Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

A Lincolnshire contractor has bought one of the first demolition specification JCB X Series excavators – praising its durability, technology and quietness.Lincoln-based A.R.T. Demolition has purchased the new generation JCB excavato... Read Full Article

RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has added three Volvo A30G and, for the first time, two A40G articulated haulers to its predominantly Volvo branded plant fleet.These most recent addition to RJT Excavations’ f... Read Full Article

Coventry-based Stoke Plant Hire Ltd has taken delivery of a 40-tonne Volvo EC380E in mass excavation configuration with an A30G articulated hauler on order for a long-term hire contract at a sand and aggregates quarry on the outskirts of Burton up... Read Full Article

Birmingham based JB Construction 1 has recently taken delivery of a host of new excavators; dumpers and rollers as they continue to lay the foundations of new Aldi stores throughout England and Wales. As with all great businesses, JB C... Read Full Article

A leading provider of industrial vibration equipment has introduced a series of food-grade pneumatic vibrators that enhance movement of moist, powdered, granular or pelleted material through small hoppers, bins, and tubes. The Bantam™ Series... Read Full Article

George Russell Construction Ltd of Denny, Falkirk, has rekindled an old acquaintance with Volvo Construction Equipment products with the purchase of two 22-tonne EC220Es.George Russell Construction is no stranger to owning and operating V... Read Full Article

Owner of the TRU 7 Group, Guy Nicholls has a long and illustrious reputation in the plant hire industry and two years after selling his telehandler business, he’s back in the plant hire market. The TRU 7 Group has a 100 strong workforce with... Read Full Article

Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (CEE) has announced the appointment of six new dealers to its UK and Ireland Network. Chosen for their experience, expertise and reputation, each dealer will be responsible for distributing Yanmar’s lates... Read Full Article

Kinshofer, a leading global manufacturer of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, introduces the WS Drum Cutter Series. Kinshofer acquired the drum cutter line, early 2018, with the purchase of Schaeff Transverse Cutter from Atlas G... Read Full Article

We have added two short courses to our calendar this winter:Commissioning and Troubleshooting Pneumatic Conveying Systems is one of these new courses.Improve yo... Read Full Article

Founded in 1990, G.R. Wade & Son Limited is an established haulage company specialising in the transportation, logistics and distribution requirements of goods for the construction industry.Based in Nottinghamshire, G.R. Wade &... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Bruks Siwertell Group, has secured an order for a ship loading system from Irish mining company, Boliden Tara Mines DAC; an operating subsidiary of Boliden AB. The specially-designed system will serve the company’s new ter... 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

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