Liebherr sales top €10bn 5 Apr: Liebherr has reported group annual turnover of more than €10bn for the first time.
Block maker fined for dangerous machinery 5 Apr: Concrete block supplier Thakeham Tiles Ltd must pay out more than £30,000 after a worker’s hand was crushed in an unguarded machine.
Lee Lifting adds mobile tower crane 5 Apr: West London based Lee Lifting Services has added a truck-mounted folding tower crane to its equipment fleet.
HSS cuts losses to £4.5m 4 Apr: Tool and plant hire chain HSS Hire Group has managed to slash its losses in 2018 after a strategy review.
GenAir UK supplies Russian project 3 Apr: Hirer GenAir UK has shipped two diesel-powered compressors to Russia for use on a major project.
RSK acquires Drilling Supplies 3 Apr: A supplier of drilling equipment has become the 12th and final acquisition of RSK Group in the financial year 2018/19.
Enigma loads up on second-hand scaffolding 2 Apr: Enigma Industrial Services has bought more than 2,500 tonnes of Haki scaffolding stock.
Riwal buys Swedish rental company 29 Mar: Aerial work platform and telehandler rental specialist Riwal has bought a Swedish rental company.
Hire firm dumps Thwaites for JCB 29 Mar: WHC Hire Services has placed a £2.25m order with dealer Gunn JCB for more than 100 machines.
Expansion for Ernest Doe’s attachment franchise 29 Mar: Epiroc has appointed Ernest Doe & Sons as the authorised dealer for its hydraulic attachment tools across Suffolk and Norfolk.
Long journey for Severfield girders 29 Mar: Six 41-metre long steel girders have been transported 290 miles from Bolton to Ashford in Kent.
Ladders removed from Hymix trucks 28 Mar: Concrete mixer supplier Hymix has removed the ladder and platform from its Readymix concrete mixer.
A-Plant debuts its first Dual View dumper 28 Mar: A-Plant has deployed its first Wacker Neuson Dual View site dumper truck to the Sellafield nuclear power station.
Volvo survey finds that workers fear safety risks from site robots 27 Mar: Workers are more worried about site safety risks from advancing automation than about losing their jobs to robots, a survey carried out for Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has found.
Contractor fined £35k after power cable strike 27 Mar: Sign-fitting contractor AR Signs Limited has been fined £35,000 for safety breaches after a worker suffered multiple serious burn injuries.
Indian Army takes delivery of new short-span bridge kit 26 Mar: The Indian Army has taken delivery three months ahead of schedule of new equipment for short-span bridges.
New owners for Lyte Ladders 26 Mar: Ladder maker Lyte is under new ownership after being bought out of administration by venture capitalists.
680 concrete trucks for a single pour 26 Mar: In the second largest continuous pour in its history, London Concrete has provided 5000 m3 of ready mix concrete to the One Nine Elms development in Central London.
Dynapac India opens new factory for road construction plant 22 Mar: An inauguration event has been held at Dynapac India’s new factory for road construction equipment.
Speedy takes over Lifterz for £21.5m 20 Mar: The father and son team of Malcolm and Ben Bowers have sold their Lifterz access platform hire business to Speedy for £9.6m cash.
