Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

DB Cargo UK and Maritime Intermodal have announced they are to conduct trials of 100% renewable Hydro-Treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) on their rail freight services from the Port of Felixstowe to East Midlands Gateway this month...... Read Full Article

Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China inspected the city of Liuzhou in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and paid a visit to LiuGong.Xi learned about the reform and innovation of enterprises, an... Read Full Article

Doosia AB, based in Linköping, is this year celebrating 30 outstanding years as the Authorised Dealer in Sweden for the Doosan range of construction, mining and quarrying equipment.The... Read Full Article

Global building materials solutions supplier CEMEX has made another strategic investment for growth into its Selby Asphalt Plant and Depot to enhance its overall operation efficiency. The Selby ... Read Full Article

CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the premier event that connects experts from every major construction sector, today unveiled a new brand identity and tag line, Taking Construction to the Next Level.The ... Read Full Article

Connected fleet specialist CMS SupaTrak passed its ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management accreditation with flying colours. The telematics platform solutions provider reached through the audit without a single major or minor non-... Read Full Article

Pro Rail Services is a family-owned rail business, established in 2012 specialising in On Track Plant (RRV’s), Civil Engineering, Labour Supply & Survey & Design, based in Welwyn Garden City and Rudgwick. Richard Rowell ... Read Full Article

• New date: October 24–30• Secure planning basis for exhibitors and visitors• Upcoming investment decisions made decision necessary nowbauma—the World's Leading Trade Fair for Construction Mach... Read Full Article

EMY Plant Hire, a new start-up rental business based in Wrexham in North Wales in the UK, has purchased over 20 new machines of all types from the full-liner range offered by Bobcat. The new Bobcat mini-excavators, compact loaders, telehandlers an... Read Full Article

Britain’s biggest equipment rental company is investing in 2,100 new JCB machines in a deal worth £65 million – the biggest ever order from a UK customer in the company’s 75-year history. Sunbelt Rentals UK is ... Read Full Article

With a keen interest in providing their plant hire customers with the best machines available, Gorrel Equipment Solutions has recently taken delivery of a range of new Volvo wheeled loaders, varying in size from 8 to 34 tonnes in operating wei... Read Full Article

British Precast to merge with MPA, strengthening representation of UK concrete industry... The UK’s concrete producers will be represented for the first time in one trade association to help accelerate the industry&rsquo... Read Full Article

Kymppibetoni Oy, is a leading Finnish ready-mixed concrete supplier to concrete element manufacturers and the wider construction industry. In recent years, Kymppibetoni has focused on local readymix concrete production for wind turbine foundations... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has won an order from Brazilian operator, Novo Remanso Port Terminal (TPNR), for a Siwertell screw-type ship unloader to serve its grain-handling export operations in northern Brazil, on the banks of the Amazon River. Four other, i... Read Full Article

Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable construction solutions business, has committed to a 25-year partnership with the Port of Tilbury, London’s fastest-growing port, to build the UK’s largest construction materials aggregates ter... Read Full Article

When it came to investing in a versatile new mini excavator, Lancashire Developments purchased a Yanmar SV26 from local dealer MTS Plant. Compact, efficient and highly productive, the impressive model is already delivering over and above expec... Read Full Article

With MB Crusher, profits take off whilst reducing costs…“Working to demolish, redevelop, and build on seaports and airports has many constraints due to the constant flow of arrivals and departures throughout the ... Read Full Article

As part of its recent £10 million expansion, leading UK & Ireland paving and walling manufacturer, Tobermore, has recently invested in a bespoke state-of-the-art Rapid concrete batching plant. The newly erected Rapid plant will faci... Read Full Article

As part of their continual commitment to Health and Safety and the welfare of their employees, Hampshire based recycling company Ecogen recently commissioned RSG Structures Ltd to construct 6no ... Read Full Article

Bradford-based business Russell Stone Merchants has taken delivery of its first ever Volvo truck, replacing a rival manufacturer with a new crane-equipped 4x2 Volvo FL rigidRussell Stone Merchants has taken delivery of its first ever Volvo truck &... Read Full Article