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NEWS FROMCPA MEMBERS: 2 Webster Technologies has launched Rockhit - a hydraulic breaker which is said to be ‘game-changing’ with reduced environmental impact. Funding from the UK government Innovation Agency, together with significant self-funding, has enabled Webster Technologies Chairman and Technical Director Ian Webster and his team to translate a good idea through to a working prototype and now a production model. Belinda Naylor, Business Development Manager said: “Hydraulic breakers are a very important tool on job sites. They’re a real workhorse but very noisy. High productivity is paramount in helping achieve project budgets that are constantly under pressure - you only need to look at the financial challenges associated with delivering some of the huge infrastructure projects like Hinkley Point and HS2. “The Rockhit has over three times the energy of a conventional breaker and doesn’t need to hit as frequently so the noise is much more tolerable. It also uses less fuel and doesn’t need to be constantly greased - in a nutshell our innovation ticks the box for helping our customers to achieve more with less,” she continued. Launch of ‘Game-Changing’ Hydraulic Breaker New Eco-Friendly Ridgway Fleet Ridgway Rentals has invested £12 million in new plant machinery for the company’s hire fleet in a deal with Marubeni-Komatsu. The order comprises a total of 130 new Komatsu machines and includes a mixture of excavators, bulldozers and loading shovels ranging from 2.5 to 50 tonnes. Ridgway Rentals has become renowned for specialist machine hire to customers such as environmental agencies and those operating in the waste and recycling industries. The new fleet includes machines with super long front excavators with reach up to 22 metres that come supplied with the CE certification and lifting charts that are necessary for environment agency work, unlike other machines that have been altered after manufacture. More specialist machines in the new fleet include loading shovels built to the specific requirements of waste and recycling sites including solid tyres, high tip buckets and fire suppression equipment. Ridgway Rentals Group Chairman Tim Jones said: “Our focus on this latest investment has been on updating our fleet with highly efficient, environmentally friendly equipment.” www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > February 2020 27 To submit news for consideration for future issues of the CPA Bulletin, please email: lisa @ lisacollinscommunications.co.uk