K Rouse has taken on the dealership for Sumitomo Excavators as the Japanese giant introduces its first own-branded machines to the UK. It is the first time Sumitomo has gone direct to the market with its own-branded machines having previously supplied excavators to other manufacturers.

Rouse will supply a range of 8t-50t Dash-7 diggers to the market through it Armley dealership European Plant Ltd.

The target territory for plant hires and contractors will span Leeds, Nottingham, Lincoln, Derby, Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, Cumbria as well as Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.

The firm will be taking on 70 machines in the first delivery.