HS2 digs deep with dual-fuel
28 April 2023
HS2 has installed four 30m deep piles on a London site using a hydrogen dual-fuel piling rig.
The trial, described as a world first, took place as part of work done in partnership by ULE…
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Previous Posts - April 2023
Himoinsa on tour
27 April 2023
Himoinsa is undertaking a Rental Tour road show event throughout Spain from now until the end of May to promote its Mobile Power products.
The itinerary started in Valencia and Barcelona…
Why hire is all about service
26 April 2023
Here’s a cautionary tale that shows once again the benefits and savings there can be in hiring equipment rather than buying it.
A hire company was recently very disappointed…
Flybrid flies the flag
26 April 2023
PUNCH Flybrid has joined the Made in Britain organisation whose members have to meet certain criteria regarding the proportion of manufacturing it undertakes in this country as well as the sou…
Going green brings business opportunities
25 April 2023
The significance of eco-friendly equipment and materials as drivers of future business growth has been shown in a first quarter trading update today from Travis Perkins for the three months to…
Twice round the world
21 April 2023
Regular blog readers will know that I’ve been following the experiences of Genquip Groundhog’s MD Peter Beach with his electric vehicle over the past two years.
It&rsqu…
Grass for hire
20 April 2023
It’s often said that many people will only adopt greener ways of living and working when presented with a clear economic case for doing it. So if suggestions made in a new study into eco…
Genny Hire gets FuelActive
19 April 2023
Genny Hire is amongst the latest companies to install FuelActive’s system that fits inside diesel tanks to prevent contaminated fuel being used in equipment.
The specialist p…
United Rentals adds JuiceBoxes
19 April 2023
US giant United Rentals has introduced JuiceBox mobile generators from American supplier Evergreen Mobile Power to its equipment fleet.
The company says the machines can run on pro…
Hinowa lifts are Paramount performers
18 April 2023
Paramount Platforms Ltd of Chelmsford has placed an order for nine bi-energy Hinowa tracked spider lifts worth over £1 million from Access Platform Sales.
Most of the machines are…
Batteries bring opportunities
14 April 2023
Here’s why it's important for hirers not just to keep abreast of new products, but also to understand their particular capabilities, especially environmentally friendly variants of tradi…
Change behaviour for green benefits
12 April 2023
What are you doing to go green?
Adopting new technology and more efficient equipment is clearly at the heart of achieving sustainability on the route to net zero, but managing and…
Know your carbon
12 April 2023
Advice on understanding the challenges in determining an organisation’s carbon footprint and implementing a strategy for making reductions was given in a recent webinar held by the Suppl…
Develon shows battery mini
11 April 2023
At last month’s Conexpo exhibition in Las Vegas, Develon – formerly known as Doosan Construction Equipment – showed the new DX20ZE-7 battery powered mini excavator. …
Hilti hosts UK and Swiss business event
6 April 2023
Hilti GB and the Swiss Business Hub UK+Ireland recently hosted a sustainability focused event that brought together customers and sector experts, as well as promoting business links between th…
Mecalac’s new eco facility
5 April 2023
Many environmentally friendly characteristics will be in evidence at a new national production facility in Coventry for Mecalac Construction Equipment UK.
Situated a few miles from the m…
As old as Willys Jeep
5 April 2023
New from the Hire Supply Company is a battery powered version of the FR 200 floor scarifier made by Von Arx.
As HSC Sales Director Dan Musson tells me, this is the latest developme…