Hiab, part of Cargotec, is introducing continuous slewing on its 30 to 40 tonne metre range of loader cranes. Continuous slewing has previously been available for only the biggest HIAB loader cranes, which have a capacity of over 50 tonne metres. “Continuous slewing offers the operator the best possible load access, avoiding unnecessary backtracking, and enables safer operation with no awkward lifts and stopping in risky positions. There has been high demand for this from our customers, which we are now answering by expanding our offering to the lighter end of the heavy range,” says Marcel Boxem, Director Heavy Range Cranes, Hiab. Combined with boom and jib operations for construction, transport and specialist work, cranes with continuous slewing make work faster, smarter and safer. Load cycle times are faster, increasing productivity: Continuous slewing increases productivity, as operators can move the crane where needed, in a full circle and beyond. The right boom and jib options give operators what they need for a non-stop performance. Everything is brought into close and easy reach with precise control, wherever the operator turns:  Continuous slewing makes lifting easier and safer, since operators can choose the best path for lifting, while avoiding unnecessary and potentially unsafe stops and backtracking. Purpose-built design optimises performance: HIAB cranes with continuous slewing are specifically built for high precision at long outreach (long-boom applications) or for more lifting power close to the truck (short-boom applications). The following models are now available with continuous slewing: HIAB X-HiPro 358 (specifically designed for long boom applications with or without a jib), HIAB X-CLX 398 (specifically designed for short to medium length boom applications for emerging markets), HIAB X-HiPro 408 (specifically designed for long boom applications with or without a jib for maximum performance) and HIAB X-HiPro 418 (specifically designed for short to medium length boom applications, for more mature markets with high demand for electronic safety features and optimal performance). For more information, please contact: Marcel Boxem, Director, Heavy Range and Sales Support, Hiab; marcel.boxem@hiab.com, tel. +31 651 666 009 Nikolaus Scheurer, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Hiab; nikolaus.scheurer@hiab.com, tel. +46 706 005 237 Hiab is the world’s leading provider of on-road load handling equipment, intelligent services and digitally connected solutions. As the industry pioneer, Hiab’s more than 3,000 employees worldwide focus on our commitment to increase efficiency in our customers’ businesses and to shape the future of intelligent load handling. Hiab’s offering encompasses class-leading load handling equipment, including HIAB loader cranes, LOGLIFT and JONSERED forestry and recycling cranes, MOFFETT truck mounted forklifts, MULTILIFT demountables, and tail lifts under ZEPRO, DEL, and WALTCO brands. Hiab’s ProCareTM service, award-winning HiVisionTM crane control system, and HiConnectTM platform demonstrate our constant drive to provide intelligent services and connected solutions that add value to our customers. www.hiab.com Hiab is part of Cargotec Corporation. Cargotec’s (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2016 totalled approximately EUR 3.5 billion, and it employs over 11,000 people. www.cargotec.com

Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, announced in May its Leica iCON excavate machine control solutions now support tilt rotator control systems manufactured by SVAB, a leading developer of ergonomic and user-friendly control systems for industrial vehicles and equipment. The SVAB technology enables the Leica iCON excavate iXE2 and iXE3 multifunctional 2D and 3D control systems to read the rotation value through the SVAB MACS software. Designed to make excavating easier and more productive, iCON 3D can read and calculate the bucket’s rotation and accurately guide the operator to the desired grade. The Leica Geosystems and SVAB partnership brings additional productivity enhancing solutions to the heavy construction industry,” said Marcus Grevelshoej, Product Specialist Excavating and Wheel Loader Solutions at Leica Geosystems. “SVAB and Leica Geosystems are exploring further cooperation in a number of areas to offer contractors innovative technology solutions for excavators.” Expanding the possibilities With this partnership, Leica Geosystems and SVAB help customers increase their work efficiency and meet their performance goals. Driven by a focus on the customer, quality and service, this new partnership with SVAB, expands Leica Geosystems’ international and commercial business strategy. “We look forward to working with Leica Geosystems to lead together the transition from traditional solutions to innovative technologies in the machine control industry,” said Fredrik Eriksson, CEO, SVAB. “With this partnership, we are able to deliver to our customers’ unique and innovative capabilities and an unmatched value proposition.” To learn more about the Leica iCON iXE2 – 2D System and Leica iCON iXE3 – 3D System, visit http://leica-geosystems.com/products/machine-control-systems/excavator/  To learn more about the SVAB MACS control system, visit: http://svab.se/en/produkter/styrelektronik/macs/ Leica Geosystems – when it has to be right Revolutionising the world of measurement and survey for nearly 200 years, Leica Geosystems is the industry leader in measurement and information technologies. We create complete solutions for professionals across the planet. Known for innovative product and solution development, professionals in a diverse mix of industries, such as surveying and engineering, building and heavy construction, safety and security, and power and plant trust Leica Geosystems for all their geospatial needs. With precise and accurate instruments, sophisticated software, and trusted services, Leica Geosystems delivers value every day to those shaping the future of our world. Leica Geosystems is part of Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B; hexagon.com), a leading global provider of information technology solutions that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial landscapes.

