Category: Plant News
B&T Plant Hire has reinforced its commitment to sustainable construction solutions with a significant investment in SANY UK’s growing electric machine range, placing an order for eight zero-emission machines comprising three SY19E electric mini excavators, one SY35E electric excavator and four STH625E electric telehandlers. The latest fleet addition marks another important step in B&T Plant […]
Kubota Corporation and Liebherr Group have been recognised twice for the design of their new series of wheeled excavators. The two machines have picked up the iF Design Award and the highest accolade of the Red Dot Design Award, the Red Dot: Best of the Best. For more than 70 years the iF Design Awards […]
IRVING, Texas, October 7, 2026 – Contractors working in confined spaces often require versatile and simple-to-operate excavators. Their work sometimes requires machines that fit through narrow passageways while providing high performance outcomes. The new Cat® 301 Compact Radius (CR) micro hydraulic excavator is designed to do just that. The Cat 301 CR delivers advanced machine […]
Warrington-based land development expert Booth Ventures has put a Next Generation Hyundai HX360L crawler excavator to work within its Ravenhead Quarry, near Skelmersdale. The 36-tonne machine replaces a larger model that had been working at the site, resulting in major fuel savings with no drop in productivity. Ravenhead is a bullion sandstone site, that mainly […]
HYUNDAI MATERIAL HANDLING COMPLETES 4-18 TONNE HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FORKLIFT RANGE AS ELECTRIFICATION EXPANDS INTO HEAVIER-DUTY APPLICATIONS Tessenderlo (Belgium), September 2026: The completion of Hyundai Material Handling’s B-X electric forklift range marks another step in the ongoing electrification of heavy-duty material handling equipment. With the introduction of the 10-13 tonne and 16-18 tonne models, Hyundai now […]
Fresh from setting a new world land speed record of 406.320mph powered by its pioneering hydrogen technology, JCB is accelerating investment in its future, with major commitments to British manufacturing and new production capacity in the United States. The manufacturer is investing heavily in the transformation of its Staffordshire World HQ, while in the USA, […]
Signs mutual sales partnership for compact construction equipment to strengthen product portfolios of both companies Targeting €825 million (KRW 1.3 trillion) in compact segment sales by 2030 as a new growth engine HD Construction Equipment announced on Tuesday, September 22, that it recently signed an agreement on mutual sales partnership for compact construction equipment with […]
Equipment rental giant Flannery Plant Hire has added 62 Kubota KX016-4 mini excavators to its massive industry-leading plant fleet, to meet the needs of a specific utility customer. Each of the machines has been paired with an Ifor Williams Digadoc trailer and equipped with a Whites quick hitch and an Epiroc SB102 hydraulic breaker, along […]
East Anglia’s leading multi-service demolition and asbestos removal company is growing its waste handling business, with the purchase of Staffordshire waste management, skip hire and recycling company LW Recycling. To boost productivity at the firm’s Cannock Wood Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), the business has been supplied with a Hyundai HX85A compact excavator, equipped with a […]
John F Hunt Hire Centres has strengthened its growing rental fleet with the addition of 26 Kubota mini and midi excavators, as it continues to expand capacity in response to sustained customer demand. The investment, worth approximately £1.3m, includes a mix of Kubota machines, ranging from the K008-5 micro and U17-5 and U27-4 zero tailswing […]
