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Thwaites Moving Parts. Two Global Brands, One Fast Growing Market.Advancing Safety and Productivity Through Innovation: The DEVELON Series 9 Excavator RangeBrisk Business for Scottish Roadshow.Welsh Valley Veterans ‘Win Big’ with Finning.Groundhog celebrates 40 years of innovation and 20 years at the Executive Hire Show.Plant Parts brings advanced hydraulic testing and 35 years of parts expertise to UK Plant Expo 2027CITB’s New Entrant Support Team celebrates milestone of over 13,500 apprenticeship starts.CAT® Launch Three New Micro ExcavatorsCASE Construction Equipment Expands Compact LineThwaites Moving Parts. Two Global Brands, One Fast Growing Market.Advancing Safety and Productivity Through Innovation: The DEVELON Series 9 Excavator RangeBrisk Business for Scottish Roadshow.Welsh Valley Veterans ‘Win Big’ with Finning.Groundhog celebrates 40 years of innovation and 20 years at the Executive Hire Show.Plant Parts brings advanced hydraulic testing and 35 years of parts expertise to UK Plant Expo 2027CITB’s New Entrant Support Team celebrates milestone of over 13,500 apprenticeship starts.CAT® Launch Three New Micro ExcavatorsCASE Construction Equipment Expands Compact Line
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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Thwaites Moving Parts. 
Thwaites recently announced its most significant factory investment in the company’s 88-year history. Completed on time to a budget the 4,000 sqm build, is now a fully functional facility housing as it does the Thwaites production and parts warehouse teams. The move will see a reduction in…
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26/10/26
Two Global Brands, One Fast Growing Market.
Pirelli and BKT have signed a strategic agreement aimed at capturing the opportunities offered by the Indian car tyre market, one of the most dynamic and promising at the global level. India is today…
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26/10/26
Advancing Safety and Productivity Through Innovation: The DEVELON Series 9 Excavator Range
Construction equipment performance has traditionally been measured by a combination of safety, productivity and operator skill. While machine design, operator competence and disciplined site…
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26/10/26
Brisk Business for Scottish Roadshow.
Business was evidently brisk at the recent EHS Scotland Roadshow, with hands shaken on lucrative deals and smiling faces all round. There were 16 manufacturers and suppliers on the day, and 54…

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