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Doosan Shows Popular Excavators at The Rental Show

Doosan Construction Equipment will display two of the company’s most popular excavator models for the rental industry on its booth – 5301 – at the Anaheim Convention Center during The American Rental Association Show in Anaheim, California, USA from 17-20 February 2019. The Doosan® DX85R-3 and DX140LC-5 excavators will be on-site during the show, and Doosan staff will be available to... Read More

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TitanSlide Gate (TSG) Provides a Solution for Waste Management

A waste and recycling company’s process includes bulk storage, discharge and transfer of a variety of residues, which are the byproduct of incinerating chemical, clinical and municipal wastes. These are solids and residues from flue gas treatment, APC, FTG and fly ash. The company had experienced problems with the existing valves located on the outlet of their bulk storage silos.... Read More

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Michelin X Works tyre trial highlights huge savings for Shire Aggregates

Shire Aggregates has specified Michelin tyres as original equipment across 12 new MAN 32-tonne 8x4 tippers and adopted a Michelin policy as standard for future tyre purchases after a trial set of Michelin X Works tyres demonstrated it could save more than £26,000 a year in running costs. The results, based on each 8x4 rigid tipper travelling around 75,000 km... Read More

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Duo Group has a new “Seoul” Mate

Duo Group Holdings Ltd has set up a new division in the group, branded as Seoul Ltd, Seoul will offer sales, rental, contract hire and aftersales support for Doosan construction equipment, including large excavators, articulated dump trucks and wheel loaders for UK national key account customers in waste, recycling, quarrying and mining industries. Seoul Ltd will operate from a 6-acre... Read More

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Emerson Introduces New Motor Starter With Component-Level Protection for Improved Cost Performance

PlexPower™ designs are faster to install and easier to maintain and operate than traditional cast motor starters resulting in a 73% lower total cost of ownership Emerson has introduced a cost-effective, easy-to-install and simple-to-operate alternative to traditional cast and bolted motor starters in the form of its new Appleton® PlexPower™ solution. Designed for hazardous, wet or corrosive locations such as oil refineries... Read More

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Hosokawa Unveil £600k Investment in Smart Powder Processing

Hosokawa Micron has recently invested £600k in two new Control Systems incorporating the latest digital manufacturing technologies within their Contract Manufacturing Facility in Runcorn. ‘Our challenge to meet future contract processing demands through improved product quality and yields, minimise unplanned plant downtime and maximise plant availability and production flexibility is reflected throughout the processing industries. This investment demonstrates how we... Read More

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Auger Screw Spares for All types of Machine

Trantec are a leading suppliers of auger spares to the Bulk Solids Industry. From Powder Dosing Systems to Metering Screw Feeders to Filling Machines, Trantec have supplied an array of replacement auger screws and ancillary parts since 1997. Trantec particularly specialise in full flight augers, manufacturing these screws to very high precision at sensible prices. Not all metering feeder manufacturers... Read More

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Over 2000 years in the making… here’s our 21st Century contribution

The Archimedes screw has been around for a few years now and represents a deceptively simple way to move materials. Liquids to solids and everything in between, a rotating helix can propel the product and deliver the accuracy demanded by many bulk solids handling machinery. For the last 20 years Trantec Solids Handling has been producing just such machines, taking... Read More

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RECORD-BREAKING DEAL FOR NORTH EAST FORK LIFT COMPANY

North East fork lift truck specialist Permatt has been awarded a record-breaking contract to supply a fleet of new machines to JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the leading supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables owned by the TFKable Group. The deal, estimated to be worth six figures, is the largest single contract win in the history of the 37-year-old North... Read More

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Doosan reliability keeps the presses rolling at Showcard Print

Over the past 30 years, Showcard Print has grown to become one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of point-of-sale printed material, supplying the UK’s biggest retailers and readily recognised brands. From their state-of-the-art production facilities in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, the business offers a comprehensive range of large print formats across litho, digital and screen solutions, together with sophisticated 2D and 3D finishes.... Read More