Plant News
PROFITS GROW AT JCB AS MARKET OUTLOOK BECOMES MORE UNCERTAIN Profits at construction equipment manufacturer JCB rose to £805.8 million in 2023, the company announced today. Sales turnover grew to £6.5 billion and machine sales increased to 123,228. The Group maintained a strong balance sheet with no net borrowings throughout 2023. 2023 (in £s […]
Caterpillar launches eight new next generation Cat® Skid Steer Loaders & Compact Track Loaders with more power, performance and comfort Models increase lift height, tilt and lift breakout forces, and rated operating capacities over the D3 series Significant torque increases result in improved working performance New cab design offers more useable room for operator […]
Construction waste management and material recycling specialist Leedale, has put an HD Hyundai HL960A wheel loader at the centre of its growing fleet of machinery. The Alfreton, Derbyshire-based business, which was formed 35 years ago by Lee Walkup, delivers a complete demolition waste management and haulage service to contractors across the North Midlands, taking in […]
LEADING PLANT HIRER PLACES £17 MILLION JCB MACHINE ORDER A leading equipment hirer has invested in £17 million worth of new JCB machines as the company prepares to mark its 20th birthday. Plant Hire UK was founded in 2005 and since that time has placed more than £200 million worth of orders with JCB – equivalent […]
JCB CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIPS WITH SPECIAL REUNION Four former employees were treated to a VIP visit to JCB to mark the 60th anniversary of their recruitment as the company’s first ever apprentices. A total of nine 15-year-old boys started as Craft Apprentices at the Rocester plant in 1964 and yesterday four of them […]
Northamptonshire-based earthworks contractor James King (Plant) has added two HD Hyundai HX220A L and two HX140A L crawler excavators to its growing fleet of equipment. The company, which is approaching 50 years in business, operates 53 major pieces of plant, including 10 HD Hyundai excavators. In the past this has extended to 42 and 50-tonne […]
Gearing up for Vertikal Days 2024 Europe’s largest lifting equipment event opens at Newark showground on Wednesday 11th September and SANY UK are delighted to be exhibiting at the show. SANY will display the SAC600E 60-tonne 3 Axle All Terrain Crane, powered by a MTU OM470LA Stage V engine coupled with Allison transmission driven by […]
COMPACT HD HYUNDAI EXCAVATOR JOINS B JEFFREY FLEET B Jeffrey Construction, a leading civil engineering contractor based in York, has taken its first HD Hyundai HX48Az midi excavator from local dealer Taylor & Braithwaite. The company also operates two HX85A compact machines, two 14-tonne HX140A L excavators, an HX210A L and an HX220A L. “We […]
AG Wilson adds to its fleet with more SANY excavators AG Wilson Civil Engineering, a family-owned civil engineering contractor, based in Co Armagh, Ireland has taken delivery of a further three 24-tonne SANY excavators this month. The order has been supplied by SANYs Irish dealer, Sleator Plant and will join an existing fleet of SANY […]
New Cat® Grading Beams for Cat Tiltrotators allow contractors to take on dynamic and efficient grading and compaction work using excavators Versatile new Cat® Grading Beams deliver high productivity material grading Adjustable roller height adapts to material type and desired compaction levels High-abrasion-resistant wear material delivers long frame life A range of grading beam widths […]
