Plant News

Jan 06
Sany heavey Machinery UK Ltd Appoints T H White as New Dealer

Alexander Scott CEO T H WHITE Group & Mr Xu Ming, SANY shaking hands SANY HEAVY MACHINERY UK LTD APPOINTS T H WHITE AS NEW DEALER FOR THE WEST MIDLANDS AND SOUTHWEST SANY Heavy Machinery UK Ltd is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership covering the West Midlands and parts of Southwest England. Effective […]

Dec 16
Caterpillar CONEXPO-CON/AGG Exhibit

Caterpillar CONEXPO-CON/AGG exhibits to highlight innovations that Reshape What’s Possible Advanced automation and AI technologies to help drive jobsite operating efficiencies Exhibits to spotlight how Cat® innovations help customers solve their toughest challenges and redefine the future Global Operator Challenge and Global Dealer Technician Challenge winners crowned IRVING, Texas, December 15, 2025 – Closing its […]

Dec 12
Record Haul Of Toys

RECORD HAUL OF TOYS SET TO BRING FESTIVE CHEER TO COMMUNITIES Generous JCB employees have delivered another record year for the company’s annual Christmas Toy Appeal – donating an amazing 1,787 gifts.   Donations poured into 15 different collection points across the company’s UK plants when the appeal was launched in November, beating last year’s […]

Dec 10
Hyundai Material handling WINS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

Tessenderlo-Ham (Belgium), December 2025 — Hyundai Material Handling is proud to announce that its B‑X Series high‑voltage electric forklifts have been awarded the Readers’ Choice Product of the Year 2025 in the category Lift Trucks & Accessories, presented by Material Handling Product News and Material Handling 24/7.   The annual award celebrates the most innovative […]

Dec 05
TPH Plant Hire Takes First Six Hyundai Excavators

Kent-based TPH Plant Hire has added six Hyundai compact excavators to its fleet, as it looks to keep pace with growing demand from long-term customers across the country. The deal, one of the first for recently appointed Hyundai dealer Rygor Plant, includes two 1.8-tonne HX17Az minis, two HX30Az 3.0-tonners and two 8.5-tonne HX85A midis. “We […]

Dec 02
WHC Hire Services Electrifies With Kubota Retrofit

WHC Hire Services Electrifies With Kubota Retrofit West-Midlands’ plant and tool specialist WHC Hire Services is the first company in the UK to offer customers an electric Kubota mini excavator, using the company’s award-winning Requip Electric Retrofit conversion technology. The machine, built with local dealer Lister Wilder, will be offered to customers from the start […]

Nov 28
SANY Expands Telehandler Line-Up

SANY Expands Telehandler Line-Up with fully electric 6m model SANY continues to strengthen its position in the material-handling and lifting equipment market with the launch of a 6-metre fully electric machine. This addition expands SANY’s growing telehandler portfolio, which already includes 7, 9, 14 & 18m diesel models and reinforces the company’s commitment to offering […]

Nov 22
JCB Kicks Off Annual Christmas Toy Appeal

JCB KICKS OFF ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY APPEAL TO SPREAD FESTIVE JOY JCB has launched its fourth annual Christmas Toy Appeal as employees unite to bring festive joy to local children. Since the appeal’s launch in 2022, employees have donated almost 4,000 gifts for distribution to children and young people in the Stoke-on-Trent and Wrexham areas […]

Nov 19
First Hyundai Dozer

FIRST HYUNDAI DOZER STARTS WORK ON WIND FARM PROJECT DA Johnstone Plant Hire has put the first Hyundai HD130A dozer in the UK to work on a wind farm project in Scotland. The machine joins a range of Hyundai crawler excavators on the Garbet Wind Farm construction site, south-east of Dufftown in Moray. Working for […]

Nov 13
SANY delivers first 80-tonne excavator in the UK

SANY UK is delighted to announce the sale and delivery of its first 80-tonne excavator in the UK. The powerful SANY SY750H has been supplied to the Heritage Quarry Group (South) Ltd, a leading supplier of high-quality, natural British stone products, including building stone, walling stone, and a full range of aggregates and will be […]