C.D. McNeill, tarmac and civils contractor in the Scottish Highlands, has added two new Kubota KX030-4 mini-excavators to its growing fleet and has seen its business go from strength-to-strength thanks to the continued investment in Kubota machinery over the past 20 years. Grant McNeill, partner of C.D. McNeill, had this to say on the working…

South East based construction plant hire specialists, Standard Plant Hire, has taken delivery of its 700th Kubota machine, which is wrapped in a special livery to celebrate the milestone. Located in Bromley, Standard Plant Hire has been operating since 2009, providing construction equipment to commercial contractors, predominantly focusing on infrastructure and utilities projects within the…

Bobcat has launched the company’s new Machine IQ telematics system, connecting customers to their machines’ information at any time, anywhere and from any device. The Bobcat Machine IQ telematics system allows customers to check the health of their machines and remotely track information that enhances maintenance, security and performance, all from smart devices or laptops. This…

The transition from the internal combustion (compression) engine to electric power will not happen overnight, but momentum is building and the EMEA region is leading the way, believes Yanmar CE’s Cédric Durand. Diesel Engine Innovators Considering that Yanmar is famous for inventing the small diesel engine in 1933, it may surprise some that the company…

A tool hire specialist is growing its fleet of construction machinery with the purchase of 20 new Kubota excavators. Exsel Plant & Tool Hire, which operates across sites in Salisbury, Winchester, and Southampton, completed the new order with Kubota dealer Harper Plant Ltd. The recently purchased Kubotas grow Exsel’s construction machinery fleet to 52, with…

KUBOTA LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR MICRO-EXCAVATOR OPERATOR OF THE YEAR Kubota has been announced as the sponsor of the ‘Micro-Excavator Operator of the Year’ category at the Best UK Plant Operator 2023 competition, an annual event hosted by UK Plant Operators Magazine in partnership with the CITB and Morris Leslie. It marks the first time that…

A groundworks and civils contractor has invested in a fleet of new JCB equipment in a deal worth more than £1.1 million. Essex-based MDS Civil Engineering has taken delivery of 21 new machines including JCB’s 10 and 14-tonne tracked excavator models, three, six and nine-tonne site dumpers plus Loadall telescopic handlers, skid steers and Teletruks….

Market confidence continues to soar in the used construction and agricultural machinery markets at Euro Auctions January 2023 auction produces a £44.4 million sale hammer despite the current economy. With 547 vendors from 22 countries consigning equipment to this sale, it was the home nation that ruled this auction, with 480 sellers coming from the…

The Takeuchi TB335R is a new short tail mini excavator that weighs in at 3.8-tonnes. One of the new 3-Series Takeuchi excavators, it is packed full of value-added features offered as standard for maximum safety and productivity. The new model sits in the 3-4-tonne weight class. Stage V ready with 18.2kW and Eco operating mode…

Infrastructure services company, FM Conway, has made a significant investment into its fleet by purchasing a raft of new Kubota excavators from dealer Boss Plant Sales, which will help them continue to carry out their work with limited disruption to customers. The Kent-based business has made the decision to purchase two years’ worth of Kubota…

JCB’s electric mini excavator marked another significant milestone in its short history – the production of the 1,000th machine. JCB went into full production with the world’s first volume-produced all-electric mini excavator in 2019. Today employees at JCB Compact Products in Cheadle, Staffordshire, gathered on the shop floor to cheer the milestone 1,000th 19C-1E model…

Sounds like a success story – starting a plant hire business with one used Kubota mini-excavator in 2018 and, four years later having a fleet made up of 60 machines. That’s what Weaver Plant Hire has achieved and is continuing to go from strength-to-strength in the plant hire market thanks to its investment in the…

Takeuchi demonstrated their recently introduced TB335R and brand-new TB350R and TB395W models at Bauma last month. Many other Takeuchi compact excavators and compact track loaders were on site, including the world’s first 360-degree compact excavator, the TB1000, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. “With the TB1000, Takeuchi created what has become one of the…

Bobcat has introduced a new 2-tonne mini-excavator to supplement its expanding range of electrically powered machines. The E19e – an electric version of Bobcat’s E19 internal-combustion (IC) model – offers zero emissions, low-noise operation and comparable levels of performance to its diesel-powered counterpart. Scott Park, Doosan Bobcat CEO, commented: “With the introduction of the E19e,…

Caterpillar Work Tools Division has announced the new Tilt Rotate System (TRS) models for Cat 302.7 to 310 Next Generation Mini Excavators. The new TRS4 and TRS8 S45 plus updated TRS6 models allow attached work tools to rotate 360 degrees and tilt 40 degrees side-to-side. This enables the machine to reach more work areas from…

Komatsu Europe has announced the all-new PC17R-5 & PC20R-5 conventional tail EU Stage V mini excavators. These new arrivals in the Komatsu range were be presented at the bauma 2022 international fair in Munich in October. These new Komatsu machines let the operators benefit from an ergonomic and intuitive working environment, a lifting capacity second…

Plant hire company, Banner Plant Limited, is raising much needed funds for children’s mental health charity, Place2Be, and has bolstered its 2022 fundraising activity by donating 50% of hire revenue generated by a new Kubota mini-excavator in 2022. An initial upfront donation by the plant hire company sees it contribute £1,800 to the worthy cause,…

Kubota Corporation has unveiled plans for a £100m expansion of its Hirakata Plant, the company’s main mini-excavator manufacturing facility in Japan, significantly enhancing its production capacity. The expansion will see Kubota increase its annual production capability from 48,000 to 78,000 units, helping tackle not only the high demand across Europe and North America, but also…

Bobcat has announced that at Bauma 2022, the company will launch a new two tonne electric mini-excavator, the latest in Bobcat’s growing line of zero emission compact equipment products. Robert Husar, Mini-Excavator Product Line Director, Doosan Bobcat EMEA, said: “We launched the E10e, our first battery-powered product and the world’s first 1 tonne electric mini-excavator,…

This year’s Bauma exhibition will see Yanmar launch their SV17e – the company’s initial foray into electrically-powered mini excavators. Powered by all-electric drive and featuring an open-centre hydraulic system with load-sensing hydraulic pump, the SV17e has been designed to create an exceptional experience for the owner and the operator. Delivering 23.5 kWh gross electric power…