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A Complete Portable Crushing & Screening Plant — Ready to Work If you’re in the market for a self-contained crushing and screening solution you can put to work immediately, this 1991 Cedarapids 5048 Portable Impact Crusher & Screening Plant deserves a serious look. Priced at $175,000 and located in Pittsburg, Kansas, it’s a proven, field-ready […]

Hyundai’s parent company, HD Construction Equipment, has established a UK PDI Centre in Southampton Docks, bringing final machine preparation closer to UK dealers and customers. Opened in January 2026, the facility will take fully assembled machines directly from the factory, reducing delivery times to the customer and ensuring that the highest quality standards are maintained. […]

Pictured left to right with the Award are JCB’s Major Account Manager Paul Mabey, Loadall Business Director Peter Jowett, and Loadall Product Manager Charlie Catallo. JCB has won a major award for an industry-leading machine safety aid on its world leading Loadall telescopic handlers. The ‘Hire Industry Product of the Year’ for JCB INTELLISENSE was […]

“Since I started buying Kubota mini excavators 12 years ago, I’ve never gone back,” said Ian Leigh, Director of Leigh Plant Hire, Matthews and Leigh Civil Engineering and of Leigh Homes Construction. “All of my smaller excavators, at 8-tonnes, 5-tonnes and the 3-tonne machines are Kubota, they make up around half of my excavator fleet.” […]

One of Staffordshire’s oldest family pottery firms has wished JCB and Lord Bamford a happy 80th birthday – with the creation of a unique handmade vase. Stoke‑on‑Trent‑based Moorcroft, founded by William Moorcroft in 1913, is renowned worldwide for its rich colours and distinctive tube‑lining technique, in which raised outlines are applied by hand before painting […]

Hyundai unveiled a host of new machines, as it welcomed trade media from across the Continent to its European head office in April. Building on the successful launch of its Next Generation crawler excavator range in 2025, Hyundai continues to enter new market sectors in 2026, in response to customer demand. HX230 and HX260 excavators […]