Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Terex Trucks’ dealer TDL Equipment will bring the company’s upgraded TA300 articulated hauler to PlantWorx, the UK’s biggest show for the construction equipment industry.TDL Equipment will proudly exhibi... Read Full Article

Mentor is reminding employers that they can take full advantage of our ALLMI accredited lorry loader training courses and gain the CPC approved training hours towards the required 35 hours of periodic training for your Drivers Qualification Card (... Read Full Article

Tyre Boss Ltd, has confirmed its presence at the Plantworx Show for the very first time  and is looking forward to welcoming visitors to stand EB8. As well as supplying cushion solid tyres for waste and ... Read Full Article

Operators have a huge influence on total cost of ownership (TCO). Customers who invest in their people will reap enormous financial rewards in the long term as they help them to bring out the best in their machines. Here are the four main ways ope... Read Full Article

Northern Ireland-based Sleator Plant, a specialist capital equipment provider to the construction and materials handing sectors, has secured a million-pound deal with CP Hire to add 95 Mecalac site dumpers (85 ROPS models, 10 cabbed units) to its ... Read Full Article

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has launched a new briefing ‘The Contribution of Recycled and Secondary Materials to Total Aggregates Supply in Great Britain’ highlighting that the aggregates industry is one of the UK&r... Read Full Article

KINSHOFER, a leading global manufacturer of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has expanded its extensive line of excavator attachments with the addition of ... Read Full Article

Contrak Construction of Newcastle under Lyme has taken delivery of its first ‘large’ Volvo excavator in the guise of a reduced swing ECR145E for its groundworking and general construction activities...The ECR145E has ... Read Full Article

AUMUND Fördertechnik has won a significant order from Turkey. The order from Aslan Cement Inc. comprises nine machines. The company is part of the OYAK Cement Group, one of the leading Turkish cement producers, and an important customer to AU... Read Full Article

The Xtreme Metal Detector Eriez Europe sold to Transcend Packaging Ltd is being used to inspect paper drinking straws prior to packaging. Transcend Packaging has won a large contract with fast food giant McDonald's to supply paper straws for their... Read Full Article

Vehicle Vision, the developers behind the pioneering Audi Cam service for Audi UK, are bringing their innovative personalised video apps and software to the Heavy Equipment sector at Plantworx 2019 (11-13 June 2019, East of England Arena, Peterbor... Read Full Article

There will be one of the widest arrays of new products and technology ever from Bobcat at the Plantworx 2019 exhibition being held at the East of England Arena in Peterborough in the UK from 11-13 June 2019Plantworx will see the first app... Read Full Article

JCB is celebrating its biggest single order from leading equipment rental business Nixon Hire as it invests in a brand new telehandler machine fleet worth almost £14 million. North East based Nixon Hire has signed a deal for 235... Read Full Article

Portsmouth, UK-based lifting, transport and storage specialist Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) overcame a series of challenges to install a 45,000kg transformer at East Cowes Power Station on the Isle of Wight recently.RRS accepted a scope... Read Full Article

Chris Long of Yilmaz UK (new associate members of the AEMT in 2019), looks at how changing from a worm gearbox system to a helical bevel system can help lower costs and improve efficiency...The urgency of climate change is compel... Read Full Article

In what is believed to be a first for a construction machinery trade show, AJC EasyCabin is planning an emission-free, totally sustainable display at the forthcoming plant and equipment showcase –Plantworx.With sustainable developme... Read Full Article

Hallamshire Engineering Services, a leading UK manufacturer of materials handling equipment, including pulleys, rollers and ... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions, Europe’s largest auctioneers of industrial plant, construction machinery and agricultural equipment, has been appointed by Alistair Wardell, Restructuring Partner of the Grant Thor... Read Full Article

B&W Plant Hire and Sales Ltd of Blackburn, Lancashire, has taken delivery of ten Volvo EC140Es and four larger EC220Es following a successful demonstration and an overall competitive package offered by SMT GB...The new Volvo ... Read Full Article

Central Plant Hire of Horsham, West Sussex, has ordered a brace of Volvo EC18E compact excavators from Glosrose Construction Equipment thanks to the continued high level of aftersales support offered by both Glosrose and SMT GB...... Read Full Article