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    BAM hails hydrogen refuelling

    Contractor BAM Construction has hailed the simplicity of the refuelling process of JCB's Hydrogen powered ...

    Contractor BAM Construction has hailed the simplicity of the refuelling process of JCB's Hydrogen powered loadall Telescopic Handler after testing the machine of a major midlands regeneration project. ...

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    Business back in family hands

    When a Blackburn family-run plant hire business wanted to restore independent ownership, it went in searc ...

    When a Blackburn family-run plant hire business wanted to restore independent ownership, it went in search of funding that would enable it to do just that. CPN reports. The owners of a nationwide plan ...

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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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    Volvo CE and Unicontrol partner up

    Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Unicontrol have announced a partnership to introduce the soft ...

    Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Unicontrol have announced a partnership to introduce the software company's 3D Machine Control technology in Volvo excavators. The Volvo Co-Pilot will be us ...

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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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    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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    Marubeni-Komatsu has appointed Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers

    In an expansion of its dealer network Marubeni-Komatsu (MKL) has appointed Alan Snow Agricultural Enginee ...

    In an expansion of its dealer network Marubeni-Komatsu (MKL) has appointed Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers to cover the southwest of England. The company will be offering the full range of Komatsu Ut ...

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    Construction and earthmoving sales are up

    Sales of construction and earthmoving equipment made an encouraging start of the year with sales in Janua ...

    Sales of construction and earthmoving equipment made an encouraging start of the year with sales in January at 7.4% above sales in the first month of 2024, according to the latest figures from the CEA ...

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    Komatsu’s all-new WA700-8 wheel loader

    Komatsu’s all-new WA700-8 wheel loader is said by the company to “deliver unparalleled levels of safety, ...

    Komatsu’s all-new WA700-8 wheel loader is said by the company to “deliver unparalleled levels of safety, increased productivity, exceptional durability, and impeccable environmental credentials.” Powe ...

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