Engcon introduces super-sized quick hitch 7 Feb: Tiltrotator manufacturer Engcon is bringing out its largest automatic hydraulic connector to date.
Volvo rigid hauler gets to work 7 Feb: A Devon quarry has taken delivery of the first Volvo rigid hauler to be sold in the UK.
Scottish plant specialist expands use of Trimble machine control 6 Feb: JKR Contractors is now Scotland’s largest operator of Trimble machine-controlled plant and credits the technology with helping the business expand and attract talent.
Allenbuild fined £600k after site worker run over 5 Feb: A construction company has been fined £600,000 after site worker was run over and killed by a dumper truck.
Plant fraudster ordered to repay £1m or stay in jail 4 Feb: A Leicestershire plant machinery salesman who was jailed for tax fraud has been ordered to repay nearly £1 million or face a further seven years behind bars.
Central Crane adds five-axle Liebherr 1 Feb: Hull-based Central Crane Hire has added a 200-tonne class Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane to its hire fleet.
Nixon buys Elliott’s Loohire business 1 Feb: Nixon Hire has taken over Loohire, the portable toilet business of modular building specialist Elliott.
Volvo sees 27% rise in construction sales 31 Jan: Volvo Construction Equipment has reported its strongest year ever, with sales up by 27% to SEK84.2bn (£7.1bn).
Foundations go in for west London tower blocks 30 Jan: Central Piling is putting in foundations for the tallest residential building in West London.
Caterpillar sales grow 20% 29 Jan: Caterpillar’s sales and revenues grew 20% in 2018 to US$54.7bn (£43.2bn), the company has reported.
GAP stocks up on Dual View dumpers 29 Jan: GAP Hire Solutions has taken delivery of its first six-tonne Dual View dumper from Wacker Neuson.
‘Green Vest’ scheme targets apprentices’ roller and dumper skills 28 Jan: WM Donald and Stewart Milne Homes have developed the ‘Green Vest’ scheme, which is designed to give apprentices experience in using rollers and dumpers.
Selwood installs fleet-wide telematics 28 Jan: Plant hire company Selwood is installing immobilisers and telematics to its fleet of construction machinery.
One Call's Fitzpatricks get back into plant hire 25 Jan: The former owners of One Call Hire have set up a new plant hire business in the UK with the backing of Hitachi Construction Machinery.
Veolia fined £1m after employee run over by bin lorry 25 Jan: A refuse collection company was yesterday handed a £1m fine after a worker was run over by a bin lorry and killed.
Nixon buys 230 JCB telehandlers 25 Jan: Nixon Hire has placed a £10m order with JCB for 230 telescopic handlers.
Clancy Docwra sucks it up 25 Jan: Utilities contractor Clancy Docwra has invested in two suction excavators to work on its long-term contracts with Anglian Water.
Hitachi excavator picked for Porto airport project 24 Jan: Portuguese contractor Gabriel Couto has bought a new Hitachi excavator to help it construct a new taxiway at Porto Airport in the north of Portugal.
Komatsu dealer teams up with Topcon 24 Jan: Technology firm Topcon has struck an alliance with Marubeni-Komatsu in the British Isles.
