Johnston Plant named Yanmar compact dealer

JOHNSTON Plant Sales has been appointed a Yanmar compact equipment dealer for Birmingham and the West Midlands. Joining the network with immediate effect, the firm will...
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JCB gearing up for market growth

JCB is gearing up for massive growth in the compact excavator market with the launch of a new range of midis. The first three machines...

A moment to ‘Take’ in 20 years of progress

Takeuchi UK has come a long way since establishing a home in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1996. Gary Moug reports on how the firm has become a...
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Yanmar Compact Equipment celebrates mini-excavator production milestone

YANMAR Compact Equipment has marked a major production milestone after the 300,000th mini-excavator rolled off the production line at the firm's Chikugo Plant in...

Massive order boosts Morris Leslie expansion plans

Morris Leslie Plant Hire said it "wasn't a difficult decision" to invest in 66 new Volvo compact excavators. The firm has also snapped up five reduced...

Why innovation is driving the future of the construction industry

Mark Royse, head of sales at Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, discusses the latest industry growth figures and explains why the future of compact equipment...

Beauly business opts for compact digger/tiltrotator combination

G Simpson (Builders) Ltd of Beauly, near Inverness, has bought a zero swing Volvo ECR25D compact excavator and paired it with an Engcon tiltrotator. The...
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Finning launches ‘matchmaker’ tool to help firms find compact machines

FINNING UK & Ireland has launched a new online tool designed to simplify the process of finding a compact machine for specific projects, terrains,...

Landmark Case B-series compact track loader sold in the UK

THE sale of the first Case B-series compact track loader in the UK has been completed. Case dealer Robert Coates Plant Sales sold the TV370B...
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A hard act to follow

“I don’t think you’ll find a better balanced machine in its class.” That's the verdict of Mark Preece, proprietor of MK Preece Excavations when asked...
Electric wheel loader at recycling facility

Electric loader helps recycling facility meet sustainability goals

ENVIRONMENTAL solutions provider SUEZ has introduced a Volvo L25 Electric compact wheel loader at the firm's Bodmin materials recycling facility in Cornwall. Integrating electric plant...

Miller time for new compact excavators

WICK-based housebuilding and groundwork contractor M M Miller has snapped up two brand new Volvo EC60E compact excavators. The firm has become one of the...

Mecalac expands compact loader offering with new range

MECALAC has launched a new range of compact loaders to satisfy demand for small, multi-purpose solutions. The new range comprises six models from 1.74t to...

New Volvo compact excavators introduced

SMT GB is bringing to market two new Volvo compact excavators in the form of the 3.5t EC37 and 4t ECR40. The models replace the...

Doosan agrees exclusive supply agreement with Tobroco-Giant

DOOSAN Infracore Europe has confirmed it has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Netherlands-based compact wheel loader specialist Tobroco-Giant. Under the agreement, selected models will...

Mecalac adds to UK dealer network

MECALAC has expanded its UK dealer network with the appointment of SM Plant Ltd. Warwickshire-based SM Plant will be responsible for supplying Mecalac’s range of...

First Bobcat compact wheel loader rolls off the production line

BOBCAT has confirmed the company's first new L85 compact wheel loader is now in full production. The machine, which is being produced at Bobcat's plant in...
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Electric digger charges ahead with town centre regeneration

A Hitachi Premium Rental compact electric excavator has helped to regenerate the town centre of Aalst, near Eindhoven in The Netherlands. The ZE85 was used...

‘User-friendly’ model is built for comfort

HITACHI unveiled the new ZX26U-5 mini excavator as part of its new line-up at the recent Intermat event in Paris. Designed to be user-friendly, the...

New compact digger combines industry ‘best practices’ in one product

VOLVO has launched its new F generation ECR58 compact excavator, with the manufacturer explaining the aim of the 6-tonne machine was to combine all...

New Bobcat compact loader shows its metal

CONCORDE Metals Limited, based at Belvedere in South East London, has continued its preference for the Bobcat brand that dates back to the early...

Molson Compact MD retires

ROBERT Brown, managing director of Molson Compact Equipment and an executive board member of Molson Group, has retired. He stood down at the end of...
Mecalac and Rygor Plant partnership

Mecalac appoints new dealer in south east of UK

MECALAC UK has appointed Rygor Plant as its new official dealer in the south east of the UK. Rygor Plant will offer Mecalac's full product...

Lloyd Ltd appointed to Mecalac dealer network

MECALAC has appointed Lloyd Ltd to its UK and Ireland dealer network. Headquartered in Carlisle, but with dealerships on both sides of the border, the...

Viby attachment launches compact Hy-Tip

DANISH bucket manufacturer Viby Attachment has launched a new version of its popular Hy-Tip bucket for compact and backhoe loaders. Lighter and smaller than the standard...

Skye’s the limit for Volvo compact

A long-established Skye-based firm has splashed out on a new Volvo ECR88D reduced swing compact excavator to help with the delivery of larger scale...

Bobcat celebrates one millionth compact loader

CELEBRATIONS to mark production of Bobcat's one millionth compact loader are underway. For the company that created the compact plant industry in 1958 with the...

J MAC adds two more models to growing fleet

J MAC has revealed the business is continuing to add new models to its ever-expanding line-up and is currently looking for dealers to expand...

New machine control solution launched for compact excavators

LEICA Geosystems has unveiled the new Leica iCON site excavator, described as a machine control solution that enables compact diggers to carry out designs...
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Compact Cats reaching out to a whole new audience

Finning Compact dealer Cautrac secures two new customers following demonstrations of exactly what the machines are capable of KELLY Plant Hire and JPB Civil...