{"id":2883,"date":"2020-01-30T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T09:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T09:46:11","slug":"the-partnerships-spanning-decades-kubotas-ever-expanding-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/2020\/01\/the-partnerships-spanning-decades-kubotas-ever-expanding-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The partnerships spanning decades: Kubota\u2019s ever-expanding family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0celebration of Kubota UK\u2019s\u00a0<\/a>40th anniversary last year allowed the\u00a0manufacturer to look back and reflect on the company\u2019s many successes and highlights. It\u2019s\u00a0fair to say that a lot has changed over the years within the industry, but even as Kubota\u2019s UK presence has expanded, many of the company\u2019s relationships, with both dealers and customers, have stood the test of time.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One such relationship is with Graham Stansfield, MD and founder of Kubota dealer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant Sales Ltd<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Having started his career at Kubota over 30 years ago, he\u2019s seen the company grow into the leading construction manufacturer it is today.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012,\u00a0Graham\u00a0spotted a gap in the market and opened up\u00a0his dealership\u00a0to service Oxford, London and the Home Counties. Since then,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Sales Ltd has increased its reputation alongside its customer base\u00a0and tripled its staff.\u00a0When it comes to construction machinery, the dealership has only ever sold Kubota excavators, with Graham\u00a0citing its continuity and proven reliability as key factors behind this decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Kubota\u2019s machinery has proven itself time and time again over the years. So have the people at the company. They believed in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0when it was just\u00a0five\u00a0individuals, working out of a Portakabin, and they\u2019ve stuck by my team ever since\u201d, comments Graham. \u201cKubota puts great faith in its dealer network, recognising\u00a0that their expertise lies in making the products and ours is selling them in a very competitive marketplace. After all, as dealers out in the field each day, we know our customers better.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kubota\u2019s extended three-year warranty is included as standard on all their construction machinery. Graham remarked, \u201cYou get very few problems with Kubota machinery but if you do, the team there listen and take it seriously. Nothing else in the market comes close to Kubota\u2019s product range; especially when you take into account total cost of ownership. It\u2019s much easier to sell something you believe in. This is why we have seen so many customers continue to come back over the years.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One long-term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant <\/span><\/span>and Kubota customer is Roy Hawes of Hawes Plant and Tool Hire. Like Graham, he has a long history with Kubota machinery and was one of the first UK customers to buy a Kubota KH10 mini-excavator. Since then, he\u2019s gone on to buy nearly 300 machines,\u00a0recently purchasing an\u00a0additional\u00a020\u00a0machines\u00a0to add to his fleet in late 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBack in the late \u201870s, Kubota was\u00a0a much smaller brand,\u00a0so when I purchased my first machine,\u00a0I was taking a bit of a gamble. But it was a gamble that paid off tenfold. The machine was so efficient and reliable that I was able to complete jobs in record time. Since then, I\u2019ve not looked back; only buying Kubota excavators for the last four decades.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kubota KH10 – The first machine Roy bought<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nowadays Hawes Plant and Tool Hire is a successful family-owned and managed business, buying its Kubota machinery from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Sales Ltd and servicing Buckinghamshire and the surrounding areas. Roy, now in his 70s, is still involved in the business on a day to day basis and makes the buying decisions.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked what keeps him coming back to Kubota, he said,\u00a0\u201cI believe in people and machinery. I need to deal with good people and if they can supply good machinery it makes the decision easy. Over the years, Graham has consistently delivered a high quality service and Kubota has continued to manufacture reliable machinery.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last 40 years, Kubota has expanded and built a name for itself as the go-to manufacturer for mini-excavators in the UK market.\u00a0It has\u00a0also\u00a0established a network of people who believe in its products and invest in its future. As the Kubota UK family continues to grow, these relationships are what makes the company unique and enable it to stand the test of time.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Glen Hampson, Business Development Manager \u2013 Construction at Kubota UK concluded; \u201cAt Kubota UK, we\u2019re extremely proud of our relationships with our longstanding dealers and customers, like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Boss Plant<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and Roy Hawes. It\u2019s a testament to the quality of our machinery as well as the high level of service that we are constantly striving to achieve. The construction market has changed extensively since we first began our operations here in the UK and its only through maintaining a strong network of talented dealers and committed customers that we\u2019ve been able to thrive\u00a0over the years.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 
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