Plant News

Minton’s manifesto

Just over one year into his work as the new chief executive of the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), Kevin Minton is clear about the short-term priorities for the organisation, as he tells Graham Anderson

Volvo extends Chinese collaboration

Volvo Construction Equipment and SDLG are to consolidate their production and branding of larger excavators made for the Chinese market.

Amey trials robotic exosuit

Amey’s team working on the Forth bridges in Scotland is carrying out trials of a robotic ‘exosuit’ designed to make it easier to lift objects on site.

UK powered access revenue shrinks

The return on investment from mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the UK is in decline, according to a new study.

Bobcat adds remote control

Bobcat is launching a new remote control system for its compact loaders.

Investment for Hamilton

Hamilton Plant Hire has added two 21-tonne Kobelco excavators and four 8-tonne Hitachi excavators to its equipment fleet.

CP Hire orders 95 Mecalac dumpers

Plant hire firm CP Hire has placed a million-pound deal in Northern Ireland for Mecalac site dumpers.

Bauer deploys new drill rig for Werrington junction

Bauer Technologies is using its new BG 45 PremiumLine rotary drilling rig to install contiguous board piles for a new grade separated rail junction at Werrington.

Network Rail widens Balfour Beatty’s MPV contract

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £65m contract to operate and maintain 21 of Network Rail’s seasonal treatment multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) across the south of England, Anglia and the London North Western (LNW) rail route.

Speedy results boosted by cold-calling success

Plant and tool hire chain Speedy grew its profits by more than 50% last year after making 30,000 phone calls a month to past and potential customers.

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