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  • Star Platforms doubles in size

    Powered access platforms provider, Star Platforms, is doubling the size of its northwest operational depo ...

    Powered access platforms provider, Star Platforms, is doubling the size of its northwest operational depot to better support businesses across the region. The larger facility now supports increased st ...

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  • Bauma 2025 – a look back

    There’s nothing like a Bauma. The CPN team put in the hard miles around the gigantic Messe Munchen exhibi ...

    There’s nothing like a Bauma. The CPN team put in the hard miles around the gigantic Messe Munchen exhibition centre to check out some of the machinery delights on offer. Bauma, the triennial Bavarian ...

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  • Register for Plantworx NOW!

    Plantworx is back and the organisers are urging visitors to get their registrations in. Billed as the UK' ...

    Plantworx is back and the organisers are urging visitors to get their registrations in. Billed as the UK's biggest construction showcase of the year, the sixth edition is taking place from 23rd to 25t ...

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  • Finning secures deal

    Finning has secured a deal to supply Flannery Plant Hire with £65 million worth of CAT Machinery in 2025. ...

    Finning has secured a deal to supply Flannery Plant Hire with £65 million worth of CAT Machinery in 2025. The most recent multi-million-pound investment includes 100 Cat excavators, 70 Cat bulldozers, ...

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  • Develon claims new see-through bucket system will raise safety and efficiency

    New see-through bucket system will raise safety and efficiency for Wheel Loaders, claims Develon. Develon ...

    New see-through bucket system will raise safety and efficiency for Wheel Loaders, claims Develon. Develon is helping operators work with confidence, greater accuracy and better control with the launch ...

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  • Celebrating a century of Caterpillar

    An invitation to celebrate a century of the world’s most iconic construction machinery brand was not one ...

    An invitation to celebrate a century of the world’s most iconic construction machinery brand was not one to turn down. CPN reports from the Costa del Sol. A trip to Southern Spain’s Malaga is never a ...

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  • Speedy Hire looks at carbon reporting on site

    Matt Pygott, head of Net Zero, Speedy Hire, looks at carbon reporting on site and why data-driven decisio ...

    Matt Pygott, head of Net Zero, Speedy Hire, looks at carbon reporting on site and why data-driven decisions are key to decarbonising construction. At Speedy Hire, we support thousands of construction ...

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  • Stolen JCB Loader recovered

    A 3.5 tonne JCB Loader, valued at approximately £25,000, has been recovered after a check made with The E ...

    A 3.5 tonne JCB Loader, valued at approximately £25,000, has been recovered after a check made with The Equipment Register (TER), europe's largest database of stolen plant and equipment, identified it ...

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  • Inside Bauma 2025

    The sun shone, the beer flowed, and the visitors came – around 600,000 of them, according to Messe Münch ...

    The sun shone, the beer flowed, and the visitors came – around 600,000 of them, according to Messe München which runs Bauma. Liken it to a construction machinery-themed Glastonbury but held in Munich ...

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  • IPAF has launched its global 2025 safety campaign

    The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched its global safety campaign for 2025: Stop ...

    The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched its global safety campaign for 2025: Stop overturns - safety starts on the ground! This year’s campaign focuses on the serious and often ...

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