Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

One of the UK’s leading modern plant and equipment specialists, Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, is looking to further increase its operational efficiencies with the purchase of four Engcon tiltrotators.The plant hire firm has incorp... Read Full Article

Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) are in the top 10% of general further education colleges in the country for students aged 16 – 18. Both colleges offer a wide range of courses from A-levels to apprenticeships which are taught by ... Read Full Article

JCB today announced a $25 million investment in its Brazilian operations as the company gears up for growth. The investment was confirmed as JCB hosted the Governor of the State of São Paulo, João Doria at the company&r... Read Full Article

Elite Sheet Piling Ltd of Stoke on Trent has added a brand new forty tonne excavator to its fleet of piling machines and equipment in the guise of a Volvo EC380E...The EC380E was chosen my Managing Director Carl Ingram a... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, the UK’s largest auctioneers of construction machinery and industrial equipment, announces a special unreserved ‘one day’ sale of ex-rental construction plant, machinery, access equipment and small... Read Full Article

The energy sector has undergone major transformation in the last number of years with increasingly restrictive legislative measures and associated fluctuations in the demand for certain fuels. The industry has been forced to pursue alternative fue... Read Full Article

LMBab operator Patrik Ekström says Volvo’s Dig Assist feature for excavators has improved his work life massively. Unique to Volvo, the user-friendly new system helps operators complete excavation tasks safely, accu... Read Full Article

Following the introduction of new emission standards earlier this year, CASE Construction Equipment announces the first European sale of its Stage V excavator range. The machine, a CASE CX90D, was sold by dealer Dennis Barnfield to engineeri... Read Full Article

With its headquarters located in Ripley Derbyshire, Collins Plant Sales Ltd has been appointed as SMT GB’s utility equipment dealer covering Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire with immediate effect... ... Read Full Article

PD Ports has launched a dedicated rail freight service between Teesport and Doncaster in partnership with GB Railfreight, for its major customer Containerships - Intra-European leader of multimodal transport.The new service is responding ... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, Europe’s largest auctioneers of industrial plant, construction machinery and agricultural equipment, held a two-day auction on the 13th & 14th June to dis... Read Full Article

Innovative truck mixer as a semitrailer from LiebherrNew truck mixer as a semitrailer now availableMaximum flexibility without compromising payloadsWith conveyor belt for concrete and gravel ... Read Full Article

Two compact Liebherr machines in use since 2017Comprehensive solutions thanks to machine, hydraulic changer and toolsFamily-run company Montagnier TP a Liebherr customer for around 30 years&nb... Read Full Article

Three new Volvo EC220E crawler excavators  and two Volvo A25G articulated haulers have been delivered to Leeds based Sirius Group for their civil engineering division – Sirius Civils and thanks to an ever increasing order book for m... Read Full Article

The 4th biennial Plantworx Construction Exhibition, hosted by the CEA (Construction Equipment Association) event took place last week at its brand new home at the East of England Arena in Peterborough.In true Plantworx tradition, the weat... Read Full Article

JCB has set a new British speed record for tractors with its high-speed Fastrac tractor. The tractor notched up 103.6mph at Elvington Airfield, near York, with TV presenter and engineering guru Guy Martin behind the wheel.  It s... Read Full Article

Charles Wilson Engineers (CW Plant) are continuing to expand their hire fleet of Trime X-ECO LED lighting towers with another investment of 250 sets purchased from the Cambridgeshire based site lighting specialists, Trime UK Limited.CW Pl... Read Full Article

JCB has secured a historic deal with Morris Leslie Plant Hire for their biggest ever telehandler order worth £36 million.   The deal for 555 Loadalls, ranging from the compact six metre 525-60 up to the 20 metre 540-200, has been... Read Full Article

HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) distributor, Taylor & Braithwaite, located in Cumbria UK, has sold the very first HX900 L crawler excavator to leading demolition giants, ABLE UK. ABLE UK, headqu... Read Full Article

Thurso based Gow Groundworks has taken delivery of a widespread Volvo EC140E LM excavator for its ground working and general contracting business.This is the second specially converted EC140E LM excavator to join Gow&rsqu... Read Full Article