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Kobelco’s Billion-Dollar Move.Hyundai Completes its A-Series Compact Excavator Range. McHale Plant Sales Take on Marines.Tobin Plant on the Charge. Phillip Gollins Steps Up with Kubota Crawler. Industry collaboration delivers new NOCN Assured eco-operations trainingH. E. Services invests over £1 million in SANY machinery as electric plant fleet expandsHyundai Adds 28-tonne Materials handler To Fleet.CASE Construction Equipment Take Compact Equipment Where Few Dare to Tread.  New technology meets the realities of plant hireKobelco’s Billion-Dollar Move.Hyundai Completes its A-Series Compact Excavator Range. McHale Plant Sales Take on Marines.Tobin Plant on the Charge. Phillip Gollins Steps Up with Kubota Crawler. Industry collaboration delivers new NOCN Assured eco-operations trainingH. E. Services invests over £1 million in SANY machinery as electric plant fleet expandsHyundai Adds 28-tonne Materials handler To Fleet.CASE Construction Equipment Take Compact Equipment Where Few Dare to Tread.  New technology meets the realities of plant hire
UK Plant Expo 27
The largest, live construction plant event of 2027 will deliver a vibrant, unique and engaging visitor  experience, featuring the following:

– The ‘Blind Challenge’ 
– The Grand Finale 3-Lane Thriller
– Family Digger Land Area
– The Amphibious Challenge
– The Big Dozer Push
– Technology Street
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UK Plant Operator of the Year an Announcement
After careful consideration and consultation, we are pleased to announce that we will be launching a new ‘great outdoors’ event, UKPO-Expo, staged in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside on June 11th & 12th 2027.

Registration Opens October 1st
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A Brand-New Industry Event – Two Days of Digging, Live Demos & Active Displays.
A ‘Glastonbury’ for the sector, where the industry can gather for two days of Live Digging, Live Demo’s and Active Displays. Live commentary – Live Music – Evening Bar – On Site Accom.

Registration Opens October 1st
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09/11/26
Kobelco’s Billion-Dollar Move.
What the CASE Takeover Means for the Construction Equipment Industry In one of the biggest developments in the global construction equipment industry in recent years, Japanese manufacturer Kobelco Construction Machinery has announced an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in CNH…
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09/11/26
Hyundai Completes its A-Series Compact Excavator Range. 
Hyundai’s A-Series mini and midi excavator range has been completed with the introduction of the HX10Az, bringing the line-up to a total of 12 models, including the fully electric HX19e. …
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09/11/26
McHale Plant Sales Take on Marines.
 Port, harbour, quayside and on-ship operations have presented as a new market opening for construction equipment distributors, McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill NI and Rathcoole ROI.  The…
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09/11/26
Tobin Plant on the Charge. 
As diesel prices continue to rise, Hyundai compact equipment dealer Tobin Plant is promoting the company’s electric mini excavator as a viable, economic, alternative. Based just outside Southwold,…

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