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Employers, which is amazing and we’ re very proud of that. Here at SANY UK we have a great team of over 70 people now, with around 200-to-300 more in our SANY dealer network, plus we get great support from our headquarters in China. They all deserve a huge amount of thanks for their hard work.”
Commitment to its employees and green initiatives plays a big part in SANY’ s success, as does its drive for strategic growth across the UK and Ireland. This focuses heavily on providing critical service support to UK customers, as Leigh highlights:“ Many of our customers are rental companies, so they instantly start losing money if a machine isn’ t working and it’ s our goal to help them as quickly as possible. In early 2026, we’ re opening a new warehouse in Sittingbourne, Kent, which will be our second warehouse and is four times the size of our current depot in Maidstone. Not only will the Sittingbourne site include a workshop and yard storage, but it’ s going to be the new SANY headquarters for the UK as well, replacing our current headquarters near Glasgow.”
Prioritising people
With brand new facilities on the horizon, 2026 is set to be a pivotal year for SANY UK, as it concentrates on reaching a wider audience and gaining more clients.“ We’ re preparing for growth with the launch of more products and the new customers we’ re looking to bring on board,” Leigh tells us.“ We think there’ ll be great expansion in electric machines for projects like the Lower Thames Crossing, which will take a lot of investment and planning. Furthermore, we just sold our first 80-tonne excavator in the UK, and we can see big opportunities for 114