Plant News
ICONIC JCB BACKHOE IN A BOX GOES SUPER-SIZE FOR 80th ANNIVERSARY CROWDS are flocking to see a special 80th birthday installation at JCB’s lakeside HQ in Staffordshire – a full-sized digger presented as if it were a scale model. Visitors young and old have been marvelling at the ingenious display which has an eight-tonne JCB […]
New heavy-duty undercarriage configuration for the Cat® 325 Excavator offers increased stability in demanding conditions Latest heavy-duty (HD) configuration includes HD undercarriage, large final drive and motor, stronger swing bearing, and dedicated 7.5-tonne (16,540-lb) counterweight Long HD undercarriage with oversized 203-mm (8-in) track pitch delivers outstanding stability and durability in harsh, uneven ground conditions Counterweight […]
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe has appointed respected equipment distributor Helms TNT-Centret as its dealer for Denmark, from January 1, 2026. The company, which has depots in Herning, Aarhus and Ringsted in Denmark and a network of dealers across Norway, is a third-generation family business, offering a wide range of machinery to the construction, agriculture, forestry […]
York Consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (YCIDB) has added three Hyundai HX85A midi excavators to its combined fleet, to work on land drainage and flood risk management projects across the North and East regions of Yorkshire. The machines join two 14-tonne HX140A crawler excavators and an HX180A, that are currently employed by three of the […]
Swindon-based Tiger Plant Hire has doubled its fleet of equipment over the last year, with the addition of 14 Kubota midi excavators playing a leading part in that growth. While the company does run micro and mini excavator models, the expansion has mainly been driven by larger 5 and 8-tonne machines, with the majority of […]
DOUBLE CELEBRATION AS JCB AND LORD BAMFORD MARK 80TH BIRTHDAYS IT WAS an action-packed day of double celebrations as digger maker JCB today marked the company’s 80th anniversary. JCB was founded in a 12ft x 15ft lock-up garage in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire by Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE on October 23rd, 1945 – the same […]
EXTRA DAY OFF FOR 19,000 EMPLOYEES AS JCB MARKS 80TH BIRTHDAY THE OUTSTANDING contribution of JCB employees across the globe is being recognised with an extra day’s holiday to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. More than 19,000 people at 22 plants around the world will celebrate the family digger maker’s remarkable international success story with […]
Kubota (UK) is adding to the territories of leading construction dealers Shellplant and Boss Plant Sales from January 1, 2026, consolidating its network across the South-East of England. Northamptonshire-based Shellplant will add Norfolk and Suffolk to its existing sales area, while Hertfordshire-based equipment supplier Boss Plant Sales will assume responsibility for neighbouring Essex. “We are […]
Hyundai Construction Equipment dealer Rygor Group has appointed Mark Turnham as Sales Director across its Rygor Plant and Rygor Auto divisions. Rygor Plant became a main dealer for the full range of Hyundai construction machinery in April of this year, operating across Greater London, parts of the Southeast and the Midlands, the Southwest and Wales. […]
Held on Caterpillar grounds at the Malaga Demonstration and Learning Centre, the Global Operator Challenge (GOC) saw the 20 best operators from Europe, Africa and Middle East compete in the semifinal competitions. Gunter Dewit from Belgium was crowned the EAME Region semifinal champion. Nicolai Have Thomsen from Denmark and Sebastian Behr from Germany were crowned […]
