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...

MIDLANDS-based National Pipe Croppers has hailed the success of the firm’s first time exhibiting at ScotPlant. The firm took the opportunity to showcase its pile cropping solutions to the Scottish market during the two-day event at the Royal Highland Centre. “The decision to attend ScotPlant...

MASSIVE crowds enjoyed a glorious second day of ScotPlant 2022 as the exhibition solidified its status as the top event in the Scottish construction equipment industry calendar. Visitors to the Royal Highland Centre were once again treated to an array of incredible products from the...

SCOT JCB is raising funds and awareness of breast cancer at this year’s ScotPlant after placing customer Tom Grant’s brand new pink excavator in the centre of its stand. The JCB 245XR is raising money for charity Breast Cancer Now and displays a large QR...

SOCIAL media ‘machine’ Amy Underwood, aka The Digger Girl, got the chance to meet some of her mammoth 211,000 online following during her visit to ScotPlant 2022. The 27-year-old shot to online stardom after she began using TikTok and Instagram to document her role as...

SCOTPLANT 2022 got off to a tremendous start as visitors basked in warm sunshine and a plethora of world-class machines were showcased in this type of setting for the first time. Crowds flocked to the Royal Highland Centre for the first ScotPlant exhibition since before...

THE magnificent Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston is packed full of standout machines from the world’s leading construction equipment manufacturers as ScotPlant 2022 prepares to open its doors. On Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23, the biggest event in the Scottish plant industry calendar...

THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has revealed that the conversations that take place this week at ScotPlant 2022 will be a ‘barometer’ for the industry and the challenges ahead. The organisation is exhibiting at the Royal Highland Centre and expects the two-day event to...

THE Bobcat E60 R2-Series mini-excavator will make its ScotPlant debut at the Royal Highland Centre this week. Being shown alongside the Bobcat E10z and E27 mini-diggers, the new E60 six-tonne Stage V compliant machine will be featured on Balgownie’s ScotPlant stand. In common with Bobcat’s...

KINGDOM Systems has revealed plans to unveil its first ever complete solar-powered CCTV towers at ScotPlant 2022. The move comes as the construction sector battles to reduce carbon emissions and combat increasing rates of theft and vandalism on sites. Kingdom Systems has developed the Eco...

BALGOWNIE is poised to debut several new Doosan products at ScotPlant 2022 including the new 21-tonne DX210LC-7 crawler excavator. The Inverurie-based firm will also give visitors their first sight of the new 15.6-tonne DX140LCR-7 digger, DL320-7 wheel loader, and DX100W-7 wheeled excavator. The DX210LC-7 has...

THE gloves are off for Baca Workwear & Safety as the firm gets set to give away 1,000 boxes of its own-brand Nitrile examination gloves when it makes its debut at ScotPlant. Founded over 30 years ago by brothers Matthew, Marc and Ben Calder, the Northampton-headquartered firm originally began selling ‘out the...