The team at Parkway Plant Sales in Stockport recently celebrated 25 years as a Takeuchi dealer. Reaching this major milestone is significant in the company’s history; Parkway Plant Sales was set up in 1999 to sell the new Takeuchi excavators that had just started to arrive on UK shores. They saw the potential having heard…

This year’s UK Plant Operators Finals were held at CITB Bircham Newton. There was plenty going on, including at Takeuchi, where they had a busy challenge on the day. The challenge was the ‘Straight and Narrow’ trench test using the TB216 mini excavator to accurately complete a utilities trench. The TB216 challenge was the most…

Takeuchi’s new TB320 is a mini excavator/tool-carrier designed for multi-attachment use and comes with proportional control on auxiliary 1 & 2, 3rd auxiliary pre-piped for quick hitch and an optional 4th aux as a factory fitted option. With excellent 40l/min flow rate this new 2-tonne is adaptable for a variety of hydraulic attachments including: mulchers,…

Takeuchi revealed their new 7-tonne wheeled excavator, the TB370W  at Hillhead for the first time in the UK. The new model meets the growing demand for more compact sized rubber ducks. It shares the TB370 design concept, the very successful 7-t tracked excavator launched 4- years ago. Recently launched at Intermat and expected to be…

Takeuchi UK have recently appointed Daisuke Yanagisawa, better known as Yana as the new Managing Director, effective from 1st June 2024. Yana has spent the last 12 months as assistant MD, getting to know the industry in the UK. Yana will be leading the team of 25 at Takeuchi’s UK head office in Rochdale and…

Takeuchi have now added 4WS with Crab-Mode and mudguards as an option on the New TB395W wheeled excavator. 4WS / 4WS-Crab and 2WS provide enhanced versatility on sites for improved traction and manoeuvrability where space is limited. The TB395W combines powerful excavating performance and higher travel speeds for both on- and off-road applications. Other options…

Takeuchi UK has expanded its new 3-Series excavator range with the new TB395W wheeled excavator.  The TB395W provides operators with a versatile option that combines powerful excavating performance with on-road capabilities, making it ideal for shorter-term, faster-paced highways projects. The new TB395W provides a larger, high-performing machine complete with all the benefits of a wheeled…

Takeuchi UK has expanded its new 3-Series excavator range with the new TB350R short-tail swing compact excavator, the company’s first five tonne class short tail model. To be launched in the UK at Plantworx, the new short tail 5-tonne TB350R has a rear swing overhang of only 75mm and weighs in at 5095kg. The new…

The CITB National Construction College have recently added the first of many Takeuchi machines to the apprentice training fleet at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. Takeuchi is an excavator brand the CITB were keen to get in the training fleet, given the growing popularity across the construction sector. The first arrival is a brand new 15-tonne…

Takeuchi have recently appointed a new dealership for East Anglia. Mervyn Lambert Plant will be the new Takeuchi dealer covering Norfolk and Suffolk.Based in Diss in Norfolk, Mervyn Lambert Plant Ltd is one of the oldest plant sales businesses in the region, set up in 1969. Mervyn Lambert have a large support team both on…

Breens Farm Machinery based in Cashel Tipperary have won Takeuchi Dealer of the Year award for 2022, for a second time in three years. Awarded for outstanding performance in sales, service, support and marketing across their region the well-known dealership has firmly established the Takeuchi name right across Ireland. Hitoshi Arai, Managing Director Takeuchi Mfg….

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…

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…

Until now, all track loaders were made in the Takeuchi factory in Japan, but now, the first compact track loaders have rolled off the assembly line at Takeuchi’s new manufacturing facility in Moore, South Carolina. This facility, Takeuchi’s first production facility in North America, will eventually produce nearly all the company’s compact track loaders, allowing…

Takeuchi returned to Hillhead in June and tell us that their stand was busy as ever showcasing new products launched in the UK and Ireland over the last four years. Hillhead is a terrific opportunity for team manufacturers to catch up with customers and industry professionals. Takeuchi HO (Nagano, Japan) was represented by Clay Eubanks,…