Materials Handlers News

An open day in February marked an important milestone for the Swineshead-based B&B Machinery depot. Machinery reporter Daniel Hodge attended.

British manufacturer JCB has confirmed that the company will double the size of a new factory in Texas following recent tariff announcements made by US president Donald Trump. 

Crawfords Group has announced a strategic merger that will see the machinery specialist Agwood being ceased, with all services and operations becoming fully integrated into the Crawfords brand. 

Agricultural machinery dealer G & J Peck has announced an opening of a new central headquarters in Chatteris and an eventual closure of three of its depots. 

David Williams spent a day trying out JCB’s new wheeled loader, telehandler and small articulated loader on the company’s Staffordshire farm.

Major Equipment is bringing a selection of its latest farm machinery for vegetation management and slurry spreading to LAMMA 2025.

Haith, the UK’s manufacturer of vegetable handling machinery, has announced the retirement of director and founder’s son, Mick Haith, following his 47-year-long career at the company.

An Essex-based importer and stockist of EP lithium-ion forklifts, Armill Lift Trucks, is at the forefront of advancing lithium-ion technology in the materials handling sector.  

Farmers Guide was given an exclusive preview of two of the new Scorpion models at Claas UK’s Saxham-based Customer Experience Centre. Neale Byart was there.

Kuhn Farm Machinery has extended the option of its innovative Twin-reel film binding technology to the FB 3130 baler. 

Agricultural machinery manufacturer Blaney Agri has unveiled its latest pre-season offer on the acclaimed Forager X10 and Bale Feeder X6 bale unrollers.  

After over forty years in business, a family-run agricultural engineering business, R C Setchfield Ltd, decided to close down its premises.