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Materials Handling News - World
Atlas Copco completes acquisition of Quincy Compressor in the United States.
- 18th April 2010
- Materials Handling
Stockholm, Sweden, March 1, 2010: Atlas Copco today completed the acquisition of Quincy Compressor from EnPro Industries, with the exception of Quincy's Chinese operations, where regulatory approvals from relevant local authorities are still pending....
Read Full ArticleJCB Finance Ltd- 40th Anniversary
- 17th April 2010
- Materials Handling
JCB Finance Ltd is celebrating its 40th Anniversary, tracing its origins back to the formation of JCB Credit Ltd in February 1970. In the first year of operation they achieved a turnover of £900,000 - reaching the milestone of over £500,000,000...
Read Full ArticleMac Machinery® Partners Launch Mobile 'Stretch Deck Screen' 'Flip Flop' at Bauma 2010
- 16th April 2010
- Materials Handling
Mac Machinery's partner Neuenhauser has teamed up with Hein, Lehmann in designing a mobile stretch deck screen. The machine is designed for high production of difficult materials particularly small grades. The machine can be used in screening coal, compost,...
Read Full ArticleWeb-based noise monitoring service
- 16th April 2010
- Materials Handling
Brüel and Kjær Environment Management Solutions, (EMS) has released Noise Sentinel - a new internet based subscription service for urban and industrial noise monitoring. Noise Sentinel has applications in any industry that makes significant noise in...
Read Full ArticleUWT opens UK sales office
- 11th April 2010
- Materials Handling
German bulk goods level measurement specialist, UWT Level Control has opened its first sales office in the UK. Based in Shrewsbury Graeme Hughes, who has been supporting UWT clients since October 2009, is seeking to increase the profile of the UWT range...
Read Full ArticleNew Control System for Small Cat® Loaders Allows Operators to Adapt Machine Response to Skill Level
- 10th April 2010
- Materials Handling
Recognizing that the operating skill of workers using small loaders on typical jobsites ranges from the novice to the expert, Caterpillar has developed a new control feature that allows each operator to run a Cat� C-Series Skid-Steer, Multi-Terrain...
Read Full ArticleQuadruples dust suppression area
- 7th April 2010
- Materials Handling
With the introduction of a 180° oscillation option on its two largest designs, effectively quadrupling the coverage area of each machine, Dust Control Technology is now able to deliver effective particle control over more than 80,000 square feet of area...
Read Full ArticleNew industrial downdraught filter bench
- 5th April 2010
- Materials Handling
Flextraction has launched FB70011, a new downdraught filter bench to control airborne particles from applications such as sanding, de-burring, finishing, fettling as well as ingredient weighing in the food and agricultural industry plus other dust forming...
Read Full ArticleExtinct shark's tooth found at Barrington Quarry
- 4th April 2010
- Materials Handling
10th February 2010: A broken tooth from the Orthacodus family, an extinct group of sharks, has been found at CEMEX Barrington Quarry, near Cambridge. This important find is a ‘first' in UK or Europe in an area where rocks date back to the Jurassic, Cretaceous...
Read Full ArticleCat Machines Help Deconstruct Dock B and the Old Control Tower at the Zurich Airport
- 3rd April 2010
- Materials Handling
Following the implementation of the measures to accommodate the introduction of the Schengen Agreement on 29th March 2009, further construction work is undertaken at Zurich Airport in Switzerland as part of the "Zurich 2010" project. The core element...
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