A custom-made quick-change boom system on its Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) EC380E HR is helping German demolition and earthworks specialist Austen GmbH make light work of demolition projects, whatever the reach requirements. The toughest demolition jobs demand the ultimate in heavy-duty demolition machinery – and the Volvo EC380E HR, …
Read More »Murphy Plant mandates Xwatch Safety Solutions on its fleet moving forwards…
Murphy Plant is one of the largest providers of plant, transport and equipment in the UK, managing and maintaining more than £100 million worth of plant, transport and specialist equipment. It is a part of J. Murphy and Sons Limited – a leading global, specialist engineering and construction company. The …
Read More »Xwatch dealer, Allan J Hargreaves, installs 2000th Xwatch System on 36-tonne two-piece boom Liebherr
Family-owned Civil Engineering company, PF Murphy & Son’s, based in Banbridge, County Down has added a brand new 36-tonne R936 Compact Liebherr excavator to its fleet. The new two-piece boom Liebherr is a specialist model and is the largest compact crawler excavator of its kind and is the very first …
Read More »Manitou adds ECV (Emissions Compliance Verification) initiative to CESAR security marking scheme
Manitou, one of the earliest adopters of the industry’s own security marking scheme CESAR, is one of the latest companies to recognise the additional benefits of the scheme’s recent development – ECV (Emissions Compliance Verification). Manitou began fitting the enhanced system earlier this year to all construction, aerial work platforms, …
Read More »Rokbak RA30 excels at German gravel pit
Requiring a robust, reliable articulated hauler to remove overburden for ten hours a day, five days a week, Erdbau Schrader found the perfect solution with Rokbak and its RA30. In a pit near to Calbe, a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, around 6,000 tons of gravel …
Read More »Construction and demolition waste: from downcycling towards closed- and open-loop recycling
The construction industry generates paramount quantities of waste. While recycling rates of construction and demolition waste (CDW) vary around the world, in all regions most of the material recovered is downcycled into low-quality materials or sent to landfill. As the demand for raw materials is growing and the depletion of …
Read More »Xwatch announces new partnership with ABTECH in Québec
Xwatch Safety Solutions announce a distribution partnership with the ABTECH which distributes technological solutions in the construction industry across Eastern Canada. The company offers a range of reliable construction and surveying instruments designed to help its customers gain accuracy and efficiency during construction projects. The company is able to offer …
Read More »Explore Plant and Transport Solutions specifies Xwatch ‘pitch and roll’ warning system with combined Trackunit telematics for cabbed dumpers
An industry-first from Explore Plant and Transport Solutions, Xwatch Safety Solutions and Trackunit Explore Plant and Transport Solutions, headquartered in Worksop, is committed to leading the way in site safety through the continued development of new and innovative ideas, forging partnerships with leading technology developers, to provide state-of-the-art technically efficient …
Read More »Xwatch has expanded its global presence and has recently signed a partnership deal with Tak Lee Machinery Company Limited (TLMC).
TLMC is a leading earthmoving equipment sales and rental service provider in Hong Kong. The company is the sole dealer of Hitachi Construction Machinery in Hong Kong and Macau. The firm is also a distributor of South African brand, Bell Equipment in Hong Kong and Swiss machinery brand Amman in …
Read More »Plantforce future proof Kobelco machines with Xwatch
Plantforce has recently installed five XW5 rated capacity indicators, with height and slew restriction to the company’s new Kobelco SK210 machines and also a Kobelco SK130, which are heading off to the Plantforce hire fleet. The installation was carried out by registered Xwatch installers. Plantforce have worked with Xwatch, which …
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