IronPlanet® (www.ironplanet.com), a leading online marketplace for used heavy equipment, conducted a record-breaking two-day online auction March 17-18.  The auction produced the company’s highest single-day auction sales total to date surpassing $22.8 million.  The two-day auction totaled $26.7 million in equipment sales.

IronPlanet had more than 14,500 auction attendees at its March 17 event participating from 150 countries.  There was strong global bidding and buying with international bids on over 60 percent of the equipment and 26 percent of the units sold to international buyers.

“IronPlanet continues to attract a very strong global buyer base as was evident by our March 17 and 18 auctions,” said Mike Groves, senior vice president North American sales at IronPlanet.  “It is through our global buyer reach that we continue to consistently deliver fair market pricing for the equipment that we sell. Our broad buyer base and our lower cost to sell versus traditional auction channels enable us to deliver greater value and a higher net return for our sellers.”

IronPlanet’s two-day sale had a broad range of construction and agricultural equipment from more than 60 consignors including liquidations from Aiken Grading and Triangle Grading Contractors as well as equipment from Phillips & Jordan, Lafarge North America and many other sellers.  IronPlanet sold more than 1,099 items including aerial work platforms, articulated dump trucks, compactors, crawler loaders, farm tractors, graders, scrapers, wheel loaders and other types of heavy equipment.

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The L220G wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment wowed a panel of design experts in Essen, Germany, to win the red dot award – a seal of high design quality from the world’s largest and most distinguished design competition.

The Red Dot Product Design Awards 2011 honors outstanding industrial design and celebrates the design team behind the concept. Only the very best products, from 15 categories, managed to convince the jury – and this year 4,433 products were entered by designers and companies from 60 countries worldwide. The Volvo L220G was entered into the vehicle category where it was awarded with a ‘red dot’ prize.

The L220G wheel loader is part of Volvo’s new G-series range and stood out from the crowd because of its fuel efficient and productive design, with 20% increased lifting force, 10% improved breakout force and stronger hydraulics.  Entirely Volvo-designed, the machine works in perfect, productive, fuel efficient harmony.

Stina Nilimaa Wickström, Design Director at Volvo Construction Equipment, heads the Volvo product design team. “We are thrilled to have won such a prestigious award,” says Stina. “The award is a credit to our hard working and creative team at Volvo and it shows that we are delivering world class machine designs. We are proud to continue the Volvo tradition of being innovative leaders in the construction design arena.”

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JCB wins order for more than 500 machines from Travis Perkins

JCB today announced that it had won a huge order for 505 compact excavators from one of the leading suppliers to the UK building and construction industry.

Travis Perkins – one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants with a national network of more than 600 branches – has placed an order for 371 JCB 8014 mini excavators and 134 JCB micro excavators. The machines will be supplied by JCB dealer Watling JCB.

The deal represents a repeat order for JCB mini excavators from Travis Perkins which already offers JCB machines to its tool and equipment hire customers.

UK and Ireland Sales Director Yvette Henshall-Bell said: “We are delighted to win this repeat business from one of the UK’s most respected building and construction companies, particularly as it was secured in the face of fierce competition from other major suppliers in our industry.

“JCB has been manufacturing mini excavators for almost 30 years and this order from such a major player in our industry is testament to the quality and reliability of JCB’s compact excavators.”

Richard Dey, Travis Perkins Group Hire Director, said: “JCB mini excavators are extremely popular with our hire customers and they have an excellent reputation in the marketplace and that, coupled with the excellent customer relationship and comprehensive service back-up provided by Watling JCB, coupled with JCB’s comprehensive dealer network, gave us no hesitation in placing this order.”

Travis Perkins has been supplying building materials to the trade for over 200 years and the company offers a comprehensive tool and equipment hire service from over 300 branches.

All the machines are made at JCB Compact Products in Cheadle.

On Thursday 3^rd March Truck Auction World held its biggest auction to date with over 200 lots up for grabs. The auction consisted of a wide variety of used trucks as well as minibuses, vans and plant equipment. The majority of the ex-commercial vehicles and equipment were direct from the source. Every auction is continuing to grow and it won’t be long before there are 300 lots per auction.

Last week, bidders from across the UK and overseas went to the Truck Auction World website to place bids on high quality used vehicles. They were presented with a wide range of manufacturers such as DAF, Mercedes, MAN, Fiat, Volvo and many more. Last week’s auction also saw the highest number of plant equipment lots ever listed on the site, including everything from track machines to scissor lifts.

All lots were checked by Truck Auction World’s vehicle inspection team to ensure all of the vehicles listed on the site meet the highest standards.

The auctions are continuing to grow; with lots being uploaded to the site as they arrive. So, to find out about the latest used vehicles and plant equipment visit www.truckauctionworld.com. Alternatively, when registering to bid, input an email address and you will receive useful updates with about all of Truck Auction World’s featured lots.

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This Thursday is the last auction of March and the last auction before the end of the tax year. If you are hoping to invest in a few trusty vehicles before April 7^th then look no further. This week’s auction will have over 100 used trucks, trailers, tippers and plant equipment. Most lots are direct from source with very competitive starting bids.

