ScotPlant 2020 to be rescheduled due to coronavirus
UPDATE: We are pleased to confirm that ScotPlant 2020 will now take place on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September. SCOTPLANT 2020 is to be rescheduled due to the escalating…
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For the love of Pod: Nixon Hire to showcase emissions-reducing product
NIXON Hire will use the ScotPlant exhibition to demonstrate how the firm’s Solar Pods can power multiple accommodation units on site using solar power, removing the need for a…
A cut above: ‘New generation’ pile cutter poised for ScotPlant 2020 debut
MR Cropper has launched a ‘new generation’ hydraulically-driven cutter for concrete piles that is described as being ‘safer and up to five times faster’ than traditional…
Green machines are back in town
MERLO claims the firm’s experience in innovation technology has resulted in ‘market-leading’ telehandlers across the construction sector. The manufacturer boasts models…
LWC to LITE up ScotPlant
LWC will be bringing the LITE Guard range of trench shoring equipment to ScotPlant. The firm said the range is new to the UK but ’tried and tested’ in Australia’ over the…
Rhinowash to take show by the horns
RHINOWASH will be exhibiting its UK-built power washers at ScotPlant, which are said to be designed with ‘robust quality, durability and serviceability’ embedded into both…
Three in a row for Marubeni-Komatsu
THE Marubeni-Komatsu stand is sure to be popular at ScotPlant 2020, with the show marking the third consecutive ScotPlant for the sole UK distributor of Komatsu construction and…
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…
Preparations in full gear for ScotPlant 2020 as Hitachi confirms attendance
THE final preparations are being put in place for ScotPlant 2020, the most important event of the year for the Scottish construction equipment sector. The Royal Highland Centre in…
ScotPlant 2020 visitor registration open
VISITOR registration for ScotPlant 2020 is now open. The biggest and most important event of the year for the Scottish construction equipment sector returns to the Royal Highland…
New names sign up for ScotPlant 2020
A number of new exhibitors have signed up for ScotPlant 2020 in recent weeks. The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), tiltrotator manufacturer Rototilt, excavation…
ScotPlant 2020 set for expansion
SCOTPLANT 2020 is set to expand to meet increasing demand from exhibitors. For the first time in the show’s 20-plus year history, the long avenue between the indoor and outdoor…
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…
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…
Cat dealer to make welcome ScotPlant return as new avenue starts to take shape
PREPARATIONS for ScotPlant 2020 are heating up, with several new and returning exhibitors joining established names in signing up for the most important event of the year for the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Scottish market key for Matpro
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…
New dumper set for ScotPlant debut
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…
At your service: JCC to showcase latest Engcon products
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…
Hydrema to promote Scottish changes
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…
Show your teeth: Rockforce to debut new-sized product
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…
Astrak keen to touch base with customers
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.…
Triple focus for Worsley Plant
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…
Shindaiwa generating interest at ScotPlant 2018
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…
Paint the town red
DYNAPAC will be exhibiting at ScotPlant for the first time under their new owners, the Fayat Group. The business confirmed it will be showing off its complete range of paving and…
Trailer firm set to Dig deep
VISITORS to the Indespension stand at ScotPlant 2018 will get the chance to see the DigaDoc, the firm’s latest innovation in plant trailers. Designed to enable strapless…
‘Shear’ quality: Sandhurst back after ten-year gap
ATTACHMENT hire firm Sandhurst is making a welcome return to ScotPlant after a deade-long absence. “It’s our first one in so long, it (feels) like our first…
New truck is a shot in the Arm for firm
VOLUMETRIC mixing machine specialist Armcon will be launching the new AM4 weight-compliant truck at ScotPlant, which they said maximises the benefits of new legislation. The…
Hoping to Steel the show
STEELWRIST UK will be on hand at ScotPlant 2018 with a selection of the latest Swedish-manufactured tiltrotators, quick couplers, SQ auto connection hitches, buckets and various…
Taylor & Braithwaite hope to make maximum impact
TAYLOR & Braithwaite is looking to open people’s eyes to the benefits of compact screening and crushing during its ScotPlant debut with a range of machinery never before…
Morris Site Machinery poised to light up ScotPlant
LIGHT and power supplier Morris Site Machinery is looking to brighten up this year’s ScotPlant after launching six new products in just six months. Thr firm will showcase…
ScotPlant is firmly on Brigade’s radar
BRIGADE Electronics and Banlaw Systems will be co-exhibiting at ScotPlant this year to demonstrate a range of vehicle safety devices including Backsense, marketed as the…
Sand and deliver
SANDVIK’S mobile crushing and screening division will use ScotPlant to showcase standout models from the range, with the QJ341 jaw crusher and QH331 cone crusher set to take…