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Finning UK & Ireland, the UK’s sole Caterpillar dealer, have used their Finsight data analytics team to help reunite a stolen Cat D6N dozer with its owners in less than a day. After Whitelock Developments had found out about the theft on the morning of March 11th, they contacted the …

Finning UK & Ireland is excited to announce the three Operator Challenge 2019 finalists that will be going through to the European Regional Heats in Malaga. The ‘Operator Challenge’ UK & Ireland heats were held on the 23rdand 24thMay 2019 at the Caterpillarâ Demonstration and Learning Centre in Desford, Leicestershire to …

McHale Plant Sales director, Michael McHale has spoken of the ‘very valuable’ contribution that companies in the plant and construction sector can make in supporting communities and in fostering positive relationships with young people and those upon whose support and goodwill the industry relies. Recognising that the construction equipment industry …

Metso has signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International, a Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer, to expand Metso’s offering in the aggregates industry globally and to strengthen the customer reach especially to general contractor customers. The mobile aggregate equipment market is expected to grow by 4-6% annually during …

EMS, Terex Trucks’ dealer in the Republic of Ireland, will exhibit the updated TA300 at CQMS, Ireland’s only construction and quarrying machinery show. The upgraded Terex Trucks TA300 articulated hauler will be on display at CQMS, Ireland’s largest construction and quarrying machinery show, which will take place at the Punchestown …

Topcon Positioning Group announces new cloud-based photogrammetry processing powered by Bentley ContextCapture to its MAGNET Collage Web web-based service for publication, sharing, and analysis of reality capture data. The integration allows MAGNET Collage Web users who share and collaborate with scanning and mesh datasets to now process and add UAV …

In what Komatsu distributor in Ireland, McHale Plant Sales calls an ‘amazing’ return, leading civil works contractor Wills Bros of Foxford has recorded 10,000 hours of operation from their D65PX dozer before bushings and seals needed replacement. Komatsu D65PX Two-and-a half times longer than the 4,000 hours Komatsu advises owners …

Tessenderlo, Belgium – HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) announces the appointment of Nicolas Rousseau as new Senior Sales Manager Construction Equipment for the European market. Nicolas is an experienced International Sales and Key Account Manager with more than 20 years of experience in B2B sales of large equipment and brings …

Hyundai Construction Equipment in Europe (HCEE) has announced that it will begin factory-mounting Engcon’s stepless DC2 proportional control system onto its excavators in preparation for its excavators to be equipped with Engcon tiltrotators. The DC2 proportional control system, combined with Engcon’s ergonomic MIG2 levers, gives operators maximum control by enabling …

From 8 to 14 April, Magna Tyres Group exhibited at Bauma 2019, the most important International exhibition within the construction industry. This 2019 edition, Magna Tyres performed stronger than ever before due to the 2-level stand including as much as 18 premium quality OTR, Port, Industrial & Truck tyres, live-cooking for …