Miller Scoops new orders at Plantworx Show

RSSCramlington, north-east England-based Miller Groundbreaking won orders of the value of £200,000 (€237,000) after attending the inaugural UK plant exhibition Plantworx 2013 at Stoneleigh Park, County Warwickshire, England.

The Plantworx show is the UK's new biennial event for the construction industry, and attracting in excess of 10,000 visitors and with over 100,000m² of live construction equipment, it will features construction applications and working machinery.

Miller Groundbreaking has its main manufacturing in Cramlington and also supplies the latest in coupler technology from its joint venture casting facility in northern China. From both sites Miller manufactures a range of buckets, quick couplers and other attachments for the earthmoving industries as well as providing a custom-built service which offers specialised and one-off products, which are tailor-made to suit specific applications, machines and environments.

Customers include the world’s leading OEMs such as 395 Caterpillar, 473 Volvo, 633 JCB, 7044 CNH, 436 Komatsu, 6512 Hitachi and their dealer networks, as well as an established independent global distributor network and numerous end-user customers worldwide.

Celebrating 35 years of business Keith Miller, chairman and founder of Miller was delighted to attend Plantworx and to win business success at the show.

“We at 7088 Miller International revolutionised the quick coupler industry. The health and safety of operators and ground workers is fundamental in everything we do.  We manufacture the safest and most efficient quick coupler on the market and will continue to be the market leader with a focus on safety and quality.

“The success of the Plantworx show is fantastic news, not just for us, with the great sales achieved, but also for the UK economy, as a clear indicator of the health of the economy is always the construction industry. To see so many exhibitors, so many visitors, and for us such great sales, can only bode well for UK Plc,”