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Hillhead 2010 – We’ve Moved!

Hillhead 2010 – We’ve Moved!
Friday, May 14th, 2010

Miller UK will be displaying a collection of their ground breaking buckets and quick hitch couplers at the Hillhead exhibition in Buxton from the 22-24 June 2010.

We pride ourselves on being able to supply a second to none service for custom built, large bucket requirements. Our specialist Site Solutions department is on hand to ensure [...]

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Dispelling the Myths about Quick Hitch Couplers

Dispelling the Myths about Quick Hitch Couplers
Friday, April 16th, 2010

With all the recent press coverage regarding quick hitch couplers, the importance of ensuring that a coupler is SAFE and which manufacturers do/do not conform to European standards, it is not surprising that the market remains confused and somewhat bewildered over this issue?

It has also probably not gone unnoticed that the world’s number one [...]

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Does you coupler allow attachments to swing on the front pin?

Does you coupler allow attachments to swing on the front pin?
Monday, February 8th, 2010

If so, be informed, read on…
There has been a lot of emphasis in recent months on ensuring that quick couplers are safe and fit for purpose.It has been highlighted that in order for a quick hitch coupler to meet the legal requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and EN474, it must demonstrate that in the [...]

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Taking Safety to a New Dimension

Taking Safety to a New Dimension
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Global coupler manufacturer Miller and Flannery Plant Hire, one of the largest plant hire suppliers in and around the South East have joined forces in an attempt to improve on-site safety awareness. A series of open days in Wembley have taken place to focus on safety on job sites and to demonstrate the latest in [...]

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Coupler Safety Awareness Statement from Keith Miller

Coupler Safety Awareness Statement from Keith Miller
Monday, December 15th, 2008

It is now more than 20 years since my brother Gary and I first developed the concept of a Pin Grabber Quick Coupler for the UK market and in the last 10 years alone we have sold over 200,000 units worldwide. We have continuously spent a large part of our R & D budget on [...]

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Excellence Award for New Coupler

Excellence Award for New Coupler
Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Miller launched its new fully automatic, universal quick coupler to the market at the Conexpo and SED exhibitions in 2008. The TwinLock Quick Coupler was the outright winner in the Earthmoving category at the recent SED awards of excellence.

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Miller’s SED Success

Miller’s SED Success
Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Miller exhibited at the Site Equipment Demonstration (SED) from the 13–15th May 2008. The exhibition, held annually at the Rockingham Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire saw almost 20,000 visitors this year and the second day of the show was officially the busiest in the events 42-year history!

Miller had a new, prominent stand location and saw the [...]

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Pedro the Great

Pedro the Great
Thursday, May 1st, 2008

On Friday the 9th of May Miller employees were treated to an unexpected surprise to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary in business. The Newcastle United and England legend Peter Beardsley visited Miller’s Cramlington facility to speak about his playing career, answer questions, sign autographs and have his picture taken with staff members.

Peter Beardsley played for [...]

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The Biggest Bucket Just Got Bigger!

The Biggest Bucket Just Got Bigger!
Monday, April 7th, 2008

In November 2006 Miller announced it had produced one of the world’s largest excavator buckets. The EX 5500 bucket was manufactured for Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe and with a capacity of 29 m³ was the biggest bucket in the company’s history. That is until now…

The image below shows the gigantic PC 4000 bucket, recently manufactured [...]

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The Specialists

The Specialists
Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Manufactured to order products are a growing part of Miller’s business. With a new facility specifically set up to manufacture special application products and a global customer base there really are no limits.

A recent example of Miller’s ability to manufacture high quality attachments for any where in the world was the production of an EC460C [...]

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