INBRIEF

Shorco's Profits up

Shorco Group Holdings, the Leeds-based plant hire and security accommodation specialist, has announced increased profits in its interim results for the first half of 1996. The company turned in a pretax profit of œ412,000 on a turnover of œ6.5 million, compared with 1995's œ313,000 profit on turnover of œ5.7 million.

All-electric site powered by gas

Chester-based waste management specialist 3C Waste has gone live with a new waste-gas-to-energy scheme in North Wales and is working closely with Caterpillar dealer Finning. The CAT 3516 SITA engine will run on waste gas from Buckley, Flintshire Standard Landfill Site. It powers a generator developing more than one megawatt of electricity. That is enough to supply 30% of Buckley's needs. Enquiry no: 309

New hoist from RDS

The Maber rack and pinion hoist from RDS Supplies can go to a height of 120m yet needs just 2.7kW of power so it could run off a three-pin plug if necessary. But it can carry two barrows on its 1.5m by 1.3m platform and has a total capacity of 300kg. It is fully equipped with an overspeed brake, interlocked platform and ramps, anti-crush facility, mast sensing device and landing control. It was designed to meet the draft CEN standards for lifting devices. Enquiry no: 310

Suzuki GB goes online

Suzuki GB has gone on-line with its own Internet site - http://www.suzuki.co.uk. Users can see information on all of Suzuki's products including generators, water pumps, vehicles and engines. The site includes a map of the UK: users can click with a mouse on a specific area to obtain a full listing of dealers in the given region. There is also a news section which gives information on product launches. Enquiry no. 311