Construction & Civil Engineering Issue 230 - September 2026 | Page 70

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drive plant. At the same time, the company continues to invest heavily in modern machinery, technology, and telematics. While the scale of the business has changed considerably since inception, the principle behind it has remained the same: providing quality equipment, good people, and a dependable service, and building long-term relationships with both customers and staff.
Maintaining those relationships is key to Potter Plant, and this commitment extends to its supply chain as much as to its clients. Throughout its journey, the company has formed several strategic partnerships with leading machinery manufacturers, including longstanding relationships with Hitachi, Finning, CJ Leonard, Hydrema and Bell, that are crucial to the business.“ When you are continually investing in your fleet at the scale we are, having those strong relationships with manufacturers is essential,” Giles emphasises.
We want to remain at the forefront of the industry and ensure our customers always have access to modern, efficient, and highly specified equipment
“ Some of those go back a long way. For instance, the first machine I ever bought came from CJ Leonard’ s at Guisborough, and we still buy used and new machines from them today, which also supports a great family business. What matters is that our goals are aligned. We are all working towards greater efficiency, improved safety,
and more sustainable ways of operating, and we are seeing significant development in

PROUD TO SUPPORT POTTER PLANT HIRE

Over 30 years of growth for Potter Plant Hire, from one excavator in 1994 to a nationwide fleet of 1,000 + machines, Astrak has supplied undercarriage, wear parts, rubber tracks, rubber pads and buckets for Potter’ s since 2015.
PROUD TO PROVIDE POTTER PLANT HIRE WITH:
Astrak supplies Potter’ s with a full undercarriage range; chains, shoes, sprockets, rollers, idlers and track adjusters, all built to OEM spec. Along with buckets and GET, from bolt-on blades and bucket tips to wear protection, and rubber tracks and pads including roadliner, clip-on and bolt-on. Together we keep their fleet of excavators, skid steers and dozers working.
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Our nationwide services include our exchange track group service, on-site fitting, free undercarriage inspections and workshop services.
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