Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

A global leader in bulk handling equipment has helped one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world to train new staff on conveyor operations and safety at one of the company’s newest facilit... Read Full Article

Liberty House Group has host of initiatives to produce green steel in the UKCompany identified need for new non-standard material handler to process raw ingredients at Rotherham plantLiebherr LH 120 gantry-mounted mate... Read Full Article

AUMUND Fördertechnik and the Turkish cement industry have been united in a successful business partnership for decades. Now AUMUND has been awarded another two projects, as both the Dinçer Çimento Group, building a new kiln line... Read Full Article

Siwertell, part of Bruks Siwertell Group, has secured an order from Mexico’s Gramosa Agroalimentos SA for a high-capacity unloader to serve the company’s new agri-bulk terminal located in the... Read Full Article

Champion Groundworks Ltd of Doublebois, Liskeard, in Cornwall continues its association with Volvo Construction Equipment products with the addition of the their third twenty-five tonne excavator in the guise of an EC250E, a pair of smaller EC140E... Read Full Article

Independent Swiss dealer Robert Aebi is offering Volvo customers a chance to show their care for the environment by buying a ‘GoGreen’ articulated hauler – produced in the construction industry’s first manufacturing plant p... Read Full Article

Over 800 Hyundai construction machines came into the UK last year, including crawler excavators, wheeled excavators and wheeled loaders. The machines are all manufactured at Hyundai’s factory in South Korea - from here they begin their 5,676... Read Full Article

In November 2017 Elite was contacted by Glyn Ellis, Field Team Leader, South Ferriby Depot of the Environment Agency (E.A.) with an urgent request for a large number of Legato blocks.The E.A. had a need to construct a temporary flood defe... 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.Speaki... Read Full Article

Ridgway Rentals hire fleet gets a bit more colour with new Hitachi Plant Equipment. After many years of traditional yellow machines, Ridgway have added a bit of colour with orange Hitachi Excavators and Wheeled Loaders joining the wide list of equ... Read Full Article

The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has confirmed the venue and dates for their 4th PLANTWORX trade show, which will incorporate the brand new RAILWORX exhibition. The events will run alongside each other and will be held at the Eas... Read Full Article

Celebrating 55 years of business, J C Balls & Sons Ltd of Ambergate, Derbyshire, has opted for three new Volvo A30G articulated haulers to supplement its plant fleet.The new arrivals are additions to J C Balls & Sons’ extens... Read Full Article

Mentor Training Solutions have taken control of Construction Training Academy. Mentor, a well-known name in the world of training across a host of industries, began their partnership with Construction Training Academy (CTA) in 2016, providing IPAF... Read Full Article

There’s just a few weeks until the Metals Recycling Event & Complete Auto Recycling show on 11 & 12 July and the organisers have revealed a jam-packed sc... Read Full Article

More than 1,725 people from 88 countries registered for the auction; incl. 1,200+ online biddersMore than 1,725 people from 88 countries registered for the auction; incl. 1,200+ online bidders.Ritchie Bros. recently held a €35+-mi... Read Full Article

Concrete Products (Kirkcaldy) Limited has grown to become one of the most innovative producers of precast concrete products for a diverse range of markets throughout Scotland. This includes solutions for construction, civil engineering, house buil... Read Full Article

Thomas Plant Hire Ltd of Holywell, Flintshire, has opted for ten new Volvo EC140E crawler excavators, thanks to the performance of two wheeled machines purchased last year.These are the first Volvo crawler excavators to join Thomas Plant ... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK’s Chief Executive Hans-Georg Werner has been appointed chairman of the UK’s most influential body of rail freight operators.Mr Werner has taken over at the helm of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Freight Board, th... Read Full Article

Murray Plant Ltd, a Blue Machinery Group company, has recently been appointed ALLU’s exclusive distributor for the United Kingdom. This follows Blue Machinery’s acquisition of Murray Plant Ltd, ALLU’s existing dealer in Scotland.... Read Full Article

Concrete production equipment specialist ConSpare has further expanded its range of block machine spare parts and components, bringing the benefits of ConSpareUltra tungsten carbide vibration table liners to concrete block manufacturers using stee... Read Full Article