Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

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 Article

“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

Bobcat has announced details of the 2018 Bobcat Customer Roadshow programme in the UK due to take place at various locations in England and Scotland in the first half of July 2018. The Bobcat Roadshow will arrive in the UK after visiting France, S... Read Full Article

Doosan Bobcat has opened its new backhoe loader plant in India, thus marking its entrance into one of the world’s three largest markets for the compact construction equipment industry.On 4 June 2018, Doosan Bobcat President and CEO,... Read Full Article

TV celebrity Richard Hammond today got behind the controls of two of the world’s most innovative machines manufactured for the construction and agricultural industries.The Grand Tour presenter visited JCB’s World Headquarters ... Read Full Article

Blantyre based Advance Construction Scotland Ltd has purchased another package of Volvo excavators which are all incremental to the company’s already massive fleet of equipment with options for even more machines later this year. ... Read Full Article

The CASE Rodeo challenges operators from across Europe, Africa and the Middle East to demonstrate their skills and compete to take part in the International Final that will be held in October at the CASE Customer Centre Paris.CASE Constru... Read Full Article

Young Plant Sales are delighted to become dealer for the Bergmann 3000 and 4000 Series of dumpers and Dieci Telehandlers throughout Scotland.The addition of Bergmann dumpers and Dieci telehandlers are valuable additions to the ever-growin... Read Full Article

Flying Cement, a member of the Lahore-based conglomerate, Flying Group of Industries, is planning to increase its production considerably by building an 8,000 tpd kiln line. AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH won the order for two of the main bucket e... Read Full Article

The Materials Handling Engineers Association (MHEA) has released news of its first confirmed speakers for its annual technical conference at this year’s BULKEX 2018.Speaking ... Read Full Article

A fleet of JCB machines will be in pole position for trackside support when this weekend’s Formula One French Grand Prix revs into action.Twelve JCB Loadalls and Teletruks have been specially commissioned by the track at Le Castelle... Read Full Article

Blantyre based Advance Construction Scotland Ltd has purchased another package of Volvo excavators which are all incremental to the company’s already massive fleet of equipment with options for even more machines later this year. ... Read Full Article