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HUB-4 publishes a brand new magazine for the Materials Handling, Recycling & Quarrying Industries.
Materials Handling News - World
The largest casings around
- 10th August 2008
- Materials Handling
Earthmover Tyres Scotland specializes in buying and selling some of the largest tyres on the market. Unlike some other casing organizations Earthmover Tyres Scotland only deals with large tyres, from 25 to 63 inches in diameter. "We...
Read Full ArticleLoads More Handling Solutions In New Thorworld Catalogue
- 10th August 2008
- Materials Handling
Loading and unloading equipment specialists, Thorworld Industries Ltd has published its new 2008/9 product range catalogue, packed full of materials handling solutions for specifiers, buyers and users of loading bay equipment, accessories and safety aids.Included...
Read Full ArticleSheffield Metrology and Analysis Seminar 2008
- 9th August 2008
- Materials Handling
The 2008 Sheffield Seminar on Elemental Spectrometry, sponsored by Spectro Analytical UK Ltd, will be held at The University of Sheffield on 10th and 11th September 2008, and will explore practical solutions to practical problems in industrial...
Read Full ArticleLafarge acquires a 35% stake in the Meftah Cement Plant in Algeria, as part of the privatization process
- 9th August 2008
- Materials Handling
Lafarge has announced the acquisition of a 35% stake in the Meftah cement plant, which is very well positioned in the Algiers market, together with a 10-year management contract. The cost of the investment amounts to €43.5 million....
Read Full ArticleDig A Crusher Helps Pioneer Rock Farm
- 7th August 2008
- Materials Handling
A Welsh plant hirer is using a pair of products from Dig A Crusher to give a new lease of life to a 65 hectare farm in the middle of the beautiful Anglesey countryside. Anglesey-based plant hirer Dei Owen Plant is extracting value from a seemingly...
Read Full ArticleCaterpillar® hands over the 100,000th mini hydraulic excavator
- 4th August 2008
- Materials Handling
Caterpillar celebrates a milestone event of the 100,000th mini hydraulic excavator sales worldwide by producing an exclusive silver machine. Last week Caterpillar handed over the 100,000th mini excavator to a German company Matthäi, which added...
Read Full ArticleObituary - Sidney Hunt Snr
- 3rd August 2008
- Materials Handling
Sidney Hunt Snr was a leading figure in the UK demolition sector for more than 50 years; the only man ever to serve two terms as President of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors; a founder member of the Institute of Demolition Engineers;...
Read Full ArticleAtlas Copco awarded for exemplary environmental program
- 2nd August 2008
- Materials Handling
Stockholm, Sweden, June 24, 2008: Atlas Copco's division Drilling Solutions, based in Texas, U.S., has been awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA, for its exemplary environmental programs to reduce pollution. The award, called...
Read Full ArticleIn just five weeks, Portasilo Bulk Handling Systems redesigned,
- 1st August 2008
- Materials Handling
Customer: Hanson Concrete Location: Wood Wharf, London Requirement:The Korsor is a huge, floating, pontoon-mounted concrete plant, originally built by Hanson in 2000 for the Canary Wharf development. After completion of this project, the Korsor was...
Read Full ArticleLiebherr-Rental Orders Kinshofer Excavator Attachments at SED
- 31st July 2008
- Materials Handling
Liebherr-Rental Limited firmed up an order at the recent SED exhibition with Kinshofer UK Limited for a number of materials handling and demolition attachments for their growing fleet of specialist excavators. The order is comprised of a range of heavy-duty...
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