Ports of Indiana shipments up 19% in first six months of 2017

Coal increases and world’s largest liquid argon particle hunter highlight mid-year cargoes INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 1, 2017) – Shipments reached nearly 5.7 million tons and grew by 19 percent at the Ports of Indiana during the first six months of 20...

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PEINER SMAG offers new bulk handling solution for container cranes

PEINER SMAG Lifting Technologies, Salzgitter, Germany, introduces high volume radio controlled single-rope grab (EGF 60) for the operation with a container crane at Port of Aarhus, the largest container port in Denmark. At the beginning of 2015 PEINER SMA...

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Innovative Conveyor Belt Cleaner Program Extends Replacement Services to UK

[Nottingham, United Kingdom] – A global manufacturer of conveyor belt cleaning technologies has announced the introduction of a factory-direct program to deliver and install fresh replacement polyurethane blades — accurately specified, custom-fitt...

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Crawler material handler powerfully shovels sand: SENNEBOGEN 850 E at Kuypers

For over 90 years, Kuypers, the family-owned company from Kessel in the Netherlands, specializes in the transport and handling of materials. Since the end of 2016 sand, in particular, is delivered by ship via the Maas river and unloaded with the new SENNE...

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SENNEBOGEN launches new compact material handler for waste management

By autumn 2017, SENNEBOGEN will bring another product novelty to the market. The compact material handler has been specially developed for the needs of the recycling and waste management industry. From September onwards, it will be presented on numerous t...

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Special Re-Handling Buckets by KINSHOFER

Waakirchen – The requests for Special Re-handling Clamshell Buckets that are received by KINSHOFER’s Department for Custom Solutions, are focusing on best quality and longevity. The regular Re-handling Clamshell Buckets of the C-Series are indeed very...

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Hitachi ZX490LCH-6 excavator is ideal solution for Czech quarry

The Czech Republic’s foremost purchaser of Hitachi construction machinery has further enhanced its fleet with a new ZX490LCH-6 large excavator. Ceske sterkopisky spol. s r.o. – one of the country’s leading suppliers of aggregates – is utilising th...

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An enduringly good joint

Flexco XP: mechanical fasters with very high tensile strength and suitable for solid woven belts  With the XP range, Flexco has developed mechanical fasteners which, with their special design and tensile strength of up to 3,500 kN/m, prevent unplanned s...

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rPET FIBCs: from bottle to bag

Polyester is a widespread polymer: for decades, PES fibers have been used in textile production, PET for bottles and film in the packaging industry, and various specialty polyesters for engineering plastics. The outstanding mechanical and chemical propert...

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Electro- hydraulic orange-peel grabs delivered for scrap handling

ORTS delivered five units of their EHM 5m3  grabs (electro- hydraulic) for scrap handling to a customer in the Middle East. The customer reported that over 10.000t per day are handled with the ORTS – grabs. This discharge rate has never been achi...

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