Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

At Volvo Penta’s new training center in Nuremberg, Germany, technicians can gain hands-on experience with real engines and systems, guided by expert trainers, to ensure the highest level of service and support for customers in Central Europe... Read Full Article

Hazel Grove MP, Lisa Smart, has shown her support for increasing the volume of rail freight to minimise the number of HGVs on local roads.On a visit to Tarmac and its rail freight operations in Bredbury, the MP was shown a freigh... Read Full Article

West Wales contractor Hywel Griffiths Plant Hire and Groundworks has added an upgraded CASE CX210E-S crawler excavator to its growing fleet, with a bespoke specification to meet the company´s exacting requirements. The machine has been equip... Read Full Article

A new DX140LCR-7 crawler excavator from DEVELON, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has been used by Van der Vlist Logistics B.V., part of the Van der Vlist Group, in a trial to prove a new method for transporting la... Read Full Article

Drymen-based Joe Allan & Sons Plant Hire and Contracting is a specialist in low ground pressure operation, used to accessing remote power infrastructure across Scotland for utility provider SSE. With both wheeled and tracked machinery on the f... Read Full Article

Network Rail was named Business of the Year at this year’s Rail Freight Group Awards (RFG) after demonstrating innovation, flexibility and collaboration with a range of stakeholders, resulting in reduced costs, greater productivity and new f... Read Full Article

With faster cycle times, reduced operating cost and increased control, the 580SV remains the construction King and one of the most versatile machines on any site.Turin, September, 2025 - CASE Construction Equipment has updated its popu... Read Full Article

The highways industry trade body, which was established in 2000 to increase awareness of the asphalt industry and its activities, is a partnership between the Mineral Products Association (MPA) and ... Read Full Article

Volumech will be attending the PlantWorx live construction equipment event at Newark Showground in September.Steve Cartwright, General Manager at Volumech said: “This is our first time exhibiting at PlantWo... Read Full Article

- Establishes a next-generation battery pack R&D center in Indeokwon, Anyang- Paves the way for the development of standardized, modular battery packs- Doosan B... Read Full Article

Cemex is proud to have supplied materials to a restoration project for one of the most important historical monuments in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic.The work at Pardubice Castle includes the restoration of the... Read Full Article

Afbraakwerken De Schepper Kris, the demolition company based in Vorselaar in Belgium, is the first contractor in Benelux to take delivery of a new DX140RDM-7 demolition excavator from Develon, formerly ... Read Full Article

Liverpool-based Huskisson Ltd replaces Norwest Plant Ltd as dealer... Bobcat has announced the appointment of Liverpool-based Huskisson Ltd as the company&... Read Full Article

Telestack is proud of its instrumental role in the supply of two mobile shiploading systems to one of the world’s leading marine engineering and offshore energy companies, DEME, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, a... Read Full Article

Short Course: Overview of Particulate Handling TechnologyRegistration is now open; An introduction to the storing and handling of ... Read Full Article

What if roads could help slow down or even reverse climate change? This bold idea is becoming reality in Northern Germany, where a pioneering pilot project is demonstrating how road construction can become not only more sustainable, but a part... Read Full Article

Heidelberg Materials UK is the first asphalt supplier to gain BBA HAPAS approval for a SAMI (stress absorbing membrane interlayer) solution.Tufflayer provides an alternative to geogrids and significantly delays the effects of refle... Read Full Article

Now available for sale in Ireland, fresh from its showing at bauma 2025, is the all-new 10-tonne Komatsu WA170M – 11 compact wheel loader.Predicted to become an exceedingly popular choice amongst construction, utilities, agricultura... Read Full Article

DB Cargo UK has started work this week to fit the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to nine of its Class 66 freight locomotives.The work, which is being undertaken at DB Cargo’s Toton Traction Maintenance Depot in the East Mi... Read Full Article

A leading provider of logistics, construction and maintenance services has bought two of the first JCB 145XR tracked excavators in Scotland.Purchased by The Malcolm Group, the 145XR reduced tailswing excavator is the latest addit... Read Full Article