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Special Report | Intelligent machine control test

|Date: December 17, 2019

Special Report | Intelligent machine control test

The Komatsu PC138US-11 is extending the concept of intelligent machine control still further. Dan Gilkes ...

The Komatsu PC138US-11 is extending the concept of intelligent machine control still further. Dan Gilkes reports. Machine control and machine guidance systems are, increasingly, becoming an essential ...

December 17, 2019
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Special Report | Plantforce & Weston College’s new initiative

|Date: December 16, 2019

Special Report | Plantforce & Weston College’s new initiative

Construction Plant News reports on a new initiative from Plantforce and Weston College’s Construction Tra ...

Construction Plant News reports on a new initiative from Plantforce and Weston College’s Construction Training Centre to provide the site ready workforce of tomorrow The shortage of construction plant ...

December 16, 2019
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UK’s first Bobcat remote control loader in demolition

|Date: December 11, 2019

UK’s first Bobcat remote control loader in demolition

The UK’s first Bobcat Remote Control compact loader has increased safety and reduced costs on a major dem ...

The UK’s first Bobcat Remote Control compact loader has increased safety and reduced costs on a major demolition contract in London. Purchased by BooBoo Plant Hire, based in Kings Langley, and supplie ...

December 11, 2019
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“Worth every penny”: Mays Plant Hire talks tiltrotators

|Date: December 03, 2019

“Worth every penny”: Mays Plant Hire talks tiltrotators

Like many owner-operators before him, Owen Mays’ purchase of a tiltrotator was several years in the makin ...

Like many owner-operators before him, Owen Mays’ purchase of a tiltrotator was several years in the making. “I’d always been interested in tiltrotators, and knew the benefits they could bring my busin ...

December 03, 2019
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Atlas Copco celebrates 100 years in the UK

|Date: December 03, 2019

Atlas Copco celebrates 100 years in the UK

Atlas Copco has marked its century of operations in the UK with a look forward at how industrial technolo ...

Atlas Copco has marked its century of operations in the UK with a look forward at how industrial technology might evolve over the next 100 years. At a celebratory event in London, media and guests hea ...

December 03, 2019
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R A Swann’s long-term commitment to the Hyundai brand and Ernest Doe

|Date: December 02, 2019

R A Swann’s long-term commitment to the Hyundai brand and Ernest Doe

Hertfordshire based Robert Swann first set up on his own in 1989, initially as a self-drive plant hire bu ...

Hertfordshire based Robert Swann first set up on his own in 1989, initially as a self-drive plant hire business. His very first machine was a 2.5 tonne Nissan mini excavator which proved to be rather ...

December 02, 2019
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Ward Plane & Andover Trailers | Plane sailing

|Date: November 27, 2019

Ward Plane & Andover Trailers | Plane sailing

Yorkshire-based road planing business, Ward Plane, has taken delivery of two new specialist drawbars from ...

Yorkshire-based road planing business, Ward Plane, has taken delivery of two new specialist drawbars from Andover Trailers. “From our first conversation with Andover 11 years ago it was clear they und ...

November 27, 2019
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Ssangyong Musso | Enter the dragon

|Date: November 22, 2019

Ssangyong Musso | Enter the dragon

The Ssangyong Musso is one dragon you won’t have to train. Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones gets ...

The Ssangyong Musso is one dragon you won’t have to train. Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones gets behind the wheel. With some of the most recent entrants to the pick-up market unashamedly cour ...

November 22, 2019
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Bobcat | The stage is set

|Date: November 21, 2019

Bobcat | The stage is set

Enhancing its leadership of the skid-steer loader market in Europe, Bobcat has launched new versions of i ...

Enhancing its leadership of the skid-steer loader market in Europe, Bobcat has launched new versions of its M-Series S450, S510 and S530 models If you want an indication of dominance in a particular c ...

November 21, 2019
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Company Profile | Ingimex

|Date: November 20, 2019

Company Profile | Ingimex

Kieran Nee travels to Telford to meet Ingimex, the company behind Volkswagen’s tippers and dropside vans. ...

Kieran Nee travels to Telford to meet Ingimex, the company behind Volkswagen’s tippers and dropside vans. It might not quite do justice to the complexity behind Ingimex’s body conversions, but describ ...

November 20, 2019
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