In light of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 staging of major UK quarrying equipment exhibition Hillhead is being postponed until 22-24 June 2021.
The popular bi-annual event at the former Tarmac Hillhead Quarry in Buxton, Derbyshire, central England, had once again been expecting to welcome thousands of attendees keen to see the latest plant and technology from the world's leading quarrying equipment manufacturers.
Richard Bradbury, Hillhead's director, said: "The health and safety of exhibitors, visitors, contractors and employees is our number one priority and with the peak of the epidemic predicted to coincide with the show in June, this would be severely compromised.
"Following an extensive consultation process, the decision has been taken to delay the event by a year to allow market conditions to stabilise and to best support the construction and quarrying industry during this challenging period."
Also, following industry consultation, the Plantworx construction and quarrying equipment exhibition – previously scheduled for next year – will be put back a year.
Rob Oliver, chief executive of the Construction Equipment Association, said: "Whilst we are, of course, reluctant to change our plans for Plantworx 2021, these are unprecedented times. In the interests of both our sets of exhibitors and the industry as a whole, we will shortly announce our new dates for the next Plantworx in June 2022 at our Peterborough [Eastern England] home."
