Open days provide showcase for Beith waste recycling plant
MORE than 150 guests from across the UK and Ireland attended a recent open day event at Malcolm Group’s Loanhead Quarry site in Beith,...
Material handler shows its metal in Grangemouth
EARLY indications suggest the first ever Liebherr-Great Britain machine purchased by a long-running Grangemouth scrap metal specialist has exceeded expectations.
Foundry Steels, which has been in...
Liebherr in double electric excavator launch
LIEBHERR has announced the launch of two new electric crawler excavators.
The R 976-E and the R 980 SME-E replace the ER 974 B for...
Updated scalper aims to boost productivity
SANDVIK has launched its new QE342 heavy duty scalper, which is an upgrade of the manufacturer’s best-selling QE341 machine.
The firm explained that the model’s...
Breedon Aggregates appoints new Scottish commercial director
Gordon Liney has been named commercial director for Breedon Aggregates' Scottish business.
Reporting to Breedon Scotland chief executive Alan Mackenzie, Gordon will be responsible for the overall...
Open for business: scores of visitors attend Blue Scotland’s waste recycling events
MORE than 100 people attended Blue Scotland's waste recycling open days, featuring live demonstrations of some of the firm's most impressive machines.
Visitors to the...
No ‘shred’ of doubt over machine’s quality
TIMBERPAK Scotland, a subsidiary of EGGER, has acquired Scotland's first Haas 2500 slow-speed shredder, which will be tasked with helping to process some 100,000...
Finlay deals help firms become self-sufficient
FINLAY Scotland has recently concluded a number of high-profile deals.
Gray’s Recycling Services (GRS), based in Spey Bay, Moray, has taken delivery of a new...
Quarry specialist digs deep for Strathcarron Hospice
QUARRYING and construction materials specialist Tillicoultry Quarries recently surprised Strathcarron Hospice with support for the resurfacing of its road entranceway and car parking facilities.
The...
Rokbak continues to expand US dealer network
MOTHERWELL-headquartered hauler manufacturer Rokbak has expanded its US dealer network after agreeing a new partnership with Alpha & Omega Equipment Sales and Rental.
Texas-based Alpha...
AGGPRO appointed dealer for Arjes Impaktor GmbH
AGGPRO has been appointed the exclusive dealer for Arjes Impaktor GmbH across England, Scotland and Wales.
The move is designed to strengthen the German manufacturer’s...
Second hand Cat crawler fills a gap
EXPANSION at regional waste and quarry management company WCL Quarries has led to the purchase of a used Finning Fair Buy Cat® D6R to...
SCG looks to add value with latest partnership
AIRDRIE-headquartered SCG Supplies has announced a new cooperation agreement with Irish Manufacturing Services (IMS).
The range produced by IMS augments SCG’s existing distribution agreements with...
Coastal super quarry sees £30m investment in new facilities
GLENSANDA, located in the Scottish Highlands, is Europe’s largest granite quarry and recently celebrated the completion of a new £30 million upgrade of its...
Tillicoultry Quarries adds to fleet with Volvo package
TILLICOULTRY Quarries has added to its fleet with three new Volvo loading shovels and another A30G articulated hauler.
The package includes two L120H loading shovels...
Major materials processing industry issues discussed at two-day virtual symposium
CDE has hailed the success of its recent two-day online symposium for the materials processing industry.
The virtual event, part of the firm's Engineering Insights...
Inventory tracking solution brings efficiency gains for Scottish waste management specialist
SCOTTISH waste management and recycling company, Levenseat Renewable Energy, now has real-time access to material inventory figures after implementing a LiDAR-based solution for inventory...
Terex MP acquires smart robotic recycling specialist
TEREX Materials Processing (MP) has bought the assets of ZenRobotics Ltd, a company that designs and creates robots that pick, sort, and recycle waste...
Plus point: JCB Hydradigs prove their worth at waste management firm
JCB has revealed how two new Hydradigs have been carrying out multiple tasks for a waste management company in Northern Ireland.
Purchased by Portadown-based ABC...
Aggregate Industries invests £9m in new asphalt plant
AGGREGATE Industries has opened a new asphalt plant as part of a £9 million investment.
The Cauldon plant in the Staffordshire Moorlands is based next...
Cloburn Quarry fix costs and save fuel with new Cat
CLOBURN Quarry in Lanarkshire has become the first company in Scotland to purchase a Cat® 966K XE Wheel Loader.
The business has also invested in...
Quality has been key in recycling revolution
Paul Thorne, director at SCG Supplies, reflects on the evolution of recycling equipment over the past three decades
SINCE the early 1990s there’s been...
SBTi approves Sandvik’s emission reduction targets
SANDVIK has announced that its targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as aligned...
Terex MP snaps up bulk material handling conveyor manufacturer
TEREX MP has completed the purchase of MARCO, a manufacturer of bulk material handling conveyors based in Missouri, USA.
As part of the transaction, Terex...
Cat wheel loaders deliver large fuel savings for waste management firm
RESOURCE and waste management company FCC Environment has invested in a fleet of Cat 966 XE wheel loaders from Finning UK & Ireland after...
Brammer to sponsor Hillhead 2014
BRAMMER, a supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul products and services, has confirmed that it will once again sponsor Hillhead 2014 – the world’s...
Glasgow team assists with D6T rebuild
Engineers at Finning’s Glasgow workshop worked with waste management firm Enovert to fully rebuild its Cat D6T, providing a ‘second life’ for the machine.
Waste management business powers ahead with rebuilt Cats
FINNING has revealed how it supported waste management company Powerday's sustainability goals by facilitating the rebuild of two Cat 966M wheel loaders.
Finning utilised workshop...
ScotPlant 2022 countdown: Hodge to showcase mobile crushing ‘breakthrough’
HODGE Plant has revealed that the business will showcase ‘the biggest breakthrough in mobile crushing’ at ScotPlant 2022.
It comes after Alistair Hodge, MD of...
Rokbak operators have ‘yabba-dabba do’ time in Canada!
A trio of Rokbak articulated haulers - named after Flintstones characters - have journeyed from Scotland to western Canada to move aggregates, stone and...
