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Advancements in VolvoCE lubricant technology, coupled with new high-performance engine filters, cut engine drain intervals and costs by up to 50%. Volvo Construction Equi...
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...
Eurovia Contracting, a national highway infrastructure company, has taken delivery of the UK’s first 100% electric-powered Volvo ECR25 mini excavator. The zero-emissions,...
Komatsu is set to celebrate their 100th anniversary on May 13, 2001. Established in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Komatsu has committed to quality and reliability an...
A new Doosan DX350LC-7 Stage V compliant excavator has added increased power and fuel efficiency for working with heavy blocks of granite at the Ruprechtice quarry in the...
The rollout of the Next Generation Cat® D5 Dozer has well and truly begun, with customers in Wales setting the pace. Plant hire and construction firms including Gravelle...
Mobile construction cranes are predestined to be used as taxi cranes and, with this in mind, the MK 73‑3.1 is also designed for one-man operation. This crane is ready for...
Building on a more than half-century legacy that includes the best-selling large mining loader model of all time, the new Cat® 992 Wheel Loader sets a new standard by off...
Leading water treatment specialist, Siltbuster, has launched an integrated chemical dosing system (iCDS) to sit alongside its already extensive range of treatment solutio...
Effidence starts this year with the release of a package transfer solution, Convey-LINK, composed of a conveyor installed on the EffiBOT mobile robot, and a LINK communic...
Returning to Volvo after nearly 20 years, The Malcolm Group has recently purchased 6 new excavators, ranging from 22 to 50 tonnes in operating weight Ordered as part of M...
The safety of motorists and members of their own highways team was uppermost in the minds of Cardiff Council procurement chiefs when they ordered two new Mercedes-Benz tr...
Since moving its auctions to 100% online bidding, Ritchie Bros. has taken advantage of the digital world by bringing smaller auctions together to create bigger online eve...
Volvo Penta and TICO are taking the first step in their ambitions to introduce an emission-free, electric terminal tractor. This partnership and project represent another...
An innovative non-contact radar sensing technology from SICK is opening up the prospect of robust and reliable real-time monitoring of bulk solid levels in the storage an...
In light of evolving customer behaviour which has accelerated due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Volvo CE is announcing a new marketing approach aimed at even closer engagemen...
GAP Hire Solutions, the largest independent hire company in the UK, is made up of ten different divisions with 146 locations throughout the UK. Due to the expansion of th...
Mecalac Construction Equipment UK has launched a new product addition to its backhoe loader portfolio – the TLB880. Combining impressive power, efficiency and capability...
Back in July 2020, BLUETTI a renewable energy company set its sights on the solar energy storage market and announced the launch of its first 2000Watt battery product, th...
Every mining operation has a unique grinding process that requires versatile grinding equipment. During the last six months, Metso Outotec has extensively reviewed the co...
Hirst Brothers Contractors Ltd of York has taken delivery of new Bobcat E27 and E85 mini-excavators. Jointly run by Directors, Edd and Tom Hirst, Hirst Brothers provides...
Doosan Infracore North America, LLC announces its top-performing dealers of 2020. The top 10 dealers are among more than 160 Doosan® equipment dealers in North America. D...
JCB has secured one of the biggest deals of the year for its X-Series range of tracked excavators after an investment by one of the Midlands’ leading civil engineering co...
Norwest Plant, Mecalac’s official dealer for North Wales and the North West of England, has agreed a multi-million pound deal with B&W Plant Hire to add 71 state-of-t...
Kaman Air Vehicles announced they have delivered a new medium-to-heavy lift K-MAX® helicopter to Black Tusk Helicopter Inc. of Squamish, BC, Canada. Black Tusk performs v...
New product updates to the versatile and productive Cat® PM620, PM622, PM820, PM822 and PM825 half-lane cold planers include numerous improvements based on customer feedb...
Caterpillar expands its single drum vibratory soil compactor line with the introduction of the new 84-in (2134 mm) Cat® GC Series, built for simple operation, high reliab...
The new Cat® 140 GC motor grader is designed to combine high performance with low owning and operating costs. The 140 GC’s powerful Cat C7.1 engine, 6F/3R automatic...
Siltbuster, the leading water treatment specialist, has provided Costain with four modular treatment solutions, to be used during the delivery of the £200m Preston Wester...
The new Cat® D7 dozer offers high drive undercarriage design, increased performance and the broadest choice of easy-to-use technology features to help customers get the m...
During the modernization of the D1 freeway between the Czech Republic’s two largest cities, two slipform pavers and a texture curing machine from Wirtgen rehabilitated a...
Highways maintenance contractor Carnell plan to expand its use of renewable fuel to power its projects after cutting its CO2e emissions on a Carlisle scheme by 90%. The t...
25 Liebherr tower cranes are involved in the construction of the Überseequartier, a new district in Hamburg. This is part of the well-known HafenCity urban development pr...
With over 6,000 operating hours, the SENNEBOGEN 870 Hybrid has already moved a lot in the inland port of Bendorf: Since 2017, the port colossus with crawler tracks has be...
Ritchie Bros.’ GovPlanet marketplace has been helping the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) sell thousands of its surplus roll...
Seegrid Corporation, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, premiered a new autonomous lift truck, Palion Lift AMR, further expanding the ca...
Engineer Sven Heinisch manages the corporate group USUM, founded by his father in 1992, in the town of Steigra (50 km south-west of Halle/Saale). USUM stands for Unstrut-...
Landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust is operating a fleet of JCB machines to help clear minefields in Afghanistan and they will soon be joined by their latest additi...
Hitachi is proud to introduce its first Stage V-compliant wheel loader, the first model from its next generation. The ZW220-7 has been designed to put operators in comple...
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