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It’s all in the Wrist

A lifelong love of diggers and a desire to start his own business led Alan Gow to purchase his first machine – a used JCB 3CX – at the age of 19. Now, as Highlands-based Gow Groundworks marks its tenth year, the firm boasts a...
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Hyundai sets sail for harbour work

AN Isle of Bute-based boat builder has recently completed work on a canal dredger custom fitted with a 22-tonne Hyundai excavator, which is now plumbing the depths of Bridlington Harbour in Yorkshire. Ardmaleish Boatbuilding Co. was tasked with building the vessel for Bridlington Harbour Commissioners,...
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Getting to know…Adam Bruce

ADAM Bruce, managing director of AB2000, founded the plant hire company back in 1995. Despite vowing at the time to have a fleet of no more than 20 machines, the business has grown, diversified and today boasts some 400 items of plant and machinery and...
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Empteezy does it

Livingston-based spillage containment firm Empteezy recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Project Plant’s Fraser Rummens met with founder Bruce Wishart to discuss the history of the business, how it has grown and the attachment that started it all. BRUCE Wishart founded Empteezy in 1986 after he...
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Handle with care

AIRDRIE-based plant equipment supplier, A. T. Best Handlers, is the specialist dealer for Manitou in the west of Scotland. The business is run by father and son, Stuart and Richard Rose. Stuart has a long-standing relationship with Manitou going back over 40 years. He explained,...
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COPS Recruitment gets set to connect

ScotPlant debutant COPS Recruitment is a professional recruitment company specialising in employment within the building and allied trade industries throughout the UK. With over 30 years’ industry experience, the firm offers only competent operator services. Ex-plant operator and now company managing director, Nicky Davies, said, “After...
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Dish of the day!

SATELLITE broadband solutions company, Internet Anywhere, has been working with Scotland’s construction industry for over seven years and currently provides over 300 sites throughout the country with short term connectivity. The firm will be exhibiting at ScotPlant for the first time. Founder and managing director,...
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Yarwoods lands Hartl distributorship

YARWOODS Excavator Attachments Ltd has secured a deal to supply Hartl excavator crusher buckets and screener buckets to the UK market. The Airdrie-based firm has put in place a sales, service and stocking facility of Hartl products to carry out in-house servicing and repairs. Yarwoods has also committed to...
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Military precision

71 Engineer Regiment will be returning to ScotPlant after an impressive showing at the 2014 event, to showcase more of the armed forces’ plant equipment and get the word out about the vital work that they do. The 71 Engineers will be bringing between six...