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The conclusion of Ian Johnston, Managing Director of Celmisa Plant Hire Ltd, Neilston, Glasgow, as he reflects on his long association operating Volvo articulated haulers and the latest two arrivals to the Celmisa fleet in the guise of Volvo A30Gs... Read Full ArticleNew contract leading to significant CO2 reductions
The newly formed container shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), have signed a contract for guaranteed rail wagon capacity on the main intermodal routes in the United ... Read Full ArticlePilot Crushtec International and Metso come up trumps in Zimbabwe
Trust in equipment is an essential ingredient in the success of any mining operation, especially when it involves the purchase of pieces of multi-million-rand capital equipment to achieve predetermined production goals. Trust in ... Read Full ArticleHyundai help DWS build new Cornish demolition business
Following the demise of Cornish demolition firm DRS Demolition National in 2015, the area once again found itself without a dedicated local contractor who were capable of taking on the complicated and skilful work of dismantling buildings in a saf... Read Full ArticleVolvo CE tests safety concepts with Colas
Volvo Construction Equipment is working on a research project to improve work site safety in collaboration with its customer Colas – a world leader in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. Volvo Constructi... Read Full Article4 Samson Eco Hoppers with ATEX cert to double throughput at the Port of Mombasa
Kenya Port Authority celebrates reception of 4 cutting-edge ecological hoppers to improve their dry bulk import process and also mitigate environmental damage from fugitive dust. These are the first dust... Read Full ArticleVolvo unveils rigid hauler range
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has launched a new range of Volvo-branded rigid haulers which will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Motherwell, Scotland. The new machines consist of the 45-ton R45D, 60-ton R60D, 72-ton R7... Read Full ArticleExcavators help put a shine on chrome mining
A team of six Volvo EC480D excavators are the centerpiece of a new mining venture in Madagascar that is extracting thousands of tonnes of Chromite ore a day – and helping improve the lives of neighboring villagers at the same time. ... Read Full ArticleRotary continuous mixer for high-volume, low cost applications.
A new Rotary Continuous Mixer model CM-16X4-SS from Munson Machinery provides continuous, high-capacity mixing of bulk materials with or without liquid additions at low cost per volume of output.... Read Full ArticlePlastic shredder supports new processing line at Indigo Environmental
Plastic recycling specialist Indigo Environmental has invested in a new UNTHA RS40 shredder to boost its processing capabilities of this problematic waste.Handling four tonnes of materia... Read Full ArticleNew plastic recycling plants in the UK
A new company has announced its plans to build and operate new plastic recycling plants in the UK, using a breakthrough technology to chemically recycle end-of-life plastics into valuable oils and c... Read Full ArticleJohn Clarke’s mini digger with tiltrotator winning up to 85% of jobs
Engcon has supplied John Clarke mini digger Hire with its new EC02 tiltrotator package. Operating throughout the Liverpool, Manchester, Wigan area, John Clarke has an Engcon hitch fitted to each of his excavators, and switches the tiltrotator betw... Read Full ArticleCentrocar and Doosan Supply New Equipment to Tragsa
Centrocar, the Authorised Dealer for the Doosan range of construction equipment in Spain, Portugal, Angola and Mozambique, has supplied 12 new Doosan excavators to the state-owned Agricultural and Environmental Contractor, Tragsa Group.Th... Read Full ArticleHarder, Better, Faster, Stronger
This June, Mackoy are putting their four new Volvo Crawler Excavators (EC140E model) to the serious test. The new machines are helping Mackoy clear the way to becoming the leading groundworks and civil engineering company in South England.... Read Full ArticleUnited Plant means business with asset management rebrand on a national scale
Leading independent asset management company, United Plant Services, has unveiled an assertive new corporate identity in a launch designed to coincide with the firm’s investment in its new service vans.United Plant is renowned for p... Read Full ArticleCDE equipment brings dormant Little Paxton quarry back to life
Aggregate Industries, a leading building materials and solutions company with more than 300 sites across the UK, has brought dormant Little Paxton quarry in Cambridgeshire back to life with a CDE we... Read Full ArticleFuture-proofing Excavators
The excavator market has soared in recent years thanks to growing urbanization – with 2018 set to mark a record high. But what happens next? Volvo Construction Equipment’s Vice President of Excavator Business Platform Sungmo Yang discu... Read Full ArticleRVS Develops On-Site Workshops For Customers
Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd (RVS) is expanding its workshop base with the addition of two new depots located at Devon Contract Waste (DCW) in Exeter and at the Heathrow depot of Simply Waste Solutions (SWS). Both DCW and SWS have Repa... Read Full ArticleECCO introduces the NEW ED5050 series R65 Directional LED
ECCO Safety Group are multi-national designers and manufacturers of vehicle safety solutions at their EMEA Headquarters in Leeds. Today they have launched the NEW ECCO branded ED5050 series directional LED. The ED5050 directional LED o... Read Full ArticleG A Milven Plant Hire invest in a new Volvo EC140E excavator.
“I’m well impressed!” says Gavin Milven, proprietor of G A Milven Plant Hire of Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, as he takes delivery of his new Volvo EC140E excavator.Taking delivery of his ne... Read Full Article