Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Aquajet, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative Hydrodemolition technology, will showcase its full line of Hydrodemolition robots at a bigger and better booth at ... Read Full Article

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is calling on plant owners to consider taking on an apprentice. Funding is in place for plant owners to access, including an Apprenticeship Grant of up to £14,500 as well as a further £500 f... Read Full Article

Irish construction equipment distributor, McHale Plant Sales has moved to further strengthen its aftersales support, both at its Birdhill and Rathcoole operations.The move is described by company chairman, Michael McHale as ‘one tha... Read Full Article

J H Fencing Contractor Ltd, based in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, has purchased the first Bobcat MaxControl Remote Control system in the UK from Bedale-based Grays Machinery Ltd, the local Authorised Bobcat Dealer. J H Fencing is ... Read Full Article

Machine design is a lynchpin for mechanical industries, from aerospace and medical to emobility. This process ultimately determines manufacturing costs and profits for the product, setting the stage for its success or failure. As such, intel... Read Full Article

JCB has created more than 150 new jobs for apprentices and graduates with an £8 million investment in its industry-leading early careers programme.The new recruits started their jobs this week as JC... Read Full Article

• Berco Aftermarket S.r.l.: a new company entirely focused on the Aftermarket• Customer satisfaction at the heart of the new venture• New direction and extension of product and service portfolioBerco, a... Read Full Article

Leading construction equipment distributor, Shellplant, has surpassed the 5,000 sales mark for its Kubota mini-excavator range. Based in Northamptonshire, the company has been partnered with Kubota for some 25 years. Shellplant celebrated its 1,00... Read Full Article

Hanson has used an innovative low carbon asphalt for the first time in the UK as part of a programme of road maintenance schemes carried out with Dorset Council ahead of next week’s Tour of Britain.The eight-stage men’s profes... Read Full Article

Liebherr shows a range of innovations for the railway systemLiebherr is located in the outdoor area south – booth no. O/170Liebherr will be attending InnoTrans in Berlin from... Read Full Article

Shell Bitumen CarbonSink, Shell’s new bio-component binder that locks carbon within roads instead of releasing it back into the atmosphere, has been used in France for the first time.Ka... Read Full Article

Next month (8-9 September), Phoenix Hire and Sales – Yanmar’s official dealer for South Wales, Gloucestershire and Bristol – will host a compact equipment open day at its depot in Newport. Specialising in tool, plant and powered ... Read Full Article

Michelin training course for technicians working with materials handling equipment sets a new benchmark for the industryProgramme with practical emphasis is being run for Camso tec... Read Full Article

Staffordshire-based plant hire firm Double M has taken delivery of the very first Mecalac 3.5MDX site dumper sold by SM Plant Ltd. The state-of-the-art cabbed unit arrived in May and is already being used by customers across the region for a wide ... Read Full Article

Construction materials trading group GRS has announced record turnover and strong pre-tax profits for 2021/22.The Nuneaton-based firm – which trades and transports aggregates and building products, as well as materials for ... Read Full Article

With the arrival of an E-Air V1100 from Atlas Copco, Brødrene Myhre, one of Norway’s largest drilling companies, is shifting to cost efficient, silent and low-emission electric machines...Only 30 minutes from the cen... Read Full Article

Bobcat Sverige AB, the Authorised Dealer for Bobcat for Sweden, has announced a new collaboration with Nordkust Maskin AB for sales and service of the entire Bobcat range in the area from Umeå to Kiruna in the North of Sweden.Bobcat... Read Full Article

Trimet France needed a new ship unloading solution for its alumina-handling facility in Marseille, France. After leasing an older model, Trimet decided to order its own Siwertell next-generation road-mobile unloader. It is now oper... Read Full Article

The recent sale at the Euro Auctions flagship sale site in Leeds, showed a solid £42 million hammer total, as smashing the record for the greatest number of excavators ever sold at a Euro Auctions sale with 769 machines going over the ramp.... Read Full Article

Bobcat has expanded the company’s market-leading line-up of attachments with the launch of a new Heavy Duty Box Blade, aimed at both 2D and 3D grading applications. The new attachment offers a Plug & Play integrated solution, that can be... Read Full Article