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VinylPlus®, the Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, recycled 739,525 tonnes of PVC within its framework in 2018 – a 15.6% increase on the previous year. The results were presented at the 2019 edi... Read Full Article

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has published the United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2018, with partners CBI and the Mineral Products Association (MPA).The yearbook, first published in 1853, provides comprehensive statistical data on th... 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

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

Brightmark Energy, headquartered in San Francisco, plans and builds plants for the recycling industry – and one of the company’s current projects is in Ashley, Indiana. The new &lsq... Read Full Article

A range of Allu solutions are to exhibited and demonstrated at Plantworx by its UK dealer, Murray Plant. The transforming attributes of the Allu offering will be proudly shown alongside a selection of breakers and other equipment by the Blue M... Read Full Article

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

Started in 2002, Highlander International Recycling is a highly successful paper recycling and shredding business based in the town of East Kilbride,... 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

The First Minister of Wales, the Rt Hon Mark Drakeford AM, delivered the keynote speech to 110 delegates from 40 organisations at the annual Mineral Products Association (MPA) Wales Seminar, Planning Workshop and Lunch on Friday 10 May 2019. ... 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

The first student to be awarded the Sheehan Scholarship in Sustainable Urban Development has graduated from the University of Oxford.Ryan Manton completed an MSc in the subject at Kellogg College and graduated this month having filed a di... Read Full Article

At Bauma 2019, Meyer Erdbau GmbH & Co. KG decided to purchase five Liebherr Generation 8 crawler excavators. The German company is located in the state of Brandenburg and is active in Berlin and Brandenburg. One R 926, on... Read Full Article

A number of the products on the Doosan Construction Equipment stand are being shown for the first time at Plantworx 2019. They include the company's new Stage V DX27z, DX62R-3 and DX85R-3 mini-excavators, the latest version of the DA30 articulated... Read Full Article

An engineering company specialising in the scientific bio-degradation of waste has formed a partnership with UNTHA shredding technology, to roll out a sophisticated aerobic digestion solution for a selection of mixed waste streamsBath-hea... 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

Online training videos now available...Measurement engineers involved with strain gauge tests, can avoid costly mistakes and ensure the best results with assistance from a series of installation videos from test and measurement e... Read Full Article

Today marks the launch of FCC Communities Foundation, a not for profit Environmental Body seeking to fund good quality, exciting grass roots community projects across England and Scotland, through the Lan... Read Full Article