INBRIEF


PEL-JOB FAN

Power Plant Hire of Halesowen has bought a fleet of 23 new mini excavators from Pel-Job. The purchases, ranging from 1.3 to 3.7t, means the company has 56 Pel-Job machines. Power Plant, which runs five depots, carries some 3500 items. Reader Enquiry no: 398.

SHOVEL FILLS THE GAP

Mannesmann Demag's latest face shovel is the H455S which offers a bucket capacity of 25m3. The 455t machine fills the gap between Demag's 19m3 bucket size 285 face shovel and the 33m3-capacity H485S. The new machine is powered by two 840kW Cummins engines. An electrically driven version with a 1,700kW drive is also available. Reader Enquiry no: 397.

œ4-MILLION BUY-IN

Crane company RB International and crane parts engineering firm Mashlin are confident of an upturn in performance after a recent œ4 million buy-in by a management team. The new leaders previously managed the Pegson Group, sold in a œ15 million deal in September 1995. Reader Enquiry no: 396


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