REGISTRATION for ScotPlant 2024 has now opened. The biggest event of the year for the Scottish construction equipment industry returns to the Royal Highland Centre, near Edinburgh, on Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27, 2024. More than 200 exhibitors, including a flurry of ScotPlant...

SCOTLAND bucked the trend in UK equipment sales in 2023 after seeing a 5% increase compared with the previous year. New figures reveal Scotland was one of only two regions which saw sales ahead of 2022 levels, the other being the south east of England...

KUBOTA is marking its 50th anniversary in Europe this year. The manufacturer opened its first subsidiary in France in 1974 and is now one of the leading players in the European construction and agricultural machinery market with further subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy,...

SCOTPLANT exhibitor Steelwrist will present what the manufacturer has described as the ‘largest and most innovative’ product launch in the company’s history at its new facility in Hamburg, Germany, on March 13. The centrepiece will be the first model in the third generation Steelwrist tiltrotators,...

STEWART Plant Sales, a Scot JCB Group company, has secured the exclusive distribution rights for the McCloskey Environmental range across Scotland. McCloskey Environmental manufactures waste equipment for the recycling, aggregates, and material handling industries. Stewart Plant Sales said the strategic partnership marks a ‘significant milestone’...

LEADING construction equipment manufacturers Komatsu and CASE have been revealing details of their latest respective product releases. Komatsu’s new all-electric 13-ton class PC138E-11 excavator is destined for domestic and European markets early this year. The model will feature a 225-kWh lithium-ion battery for long hours...

NEW ScotPlant 2024 exhibitor The Attachment Company is aiming to launch its own brand of non-hydraulic attachments after embarking on a change of name and beginning the hunt for larger premises. Founder William Forrest rebranded the business from Mouse Valley Equipment in September to better...

SCOTPLANT 2024 is on course to be the biggest event in the show’s illustrious history, with almost 200 exhibitors already signed up with over five months still to go! The most important event in the Scottish construction equipment industry calendar returns to the Royal Highland...

A Rokbak RA30 articulated hauler is helping to deliver Scotland’s first inland surfing resort. The truck has been involved in groundwork at a disused quarry in Ratho, near Edinburgh that will become home to the landmark Lost Shore Surf Resort. The Lost Shore Surf Resort,...

THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has bought a Tenstar simulator as part of the organisation’s drive to upskill the industry and attract fresh talent. The simulator has been supplied with a motion base for a real-life seat feel and a VR headset for use with the...

LONG-standing ScotPlant exhibitor Scot JCB has supplied Eagle Hire with a new fleet of machines ranging from dumpsters to midi-excavators in a £4 million deal. The order for 127 machines, all equipped with the latest stage V engines, has been described as making a ‘monumental...

LONG-STANDING ScotPlant exhibitor Sibbald Training director John Sibbald has been named as the new president of the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA). He was elected at the trade association’s AGM, succeeding Callum Mackintosh and will be supported by Jarvie Plant MD David Jarvie in his...

A flurry of first-time exhibitors have signed up for ScotPlant 2024 since our last update. Digger Guard, fresh off winning the Best Security Initiative category at the Plantworx Innovation Awards for the firm’s Vandal Guard cab protection system, will join the star-studded line-up at the...

BLACKWOOD Plant Hire and long-time ScotPlant exhibitor Molson Young have teamed up to help raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues in the construction industry. Blackwood’s new Kobelco SK130, supplied by Molson, proudly showcases the vibrant colours of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s recently...

A JCB 3CX will travel across Scotland over the next 12 months to raise awareness of plant and fuel theft. The move has been instigated after the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) teamed up with the Scottish Partnership Against Acquisitive Crime (SPAACE) to help tackle the problem....

WITH less than a year to go, preparations for ScotPlant 2024 are being ramped up. The premier event for Scotland’s plant industry returns to the Royal Highland Centre, near Edinburgh, on April 26 and 27, 2024. Equipment giant LiuGong has reserved a large central plot,...

NEW research has found that sales of construction equipment in the UK in March were over 15% higher than the same month last year. This took sales in the first quarter of 2023 to 9,500 units – almost 9% above the levels seen in Q1...

  THE first SANY SY390 40-tonne tracked excavator to arrive in the UK has been sold to MacInnes Bros after the Benbecula-headquartered construction business spotted it at ScotPlant 2022. The machine has been put to work on the Western Isles, involved in quarrying applications as...

SCOTPLANT 2024 will take place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston on Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27, 2024. The biennial showcase for Scotland’s plant industry will once again provide a fantastic opportunity to see the latest products and developments from the world’s top...