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Hyperion Robotics has chosen Flixborough, near Scunthorpe, as the site of Force 1, its first UK factory.

Hyperion Robotics chooses Scunthorpe for its first UK factory

25 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

Hyperion Robotics, Europe’s leading low-carbon construction technology company, has confirmed Flixborough near Scunthorpe as the location of its first UK factory, signing a strategic agreement with LKAB Minerals to establish a new advanced digital, automated […]

Hitachi excavators are to be available with full Trimble Earthworks 3D functionality.

Trimble and Hitachi Construction Machinery to collaborate in European markets

19 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

A new partnership between Trimble and Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) (HCME) will bring Trimble® Earthworks 3D grade control platform and Trimble WorksManager software directly to European customers through HCME’s dealer network. This marks the first […]

Russell Roof Tiles has increased its investment in production technology, expanding its capacity and enhancing quality.

Further investment increases roof tile capacity and enhances quality

17 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

Russell Roof Tiles, leading UK manufacturer of roof tiles, has recently increased its investment in manufacturing technology by taking delivery of a new, British-made, technologically advanced Dry Verge tool worth £85,000. This investment, which increases […]

The hydrogen trial was conducted at Heidelberg Materials' plant at Criggion, Mid Wales.

Successful trial replaces fossil fuels with hydrogen in asphalt production

11 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

Hydrogen has been successfully used to decarbonise asphalt production on an industrial scale for the first time in the UK at Heidelberg Materials’ Criggion plant in Powys, Mid Wales. The Criggion trial is part of […]

Kent Police made three arrests and recovered several stolen machines over a two-day period in March 2026.

Stolen plant intercepted at Dover

6 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

Kent Police has recovered plant machinery and farm vehicles worth around £200,000 in Dover. Officers from Kent Police’s Rural Task Force, working with Port of Dover Police, the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service and the […]

The new Comacchio X mining exploration division will support customers with dedicated, highly specialised expertise.

Comacchio X mining exploration division launched at PDAC2026

2 March 2026 GeoCon News 0

Comacchio SpA, the family-owned Italian company specialising in the design and manufacture of high-performance drilling rigs, has announced the launch of Comacchio X, its new mining exploration division. The announcement was made at PDAC2026, the […]

James Burchell rejoins Groundforce as Global Major Projects Director

26 February 2026 GeoCon News 0

James Burchell, who left Vp Groundforce in September 2024 after 26 years with the company, has rejoined in a new role, that of Global Major Projects Director. He first joined the business in 1998 as […]

One of the shafts at Hatfield colliery that the Francois Cementation Company completed in 1926.

Cementation Skanska celebrates a century of piling

24 February 2026 GeoCon News 0

The Francois Cementation Company was founded in 1910 to commercialise a pioneering high-pressure grouting technique. The company quickly earned a reputation for innovation and its founder, Albert Francois, tendered for, secured and successfully completed a […]

GeoPura manufactures green hydrogen at High Marnham in Nottinghamshire.

Lower Thames Crossing chooses hydrogen to power its green credentials

24 February 2026 GeoCon News 0

British hydrogen innovator GeoPura has been confirmed as the supplier of the largest volume of green hydrogen ever produced for a British construction project, the Lower Thames Crossing. The Lower Thames Crossing, a new road […]

Autonomous Equipment Is Here. Construction’s Information Handoffs Aren’t Ready.

19 February 2026 GeoCon News 0

Steve Smith Director of Partnerships at Bluebeam Passionate team builder with experience in partnerships; product management; P&L management; onboarding; training and motivating top talent; strategic account development; sales process improvement; channel development; and driving bottom-line […]