Have a look at a few of our featured lots below or visit our website to see all of the amazing vehicles that we have to offer. Bidding will begin at 10.30am on Thursday 31^st March with the first lot ending at 9.30am on Friday.

’52 Volvo FM12-380 Rigid Car Transporter

’08 Jaguar XF 2.7 Luxury Diesel

’04 ERF ECT Cummins 420

’06 Dennison 13.6M Trailer

’07 Mercedes Benz Actros 1836L

’99 Scania R124-420 Sleeper Cab

’99 Scania P96C-310 Lorry

’04 ERF ECT Tractor Unit

’07 LDV Maxus 95 Panel Van

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March 2011: The 8th International Demonstration Exhibition of Raw Materials and Building Materials, steinexpo 2011, has grown strongly in other exhibition areas. While specialist manufacturers in the field of screening technology and screening media in recent years rather watched from the sidelines than co-determine the action, this year leading suppliers in this field are again flying the colours.

Screening success depends on the correct assessment of the bulk material to be screened by the choice of the sieve tray and the design and setting of the appropriate screening machine. In the treatment of mineral raw materials the rule of thumb that applies is that money in the end is not earned with the crushing but with the screening. This makes it very clear how high the demands are on modern screening technology. No matter the scale and magnitude required, it is an essential indicator for the profitability of whole plants.

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Doosan is displaying three interim Tier 4 (iT4) compliant machines and a display engine at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, March 22 – 26, 2011.

The machines include a DL450 wheel loader, a DX300LC crawler excavator and an MT41 articulated dump truck. An iT4 compliant Doosan engine is also on display. Complete details will be provided later this year regarding the entire lineup of the Doosan models with iT4 compliant engines.

“As 2011 progresses, Doosan will continue to provide further emission-related information as necessary to keep our customers informed and educated on our progression through this endeavor,” said Aaron Kleingartner, segment application marketing manager.

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Komatsu Ltd. (President & CEO: Kunio Noji) will provide assistance equivalent to JPY 300 million, including material assistance, as follows.

·Donation of prefabricated structures for use as temporary clinic and care centers.
·Charge-free lending of construction equipment, forklift trucks, temporary housings, power generators and other products that the Komatsu Group owns.
·Cash donations
*In addition to the substantive assistance activities above, Komatsu Group plans to collect cash donations from employees.

Today Komatsu Group formed an Emergency Task Force headed by Kunio Noji, President and CEO. With top priority on individual human lives and safety, the Task Force will lead group-wide efforts to confirm the safety of employees and their families in Komatsu Group, including distributors, and suppliers, as well as provide assistance to affected people.

Chinese exhibitors such as — Sany, Zoomlion, Liugong, Sunward and others will be making their presence known in CONEXPO 2011. Sany is unleashing a 300-ton-capacity crawler crane designed by Manitowoc engineering veteran John Lanning.

Sany booth covers an area of 5000 m², and aims to make itself the landmark of the whole exhibition area. Sany will compete with other global players in this arena by showcasing its brand, high-tech quality products and presenting its latest R&D achievements and services to customers and experts all over the world.

Fast-growing Sany

As a construction machinery manufacturer from China, Sany Group has developed diversified high-tech quality products, which are gradually recognized by customers from international markets. Particularly in 2007, Sany invested 60 million USD to build a R&D and manufacturing base in Atlanta City, Georgia State, showing its determination to enter the core market in the world.

In this exhibition, with its grand stage, excellent product quality and professional customer reception, Sany will once again impress the world with its brand image representing high-quality, internationalization and fast growth.

and so are Help for Heroes!

The hammer recently came down on an online charity auction for JCB’s unique Union Jack digger with leading Ipswich-based plant hire firm Fork Rent securing the machine.

JCB staged the auction as part of a Christmas fundraising initiative in support of Help for Heroes, the British charity that supports servicemen and women wounded in conflicts around the world.

Fork Rent’s Managing Director, Guy Nicholls said: “I’m absolutely delighted that Fork Rent has secured the Union Jack 3CX Eco Backhoe Loader. It’s such a distinctive machine and very fitting that JCB auctioned it to raise money for Help for Heroes. We’ve got our thinking caps on today at Fork Rent to come up with more ideas how it might be used again to raise even more funds for Help for Heroes, such as a John O’Groats to Lands End road trip maybe.”

Fork Rent will continue to use this unique model to raise even more money for Help for Heroes. Check back on this page for news about how you can get involved with our fundraising efforts and where you can see the most unique JCB in the world!

Bryn Parry, CEO & co-founder, Help for Heroes, said: “We at Help for Heroes (H4H) are thrilled that JCB decided to auction their exclusive Union Jack digger and well done to Fork Rent for securing the machine. The money raised will provide much needed funds to help our wounded heroes on their road to recovery, and if Fork Rent is able to use the Union Jack digger to raise even more money for H4H, that would be just fantastic.”

If you would like to donate £5 to Help for Heroes then simply text the word JCB to 70100.

To find out more about the valuable work undertaken by Help for Heroes please visit http://www.helpforheroes.co.uk