Rental company A-Plant has placed an order for more than 1,200 machines and a range of generators worth more than £55m. The order includes more than 600 JCB Loadall telescopic handlers and more than 450 mini and midi excavators, as well as JCB rough-terrain forklift trucks, site dumpers, backhoe loaders and tracked excavators. The deal is good news for JCB’s factories in Rocester, Uttoxeter and Cheadle, as well as Hixon, Staffordshire-based JCB Power Products, which is manufacturing a total of 162 generators ordered by A-Plant following its first-ever purchase of JCB units last year. The volume of generators bought is enough to power eight hospitals or 4,000 homes. They will all be fitted with JCB’s LiveLink telematics system as standard and will be available through A-Plant’s Mather & Stuart Power Solutions division. It means that in the last three years A-Plant has placed orders with JCB worth more than £140m. All the latest purchases are being supplied through JCB dealer Greenshields JCB. The equipment will be distributed throughout A-Plant’s network of over 175 service centres. A-Plant’s marketing director Asif Latief said: “The latest products are more innovative, productive, safer, greener and more sustainable. We are delighted to have placed this latest order with JCB, which demonstrates our commitment to working with leading brands. It is part of our continual fleet investment programme which has seen the plant hire company invest over £300 million during the last two years.”

Pentalver has announced a further investment in its materials handling resources after concluding a new £5 million deal with asset management and engineering services specialist Briggs Plant Equipment for Plant Machinery. One of the UK’s foremost providers of container-related services, Pentalver is adding 19 new Hyster machines to its fleet following a detailed tender process involving an in-depth assessment of the marketplace and potential suppliers. The new machines will complement the existing 22 Hyster container handlers – successfully introduced by Briggs in 2015 – which boosted the Pentalver group’s container handling capabilities across its terminals at Cannock, Felixstowe, Southampton, Tilbury and London Gateway. As well as representing a significant commitment to the group’s future business expansion plans, the investment also underlines Pentalver’s confidence in Briggs Equipment, which will supply, maintain and manage the fleet, as Managing Director Chris Lawrenson outlined. He said: “Reliability is crucial to our success. Our customers rely on us and we, in turn, need to be able to rely on our Plant Machinery suppliers. Briggs Equipment continues to impress us with the scope of its capabilities. “Briggs Equipment continues to impress us with the scope of its capabilities, high standards of customer service and commitment to helping us achieve our commercial objectives. This, combined with the quality and durability of the Hyster product and the advice and assistance available from Hyster’s support teams, gives us real confidence for the future.” Scheduled for delivery throughout 2017, the new Hyster equipment comprises 13 dedicated empty container handlers, specified in both single and double lift variations capable of stacking containers six high, and six Hyster RS4531CH laden reachstackers. Eight of the machines will be put to work at Pentalver’s Felixstowe terminal and six will go to Southampton while the Tilbury and Cannock operations will take delivery of three and two machines respectively. All machines will be fitted with Hyster Tracker to ensure optimum fleet and operator performance while also maximising asset utilisation. Briggs will manage the service support contract using its market-leading asset management tool BE Portal, which provides total transparency and supports top level decision-making to improve fleet management and enhance workplace safety. Acknowledged for taking a lead role in improving industry safety, Pentalver has worked closely with Briggs Equipment to ensure its operators adhere to best practice. Featuring enhancements to container locking plus additional cameras, the new container handlers and reachstackers are specified to make safety the number one priority, when drivers are at the controls and away from the container stacks. Paul Giles, Ports and Terminals Business Development Manager at Briggs Equipment, said: “During the past 18 months our dedicated account managers, customer contract managers and regional service managers have worked in partnership with Pentalver to help drive up productivity by ensuring maximum utilisation of its Hyster Plant Machinery equipment. “We take a unique approach to meeting the requirements of port operators and freight handling businesses and this important new contract showcases our ability to support what is a critical business sector for the UK.” Pentalver’s operations include four of the UK’s main ports and an inland depot in the heart of the Midlands. As a result of expansion during the past 20 years, Pentalver has established itself as a key provider of innovative container solutions to customers across the UK.  Caption: Container services specialist Pentalver has reinforced its partnership with Briggs Equipment with a new £5million contract involving the supply of Hyster equipment and asset management support.

