26/10/2022 | Productivity

Perkins Engines Company Limited adds electric power at bauma.

26/10/2022 | Productivity

Hitachi Construction Machinery has brought two Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon 'Factory Fitted' machine control machines to the stand at bauma this year.

21/10/2022 | Productivity

Operating a Caterpillar D7 Dozer remotely using the Cat Command Station in Malaga, Spain

21/10/2022 | Environmental

On 5th and 6th October, Europe’s best operators, including Bryan Williamson from the UK and Tommy Murphy of Ireland, gathered at the Caterpillar Demonstration and Learning Centre for a chance to win one of three places at the Global Operator Challenge live final in Las Vegas at ConExpo in March 2023.

20/10/2022 | Productivity

Komatsu Europe launches retrofit machine guidance, expanding its Smart Construction portfolio

17/10/2022 | Environmental

At a recent visit to the newly opened AccXel training school in Gloucestershire, which has received funding from the KW Bell Group, I caught up with Peter Bell. He is the Managing Director of one of the group's companies, Bell Contracting. Founded as a family business by Peter's father, Keith Bell, in October 1965, I wanted to understand how the business has grown and its approach to the future.

14/10/2022 | Environmental

Portacabin in a field or a five star hotel like training facility designed for learners and the wider construction community? – Peter Haddock pays a visit to the new £3m state-of-the-art AccXel construction and plant training centre of excellence in Gloucestershire, which is set to reshape the industry.

13/10/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock talks to newly appointed CEO of Speedy Services, Dan Evans at Speedy Expo in Liverpool.

12/10/2022 | Environmental

As the UK's first all-electric telehandler to join the Flannery Plant Hire fleet from UK dealer GGR Group, the Faresin 6.26 has recently finished a 12 month shift with Tier 1 contractor Morgan Sindall.

06/10/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock spoke to Julien Roux about the competition and witnessed the trials that the operators had to complete in.

30/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock talks to Tom Connolly at Letsrecycle Live 2022 about its latest shredder range that's powered by Stage V Caterpillar engines. They talk about how the Edge Innovate team works with Caterpillar and its dealers to design super efficient and easy to maintain equipment

28/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock caught up with Joe Hilton, JCB's industry and electric product specialist, at the show to find out more about the products.

21/09/2022 | Productivity

Remote control dust suppression means no more getting wet onsite - or does it?

17/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock takes a walk around the machine with product expert Andy Jones in the letsrecycle.com Live demo arena.

16/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock joins Patrick on a walkaround of this high speed shredder in the demonstration arena at the show. This is the first time the new machine has been shown off in the UK.

16/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock got to turn on the Inmalo dust suppression units and see for myself just how they performed at the letsrecycle.com Live event.

16/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock spoke to Lee Hanlon of John Hanlon & Co Ltd who are the UK dealers for the equipment.

14/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock talks Doosan equipment with Sean McGeary of Blue Group in the letsrecycle.com live demonstration area.

14/09/2022 | Safety

Peter Haddock caught up with Graham whilst hosting the demonstration area at the show. He explains the latest advances in fire protection from the Fireward team in this interview and we see how quickly their solutions put out fires.

05/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock goes onsite to talk to L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage Head of Machine Control, Paul Keenan about how it's collaborating with clients like Buckingham Group to deliver connected sites with 3D machine control.

01/09/2022 | Productivity

Peter Haddock takes an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Komatsu UK Ltd factory with John Lawson to see the processes involved in creating the range of excavators the team manufactures at the state-of-the-art facility.

01/09/2022 | Productivity

Komatsu UK has been manufacturing its medium to large excavator range for the UK and export markets at its facility in Birtley, County Durham, for over 35 years. And on a recent tour of the facility, I witnessed the whole process, from boom fabrication to the dancing digger test area and proving ground.

17/08/2022 | Safety

How do we keep people and plant operating in harmony while helping operators focus on moving material and keeping site operatives safe? That's been the number one focus of the industry forever, and more recently, it's helped to drive a digital revolution in new safety solutions.

15/08/2022 | Productivity

Ritchie Bros. UK launches 'Virtual Walkaround Inspection Service' available for all its auctions. Peter Haddock recently visited the Maltby yard to speak to Regional Operations Manager, Colm Moran, who took him through the process.

09/08/2022 | Productivity

L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage combine with Safety Shield for UK's first #Digitalthumbsup visual and audible safety solution, already being fitted to over 300 machines for HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd.