JCB is providing three 3CX backhoe loaders to help in the clear-up operations in the province of Tacloban City.

Materials handling companies are contributing to relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI) has donated USD200,000 to the Korean Red Cross in the wake of the storm which struck central Philippines on 7 November. A 21 T excavator, a backhoe loader and machine operators were also dispatched to the South East Asian nation.

HHI CEO Lee Jai-seong has expressed deep condolences to the victims of the typhoon. "We will help as much as we can for victims to get back to their normal lives."

The company says the assistance is in line with support it rendered for recent natural disasters in Brazil, Japan, China and Haiti.

Komatsu Ltd and its distributor in Manila, Maxima Machineries Inc, will provide construction equipment, generators and other equipment, as well as machine operators and service mechanics.

British Teletruk forklift maker JCB is contributing over USD500,000 worth of machines and generators to assist in the aftermath of the catastrophe.

The company is sending a fleet of three 3CX backhoe loaders to help in the clear-up operations in the province of Tacloban City. Over 120 JCB electrical generators are being provided through the company's Filipino dealer, Camec, to power community buildings, including hospitals and local authority premises.

This is the second time JCB has sent aid to the Philippines. In 2006, JCB sent a fleet of 3CX backhoe loaders after Typhoon Reming hit the Bicol region, destroying much of the infrastructure.

The British Red Cross is using a Flexi articulated truck for its relief work. A team has been sent to the Philippines capital, Manila, and is being deployed to Cebu, where the British Red Cross has a distribution hub.

The Flexi truck is operating around the clock at the British Red Cross warehouse in Bristol, loading supplies such as computers, printers, vehicles, as well as water purification and sanitation kits, tents and other heavy-duty kit in to containers that will fly out to the Philippines from the East Midlands airport.