Plant Today briefing: Friday 16 October 2026

Stories from the last 24 hours

• Hire body HAE EHA to attend CECE Congress in London as CEA hosts European event

  Hire Association Europe will send its chief executive and public affairs director to the two-day European construction equipment congress at IET London: Savoy Place from 27 to 29 October, months after agreeing reciprocal membership with the CEA.

• Takeuchi UK launches TB3150 offset-boom 15-tonne excavator with first units bound for HS2

  The offset-boom TB3150 joins the fixed-boom TB3150R to give Takeuchi two 15-tonne machines, with a new 85 kW Yanmar engine and a 14% rise in hydraulic power.

• Jones Bros puts Komatsu PC220LCi-12 to work on Havant Thicket reservoir earthworks

  Komatsu says its Dash 12 excavator with iMC 3.0 machine control and tiltrotator integration is cutting drainage channels for Jones Bros on the Hampshire reservoir site, with operators adjusting designs in the cab.

• Road Pricing Coalition publishes first report as fuel duty receipts head towards near zero

  The plant-hire trade body is a member of the cross-industry coalition, whose first report sets out five principles for any future road pricing system as the government prepares a per-mile tax on electric cars from 2028.