Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

Generation 8 supersedes a Liebherr R 954 C after 16,000 operating hoursNew R 956: For work in earthmoving and truck loadingMore than 40 Liebherr earthmoving machines in operation with Luxembourg's largest publ... Read Full Article

Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, CEMEX has today confirmed its proposal that it will mothball South Ferriby Cement Plant.... Read Full Article

When it came to specifying new plant equipment to deliver a bridge replacement project in Cumbria, Waitings Ltd knew that only the best would do. The company invested in two new models from Yanmar, a ViO50 midi excavator and C30R tracked dumper, a... Read Full Article

Methods for wide-area suppression of surface-borne microbes such as the novel coronavirus -- also referred to as SARS-Cov-2 or Covid-19 -- is a serious consideration for both private industry and public works.  Atomized mist technology is cur... Read Full Article

By Chris Williams, Industrial Service Manager, Flender UK...Predictive maintenance has become an essential weapon in the armoury of industrial processes and manufacturing by helping avoid breakdowns and plant failures as well as ... Read Full Article

Flexicon (Europe) Ltd have opened an office here to provide factory-direct engineering services and technical sales support to customers throughout Germany, it was announced by Greg Slack, Vice President Global Sales, Flexicon Corporation.... Read Full Article

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Rapid International Ltd recently commissioned a new Rapidmix 400CW, fully weighed, mobile continuous mixing plant (pugmill) for Thalle Construction Company (A Tully Group Company) in Leonard, Texas. The new Rapidmix is being utilised for the produ... Read Full Article

Work on the 49,000-tonne base for the second reactor at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C (HPC) has been completed on schedule.Hanson UK supplied the raw materials for the concrete to main ... Read Full Article

Skillings is one of the early UK customers for Liebherr’s new Generation 8 excavators, placing an order for four machines from the factory in Colmar, France. An R 934 with straight demolition boom and an R 945 have already arrived with a pai... Read Full Article

Working to support the country’s essential services in this unprecedented time, loading bay solution specialist Thorworld Industries has devised safe practice methods to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the company ... Read Full Article

Euro Auctions permanent auction site in Leeds is Europe's largest sales arena for the sale of construction machinery, agricultural equipment, and industrial plant. The sale held between 20th and 23rd May ... Read Full Article

JCB has started to sell machines online for the first time in its history - and a Dorset landscaping and groundworks contractor has become the first customer to place an order. JCB has introduced the new order online option to... Read Full Article

The prevailing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has meant machine fairs this year have been either cancelled or postponed worldwide. Fairs traditionally have provided an easy way to demonstrate technically advanced products. So instead of fairs, En... Read Full Article

Brodarica in Croatia is a small and peaceful holiday village by the sea, its catchword is relax. This small cosy area offers amenities where tourists and local families can have a pleasant time. ... Read Full Article

Mid Ulster Auctions (MUA), a family owned and operated company headquartered in Northern Ireland, is expanding its services further into the GB market after being appointed by CP Dynes, a leading groundworks and drainage ... Read Full Article

Heavy equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. supports equipment owners through the COVID-19 crisis with flexible disposition options to improve their cash flow, including advance payment options and purchasing seller assets outright.While man... Read Full Article

Kono, the Riga-based Authorised Dealer for the Bobcat range in Latvia, has completed a project to renovate a very rare and historic Bobcat M-600D skid-steer loader that is around 50 years old and now fully working again.The M-600D was fir... Read Full Article

Three Doosan excavators - three days - a new bridge. Beller GmbH & Co. KG had exactly 72 hours to demolish and replace a dilapidated road bridge that ran over a busy railway line. Equipped with Doosan DX255LC-5, DX340LC-5 and DX380LC-5 excavat... Read Full Article

Working in conjunction with Mecalac Financial Solutions, Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has launched an unbeatable Buy Now... Pay Later finance package across its entire range of excavators, wheel loaders, sit... Read Full Article