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26 Autumn/Winter 2021 INDUSTRY NEWS K ubota has confirmed that its state-of-the-art European Distribution Centre will move to brand new premises in the Dutch city of Weert. The 62,000m2 facility will serve as a hub for Kubota’s continental operations, with the transition expected to take 12 months to complete. As part of the move, Kubota will continue to work in close partnership with global supply chain specialist Broekman Logistics, the machinery manufacturer’s long- term haulage supplier. The significant investment made by Kubota into the new distribution centre goes beyond its leading- edge facilities. The business will also invest in the workforce of the facility, with plans to increase the operational and management team. Mikio Taguchi, President Baumaschinen GmbH and Executive Vice President Business Unit CE Europe at Kubota Holdings Europe B.V said: “The move to a brand- new distribution facility in The Netherlands is a major step forward for Kubota. The exciting expansion represents a prolonged, sizable investment in operations from the business, and will help us not only further improve our current service offering, but increase the satisfaction of dealers, distributors and, ultimately, end customers.” ON THE MOVE: EXPANSION SEES MOVE FOR KUBOTA DISTRIBUTION CENTRE A leading agricultural and groundworks contractor has bought the highest specification JCB site dumper ever ordered in Northern Ireland. Purchased by Co. Down-based John Dan O’Hare, the new Stage V 9T-2 dumper was supplied by Dennison JCB. It boasts additional features of a SiTESAFE cab with air chiller, Powershuttle 4 speed transmission, roadlight kit, front screen guard, skip guard, flexible lower Hi Viz step, 360 vision camera kit, SiTESAFE radar, white noise reverse alarm, skip raise warning and LED worklights. John Dan O’Hare Director, Brian O’Hare, said: “The cab is a must for operator safety – with some sites demanding it now. With the weather in Ireland, it’s also essential for operator comfort! “The 9-tonne model holds plenty of material and is easy to use. We added the high specification so it does everything we need it to do and it looks the part too.” As the largest site dumper in the JCB range, the JCB 9T-2 is an extremely powerful and productive machine that’s designed to shift huge loads of material with class- leading skip strength courtesy of thick steel side walls and heavy-duty steel front and base plates. Its JCB SiTESAFE cab is fitted with a Hammerglass™ front screen and has been designed to withstand a front dump impact and side slewing impact from a 13-tonne excavator and side slewing impact from a 20-tonne excavator. Established for more than 50 years, John Dan O’Hare’s fleet also includes five tracked excavators, two 3CX backhoe loaders, four wheeled loading shovels and a Loadall telescopic handler. NORTHERN IRELAND’S HIGHEST-SPEC JCB SITE DUMPER