes for disappointing and distressing reading. Engcon wants to lead the excavation industry towards zero accidents, a “zero vision” - w... Read Full Article

ShearCore announced that Murray Plant, a Blue Group company, has been named the 2019 Fortress Worldwide Distributor of the year.Murray Plant purchased a record-breaking number of Fortress products in 2019 – making them the #1 distri... Read Full Article

Mulholland Contracts Ltd. is a second-generation family run business founded by Trevor Mulholland in 1974. In the 46 years that they’ve been operating the company has established itself as one of Scotland’s largest privately owned cons... Read Full Article

Maskinia, the Authorised Doosan Construction Equipment Dealer in Sweden based in Linköping, is delighted to announce that the winning bid of SEK 202,000 (19,100 Euros) was made by local company, CN:s Gräv AB, in the company’s on-li... Read Full Article

Ridgway Rentals plant hire are adding 200 new JCB machines as part of their ongoing fleet investment programme. Both tracked and wheeled excavators feature in the list in 13 up to 20 ton models.Further additions of JS20MH materials handle... Read Full Article

Phoenix Hire and Sales, Yanmar’s approved dealer for Wales, has invested more than £1.5m in expanding its extensive plant hire fleet. The addition of class-leading models includes the Yanmar SV08, SV16, VIO17, SV18, VIO27, SV26, VIO38,... Read Full Article

Is the sentiment of Darren George, Managing Director of Walsall-based Redmill Construction Ltd, as he reflects on his recent experience  purchasing two of the company’s first ever excavators from SMT GB...“When w... Read Full Article

Doosan Portable Power To Show 7/31+ Compressor Generator...Bobcat’s E10e, the industry's first battery driven, zero tail swing mini-excavator in the one tonne class, will be shown on the Doosan Bobcat Stand I40 for the firs... Read Full Article

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of precast concrete has teamed up with a new logistics provider.Elite Precast Concrete will work in partnership with flatbed haulage specialists Shropshire Express Deliveries to ensure its natio... Read Full Article

CASE Construction Equipment dealer Warwick Ward (Machinery) Ltd has expanded its territory to include London, East Anglia and the Home Counties. This will combine with existing territories in the north of England and the Midlands to give the CASE ... Read Full Article

How can 500 tph of hardened iron ore pellets at 750°C be conveyed freely and continuously from the shaft furnace to the cooler? This was the question Grange Resources (Tasmania) Pty Ltd. was mulling at its pellet works in Port Latta. The s... Read Full Article

DCV Engineering Ltd is a plant hire business based in Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, UK. The company has purchased the first Doosan wheel loader for its extensive rental fleet - the new DL300-5 wheel loader has been added along with a number ... Read Full Article

Following a detailed evaluation of the fourteen-tonne excavator market, Lanark-based C L Drainage and Fencing Ltd has opted for a brand new Volvo EC140E.C L Drainage and Fencing Ltd is a relatively new venture, set up by business partners... Read Full Article

Hinkley Point C is the UK’s first new nuclear power station in a generation – it’s currently under construction and is one of Europe’s largest major infrastructure projects...Situated on t... Read Full Article

Phoenix Hire and Sales, Yanmar’s approved dealer for Wales, has invested more than £1.5m in expanding its extensive plant hire fleet. The addition of class-leading models includes the Yanmar SV08, SV16, VIO17, SV18, VIO27, SV26, VIO38,... Read Full Article

Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) has confirmed that from January 2020, every mini, medium and large excavator, wheeled loader and wheeled excavator will be fitted with the CESAR Security System powered by Datatag technologies as standard.... Read Full Article

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) (“Ritchie Bros.” or the “Company”), the world's largest industrial auctioneer and a leading used equipment seller, announced today that Ann Fandozzi will become Chief Executive ... Read Full Article

Residential construction is on the rise in Poland. In 2019, the number of flats and houses being built has increased by over 10% compared to last year, and demand is still strong. To continue its strategic expansion and bring its articulated h... Read Full Article

With its headquarters located in Beccles, Suffolk, DS Watson Civil Engineering (Anglia) Ltd has made a significant investment in a range of Volvo excavators for its plant fleet, which specialises in all disciplines of groundworks, utilities, s... Read Full Article

About 30 types construction machines will be featured at North America’s largest construction machinery trade showNew to market excavators, cranes and intelligent assistance systems will debut at Conexpo 2020Find... Read Full Article