Category: Plant News
PLATINUM EDITION CELEBRATES 70 YEARS OF JCB BACKHOE INNOVATION JCB is celebrating 70 years of manufacturing its iconic backhoe loader with the unveiling Platinum Editions of the 3CX and 4CX models. Company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE invented the backhoe concept and the first JCB model was manufactured in 1953 after he combined a lightweight […]
MINISTER’S INSIGHT INTO MONEY-SAVING BRITISH POTHOLE FIXER Transport Minister Mark Harper was given a live demonstration of a machine which is helping fix Britain’s roads and end the scourge of potholes. The Minister was shown the JCB Pothole Pro during a visit to the company’s Derbyshire engine plant and saw for himself how the machine […]
Freeport-McMoRan uses Cat MineStar™ to convert fleet IRVING, Texas, Oct. 31, 2023 – Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) announce that the two companies are collaborating to convert the mining company’s fleet of 33 Cat® 793 haul trucks at its Bagdad mine in Arizona to an autonomous haulage system (AHS) using Cat MineStar™ Command for […]
New Cat® 255 and 265 Compact Track Loaders deliver industry leading lift and tilt breakout forces, significantly increase torque For Release in North America, Europe, South Korea: October 2023 Release Number: 293PR23 Both models increase lift height, tilt and lift breakout forces, and rated operating capacity All-new wider cab boasts more overall volume, foot space, […]
JCB ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW NORTH AMERICAN PLANT JCB today announced it is set to build a new factory in North America which will create 1,500 new jobs over the next five years. The construction of the 720,000 sq ft (67,000m²) factory will begin early next year on a 400-acre site in San Antonio, Texas. […]
PROFIT RECOVERY CONTINUES AS OUTLOOK LOOKS UNCERTAIN Construction and agricultural machinery maker JCB today announced that profits and turnover rose in 2022 but is warning of a less certain outlook for the coming year. Sales turnover in 2022 grew to £5.7 billion (2021: £4.4 billion) and profit before tax grew to £557.7 million (2021: £501.6 […]
SAFETY FIRST FOR DA JOHNSTONE PLANT HIRE “If there’s one thing that swayed us towards Hyundai it’s the safety features. The quality of the camera system was a huge factor in us choosing Hyundai for our fleet,” said David Johnstone, owner of DA Johnstone Plant Hire Ltd. The family-run company, based in Morpeth in Northumberland, […]
SANY Appoints New UK Cranes Manager SANY, a global leader in construction and heavy equipment manufacturing, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Snow as the new UK manager for crane products. Andrew will lead SANY’s crane division in the UK and Republic of Ireland, overseeing all aspects of operations, sales, and customer support. […]
BREAKTHROUGH PROVES HYDROGEN’S WIDER APPEAL FOR WHITE VAN MAN JCB has made a second major breakthrough in proving the wider appeal of hydrogen combustion technology by installing one of its super-efficient hydrogen engines into a Mercedes Sprinter van. The white van retrofit was completed in just two weeks and one of the vehicle’s first test […]
Not a moment is wasted in the Hyundai HW210A. 12 months into its role, a Hyundai A Series wheeled excavator is ‘excelling on every front’. In 2022, Essex-based Lunnon Waste, added a brand new HW210A model to its existing Hyundai fleet for use at its onsite waste management facility. It joins two Hyundai HX140A […]
