Plant News
GOLDEN DAY AS HIRER MARKS 50TH BIRTHDAY WITH £68 MILLION ORDER The UK’s Morris Leslie Plant Hire is kicking off its 50th birthday celebrations in style by placing an order for a huge fleet of new JCB machines worth £68 million. The machines will all be supplied throughout 2024 in an expression of confidence in […]
DIAMOND DAY AS ANTHONY BAMFORD MARKS 60 YEARS’ JCB SERVICE JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford celebrates an unprecedented milestone with the family firm this weekend – 60 years’ service. Having completed an engineering apprenticeship with Massey Ferguson in France, he first walked through the doors of the company’s Rocester factory as an employee on February 24th, […]
Tartan Tractor Scrum Down My Name5 Doddie Fundraising Event A UNIQUE JCB tartan tractor has rolled off the production line at Staffordshire’s JCB Landpower factory honouring Scottish rugby legend and motor neuron disease (MND) campaigner Doddie Weir. The Fastrac 4220 iCON wrapped in Doddie’s own design tartan livery was welcomed off the Cheadle production […]
JCB CYCLISTS ‘SET OFF’ ON AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS CHALLENGE A TEAM of intrepid JCB cyclists is putting pedal power into action with a massive fundraising challenge to help enhance the lives of children and young people with cancer. The 42 JCB cyclists today began a 42,000-kilometre, 80 day sponsored cycle challenge – […]
Cat® Medium Dozers Receive Technology Package Upgrades Industry-leading suite of Cat® Assist with ARO suite of features are now standard for Cat D4 – D7 dozers New Cat Grade with 3D Ready option available for D4, D5 and D6 dozers Changes reinforce D4 – D7 next generation dozers’ technology leadership Caterpillar announces two technology package […]
SANY announces Telehandler roadshows SANY Announces Telehandler Roadshows – Published by PlantClassifieds under Plant Hire News 05/02/2024 SANY is thrilled to announce a series of telehandler roadshows aimed at showcasing its brand new range of telehandlers to the UK market. The roadshows will run throughout February and March, with 6 events planned across the country. […]
JCB today called on industry leaders to get behind the Government’s call for evidence on how non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) might be powered in the future. Evidence is being sought on how NRMM might decarbonise as part of the Government’s wider net zero ambitions. As the clock ticks down to the March 26th submissions […]
JCB JOINS NEW PARTNERSHP AS POTHOLE DAMAGE HITS NEW HIGH JCB today joined a new partnership which has been launched by road users and industry to help tackle the scourge of potholes as shock new figures show pothole damage to vehicles has hit a five year high. The research by the AA – released on […]
Caterpillar Signs Strategic Agreement with CRH for Electric Off-Highway Trucks and Charging Solutions IRVING, Texas, Jan. 8, 2023 – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced it has signed an electrification strategic agreement with CRH (NYSE: CRH) to advance the deployment of Caterpillar’s zero-exhaust emissions solutions. CRH is the number one aggregates producer in North America and […]
INTREPID JCB EMPLOYEE TAKES THE PLUNGE TO BOOST NSPCC FUNDS TEN days, ten locations, ten open water swims, each less than a chilling ten degrees. That was the challenge JCB employee Georgina Williams set herself to raise vital funds for the NSPCC. And the intrepid open water swimmer has now completed her UK-wide adventure with […]
