Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Collins Earthworks of Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, has made a significant expansion to its fleet of predominantly badged Volvo equipment with thirty-eight machines since the start of this year and a further twelve units on order.Th... Read Full Article

Sheffield based VHS Hydraulic Components Ltd who specialise in producing power packs and supplying a vast range of hydraulic components has announced that it has been appointed as the sole Bosch Rexroth Mobile System Integrator in the UK.... Read Full Article

Plantforce, the largest provider of heavy equipment rentals in the South West, has received a £4.7m growth capital investment from BGF to further scale its operations. The company, whose clients include Kier, Costain, Balfour Beatty and BAM ... Read Full Article

Collins Earthworks of Kirby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, has made a significant expansion to its fleet of predominantly badged Volvo equipment with thirty-eight machines since the start of this year and a further twelve units on order.Th... Read Full Article

ZF Services Nottingham Off-Highway centre increases capacity through workshop expansion and engineer recruitmentMore customers to benefit from “complete range of transmission and axle solutions”Exp... Read Full Article

The CEA’s (Construction Equipment Association’s) Plantworx Construction Exhibition demonstration areas are selling out fast as manufacturers gear up for putting machines through their paces in front of Plantworx visitors at the shows n... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK has launched a major new recruitment drive to attract a new generation of talent to work in the rail freight industry.The UK’s largest rail freight company based in Doncaster currently employs around 2,200 employees and ... Read Full Article

A leader in dust control solutions has helped a port located along the Hudson River control fugitive particle emissions at the dock and in the industrial park using atomized mist technology. The Port of Coeymans employs two DustBoss® DB-60&tra... Read Full Article

The Materials Handling Engineers Association (MHEA) says sales of exhibition stands and sponsorship packages for this year’s BULKEX are ahead, compared with this time last year.... Read Full Article

Schaeffler has revamped and relaunched its UK website (www.schaeffler.co.uk) offering engineers easier navigation, improved functionality and faster access to precision bearing products and related services.The new website’s Prod... Read Full Article

The Weir Group PLC has completed the acquisition of ESCO Corporation, the world’s leading provider of ground engaging tools for surface mining and infrastructure markets, for an enterprise value of US$1,285m. It follows regulatory clearance ... Read Full Article

PD Ports, one of the UK’s major port groups, has achieved Gold status in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Awards, the longest-running industry awards scheme in the UK. Awarded Silver at last year’s award... Read Full Article

A leading groundworks contractor has purchased 30 new JCB tracked excavators in a deal worth in excess of £1.5 million. Supplied by dealer Watling JCB, Bedfordshire-based ECL Civil Engineering Ltd has taken delivery of 20 57C-1 m... Read Full Article

Following its initial purchase of Volvo excavators three years ago, haulage and muck shifting contractors Penfold Verrall of Dial Post near Horsham, West Sussex, has added a further two 22-tonne EC220Es and for the first time, added their largest ... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK, Britain’s leading rail freight company, has announced that all its rail sites and offices will be powered by 100% renewable electricity thanks to a three-year agreement with SSE Business Energy.SSE Business Energy will ... Read Full Article

Cromwell Polythene, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of sacks, bags and speciality products for the storage and collection of waste and recyclables, is set to move into a new workspace during spring 2019, following a period of significant d... Read Full Article

Prichards of Llantrisant, South Wales, has added a range of Volvo excavators and a new A30G articulated hauler to its extensive plant fleet thanks to the reliability and longevity of existing Volvo Construction Equipment products.This lat... Read Full Article

Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), today announced that it has selected the RailSmart suite of operational software designed specifically for rail operators from software development specialists 3Squared. ... Read Full Article

Mix It (formerly Modern Mix), servicing the concrete requirements of domestic and commercial clients for over 20 years, has recently taken delivery of a RUBBLE MASTER RM70GO! crusher from Red Knight 6 Ltd (RK6).Mix It provide concrete ... Read Full Article

Equipment rentals are increasingly helping companies overcome the hurdle of finding investment capital to fund development and verification projects.The current phase of the economic cycle, recovery from a slowdown, is always difficult... Read Full Article