West Calder firm has huge crush on new bucket
PATON Construction has become the first company in the UK to have an MB BF60 crushing bucket fitted onto a Manitou telehandler. The investment has allowed the West Calder-based firm to offer a recycling service to customers on job sites. The bucket enables the...
Aiming high: SANY in huge Scots investment
SANY is investing heavily in the Scottish construction equipment market and has outlined ambitious plans to become the top supplier of excavators in the country. The manufacturer is putting the final touches to plans to open a new UK headquarters on the outskirts of Glasgow...
Astrak launches new stabiliser pads for Brokk robotic equipment
ASTRAK has announced the launch of new stabiliser pads for Brokk machinery. The ScotPlant exhibitor said specialist robotic technology is ‘rapidly’ becoming the way forward for the demolition industry. Astrak explained that its DuraLine XD replacement rubber pads for Brokk robotic demolition equipment have been...
End of an era as Takeuchi marks major JMS changes
Takeuchi revealed the firm’s success story in Scotland over the past 14 years started with JMS Equipment, headed up by Jim and Janice Milligan. The business has been responsible for over 750 Takeuchi machine sales in the north of Scotland. Jim and Janice have now...
It shouldn’t happen to a sales rep!
Paul Thorne, director of ScotPlant exhibitor SCG Supplies, reminisces about his early days in the industry and explains why, even in the online era, there’s still a role for experts offering personal advice I’M sitting in a lay-by in 33 degree heat just outside Swindon....
CRJ completes perfect hat-trick
MATERIAL processing equipment solutions specialist CRJ will be at ScotPlant 2020. The firm recently divulged details of its work to help a Lancashire-based renewables business save money. Lancashire Renewables Limited, owned by Lancashire County Council, operates two mechanical biological treatment plants (MBT) in Thornton and...
Garic appoints new Scottish sales chief
GARIC has appointed Jim Connolly to head up its Scottish sales operations, working out of the welfare specialist’s distribution hub in Falkirk. In his role as regional account manager, Jim will be tasked with developing client relationships across Scotland. He was previously business development manager at...
End of an era as Brian Young retires
MOLSON Young Plant Sales is marking the end of an era with the retirement of MD Brian Young. Brian, whose parents Tom and Bridie founded the Doune-based business more than 40 years ago, is one of the most respected names in the Scottish plant sector....
Going for gold: eye-catching excavator helps raise funds for charity
A special gold excavator gifted by Kubota UK to GAP Hire Solutions to mark the Glasgow-headquartered firm’s 50th anniversary is raising much-needed funds for charity. 50% of all hire revenue from the ‘gold digger’ over a whole year is going to The Lighthouse Club, a...
ScotPlant plays host to contractor’s debut Volvo deal
ONCE again living up to its reputation as the show where deals get done, this year’s ScotPlant was the place where groundworks firm Graham J Irvine made the decision to purchase its first Volvo machine. The family-run groundworks and civil engineering contractor consists of Graham,...
2020 vision: dates set for next ScotPlant
FOLLOWING the success of ScotPlant 2018, we can now reveal that the next exhibition in the series will take place on April 24 and 25, 2020. The biennial show will once again be held at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston. Much will happen, of...
ScotPlant 2018 – in pictures
GLORIOUS sunshine and incredible machines helped make ScotPlant 2018 the most spectacular event in the show’s 20-year history. Here’s a selection of photographs from the weekend.
Sun shines on ScotPlant 2018
THE sun has set on ScotPlant 2018 after a spectacular couple of days at the Royal Highland Centre, near Edinburgh. Visitors and exhibitors basked in glorious sunshine as a whole host of construction machines were introduced to the Scottish market. The wraps came off...
Excitement builds for ScotPlant 2018
THE Royal Highland Centre is starting to fill up with some of the world’s leading construction machines ahead of ScotPlant 2018, which gets underway on Friday. Equipment has been steadily arriving since Monday morning as excitement builds ahead of the showcase event for the Scottish...
JCB brings the X Factor to ScotPlant 2018
A guaranteed highlight of ScotPlant 2018 is sure to be JCB’s newly launched X Series 20-tonne tracked excavators. Scot JCB will show two of the new 220X crawler excavators – the first models in the range – across its stands and demonstration area. JCB said...
40 years Young
VISITORS to ScotPlant 2018 will be among the first in Europe to catch sight of the new Hyundai HX130 LCR crawler excavator. Taking pride of place on the Young Plant stand, the show will mark the official European debut of the 13-ton machine. The excavator...
Safety features aid new site dumper visibility
STEWART Plant Sales will showcase the new range of JCB site dumpers, boasting capacities spanning from one to nine-tonnes, at ScotPlant 2018. JCB described its new dumper line-up as taking site dumper safety to “previously unachievable levels”. Features include a two-year warranty and all-steel construction,...
LOC Hire line-up to ‘contain’ standout kit
LOC Hire will be using this year’s ScotPlant to officially launch its new branding and celebrate the firm’s new partnership with CONTAINEX. The Bonnybridge-based business has secured a deal to hire and sell CONTAINEX site accommodation products in various forms. Because of the large, modular...
Skipping a beat
MALCOLM Construction Services, a division of the Malcolm Group, services all areas of the construction industry. Last year Harsh and Malcolm Construction introduced something new for truck-based waste-handling systems – a demountable skiploader (pictured above). Able to be loaded on and off a chassis fitted...
New vehicles hit the road for ScotPlant
LOOKING to reach new heights at this year’s ScotPlant is Alltruck Crane Repair & Sales, with a number of brand new vehicles rolling straight off the production line and onto the grass of the Royal Highland Centre. The Bonnybridge-based company is the Scottish dealer for...
