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...

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.  

  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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

TWO years on from its ScotPlant debut, processing equipment distributor Matpro Machinery is returning to the exhibition to show off the firm’s expanded product offering. In the time since that first show, the company has merged with CRJ Services, which has given Matpro the sole...

THE Cautrac stand at ScotPlant 2018 will be the place to see the first public showing of the Morooka MST200VDR, 2000kg capacity dumper with fully rotating upper structure. Cautrac is a specialist stockist of new and used tracked dumpers and carriers with payloads from 350kgs...

ENGCON-dealer JCC Group will be debuting a brand new fully equipped service vehicle at ScotPlant, complete with a 100-tonne track press machine. The Thornhill-based firm will be showcasing a range of products, from the EC02B titrotator, which is adaptable for 1.5–2.5-tonne excavators, to the EC233,...

HYDREMA will be showing off the 912F 4×4 articulated 10t payload and the 922F 6×6 20t payload dump trucks at ScotPlant 2018. The manufacturer will also be promoting its new sales and service arrangement in Scotland. In February’s issue of Project Plant, we revealed that...

LINLITHGOW-based wear parts supplier Rockforce Construction Equipment is to debut the new Black Cat RVJ hammerless tooth system at ScotPlant 2018. Rockforce is the exclusive UK distributor for the Canadian manufacturer Black Cat Wear Parts and will be showcasing products including bucket teeth, dozer and...

SUPPLIER of excavator undercarriage parts Astrak UK is looking forward to touching base with customers old and new at ScotPlant while showing off the breadth of its product range. The Kirkcaldy-headquartered firm, which is part of the Europe-wide Astrak Group, is exhibiting at the event...

WORSLEY Plant will be back in their usual spot at ScotPlant 2018 with the firm’s range of hydraulic attachments including crushing and screening buckets from REMU and MB, as well as demolition attachments including grabs, shears and pulverisers from Rotar. The business will also be...

SHINDAIWA Limited will be exhibiting its range of welders, generators and compressors at this year’s ScotPlant. The line-up is set to include the Eco500, which the firm said was used extensively during construction of the new Queensferry Crossing. New this year will be a range...