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has received an order for several HIAB L-HiPro 145 cranes from Wincanton Plc, a leading third-party logistics and supply chain solutions provider in the UK and Ireland. The value of the order is around EUR 1 million and it has been booked into Cargotec’s 2016 fourth quarter order intake for plant machines. The HIAB L-HiPro 145 belongs to the HIAB medium range of loader cranes and is a new model which is tailor-made for building material supply. The HIAB L-HiPro 145 cranes have a lifting capacity up to 15tm. The cranes are painted according to the high-tech nDurance(TM) painting process to safeguard a long life and a good looking crane over time. Three of the cranes will be equipped with Crane Tip Control (CTC), a software feature which Hiab brought into market in September 2016. With the CTC feature the crane operator controls the behaviour of the crane tip instead of each crane function (slewing, first boom, second boom, extensions). We need to have plant equipment that we can trust to deliver. “Our market-leading construction team delivers over 400,000 loads to construction and building sites across the UK and Ireland every year. To ensure the operational improvements across our customers’ supply chain we need to have plant equipment that we can trust to deliver. HIAB loader cranes have answered to this need over the years,” says Mr Carl Hanson, Fleet Director, Wincanton Plc. “We have been Wincanton’s supplier for loader cranes and maintenance since 2006. Over the years we have built up a first-class business partnership, in particular the UK Engineering team who have worked closely with Wincanton to deliver solutions to their operational requirements which have resulted in the delivery of a large number of HIAB loader cranes. We are pleased to be able continue this cooperation with this latest valuable order,” says Mr John Bailey, Director, Global Key Accounts, Hiab. The new HIAB loader cranes will be delivered during the first quarter of 2017. Hiab offers its loader cranes customers a five-year warranty on structural components as well as a general warranty of two years. The extended warranty covers all HIAB loader crane models delivered as of 1 October 2016.

Production is underway at a new £400,000 ready mixed concrete plant at Lynemouth in Northumberland. The new facility is the second to be opened in just 18 months by H-Mix at Lynefield Park, the site of the former Alcan aluminium smelter, which is now owned by Harworth Group plc, one of the largest property and regeneration companies in the UK. The new plant for H-Mix will see the firm double its production capacity to more than 500 cubic metres of concrete – around 1,200 tonnes – per day.  Managing director John Hudson says the business is now ideally placed to win new business while continuing to serve its existing customers. “We really haven’t looked back since opening our first production facility at Lynefield Park in May 2015,” explained John.  “Security of supply is critical to our customers so the new plant provides important back-up to the first.  It also provides us with the capability to tender for the new business opportunities that will come on the back of the growth in house building, commercial property and other infrastructure investments that are being made across the North East.” With the new plant in production, John’s targets for 2017 include doubling his workforce to 12, taking on an apprentice and investing in additional delivery vehicles. One of the main customers for H-mix is its Lynefield Park neighbour, Lynx Precast, which makes beams for flooring in the construction of homes, offices and public buildings.  Other businesses operating on the 320 acre site include C&J Marine, which is involved with caravan disposal and storage and construction firm Sisk. And Paul Scott, a former Alcan employee, has returned to the site to set up a business recycling wooden pallets. Aluminium production ended at Lynemouth in March 2012 and Harworth Group took over the site in April 2015.   Since then, some of the smelter’s buildings have been demolished including the eight distinctive potroom chimneys, while others have been retained for alternative commercial uses. We’re making good progress Harworth Group director, Eddie Peat, said:  “We’re making good progress on the redevelopment of the site and H-Mix’s investment in a second facility here provides a very clear example of what ambitious businesses can achieve at Lynefield Park. “This is an ideal location for business growth and Harworth Group is committed to attracting high-value, secure employment back to the site.” Businesses interested in the opportunities at Lynefield Park should contact Harworth Group’s retained agents who are Cushman & Wakefield (telephone Richard Scott on 0191 223 5711) and HTA (telephone Nick Atkinson on 0191 245 1234).