Japanese equipment manufacturer Yanmar has parted ways with its established UK & Ireland distributor A&Y Equipment. Yanmar said that following its acquisition of Terex’s German excavator and wheeled loader manufacturing business in 2016 it now wants to set up an [...]
Analysis carried out by Off-Highway Research shows that the global market for construction machinery grew by 25% in 2017 to $88 billion USD. With sales of around 702,000 units in 2016, the market grew to 894,000 units purchased worldwide in [...]
A UK start-up company has secured exclusive distribution rights to the US-made SAM 100 brick laying robot. Grant van Wyk, a South African national living in Surrey, has set up Future Construct & Automation Ltd, to distribute US building automation [...]
The government has recently announced that plans to create a £250m lorry park just outside of the village of Stanford, have been scrapped. The lorry park was due to provide parking for up to 3,600 lorries to reduce the effects [...]
The CITB has recently revealed their 6 point plan to make the training body "more focused, efficient and responsive" following a government-commissioned review. In a 34 page review carried out by Mr Paul Morrell, a former construction advisor, the Department for [...]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has asked central government to give him new powers to curb pollution from construction machinery. The mayor wants greater powers to enforce compliance with the standards of the non-road mobile machinery low emission zone (NRMM LEZ), [...]
UK exports of construction and earthmoving equipment continued on an upward trend in the second quarter of 2017, showing growth for the fourth consecutive quarter. Construction machinery exports in Q2 2017 increased by 2.0%, reaching £714m, their highest quarterly [...]
The Mega Jack 800 is an 800-tonne capacity jacking system that was launched in 2014 as part of ALE’s Innovation Series. Since then, it has been used to carry out jacking operations around the world and another system is now [...]
Korean construction machinery manufacturer Doosan has launched two new excavators with raised crawler tracks for higher ground clearance. Above: The Doosan DX160LC-5 HT The new DX160LC-5 HT and DX180LC-5 HT models are designed to meet the needs of those needing [...]
Dutch machinery manufacturer Tobroco is stepping up its efforts to sell its Giant branded construction machinery in the UK with the incorporation of Tobroco Giant UK Ltd. Above: A Giant wheeled loader Tobroco Giant UK was incorporated in Kent on 9th May [...]
