Plant News
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 […]
Here is a brief history of how Pier UK Ltd became the largest vacuum excavation contractor in Europe Origins and Early Years Pier UK Ltd was founded in 2001 by Sean Quinn as a civil engineering and drainage company in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. In 2008, the company hired its first vacuum excavator after seeing the safety […]
WORK began yesterday (June 4th) on a new $500 million JCB factory in North America – the biggest-ever investment in the company’s history. The start of construction was signalled at an official ground-breaking ceremony at the site in San Antonio, Texas, where Alice Bamford, daughter of company Chairman Anthony Bamford, cut the first sod of […]
An HD Hyundai HX235A LCR crawler excavator has become something of an internet sensation, while working on improvements to the Dore and Totley train station near Sheffield. Part of the Hope Valley Railway network, the station is having its second platform rebuilt after more than 30 years of service, with the installation of a new […]
ENERGY SECRETARY INSPIRED BY JCB’S HYDROGEN ENGINE INNOVATION The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho MP, paid a visit to JCB to see for herself the progress being made by the British manufacturer of construction equipment and agricultural machinery on decarbonisation using hydrogen combustion engine technology. The Energy Secretary’s […]
