Rygor Group Launches Rygor Plant with XCMG UK

24th August 2023

At this year’s Plantworx, the team from the award-winning automotive company, Rygor Group Ltd., officially launched its new division, Rygor Plant.

Rygor Plant really is groundbreaking as it’s the UK’s first and largest Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) Dealer, with a territory stretching from Somerset to Shrewsbury, across to Lincoln, down to London, and across to Bristol. Crucially, Rygor Plant will supply and maintain the entire XCMG Earthmoving product range.

Rygor Group owns multi award-winning commercial vehicle business Rygor Auto, which includes the UK’s largest Mercedes Benz commercial vehicle dealer group, and the UK’s largest SAIC Maxus dealer group, alongside the Higer Coaches brand. Why’s this such great news? In addition to the exceptional XCMG product range, customers can be confident they’ll experience the award-winning customer service Team Rygor is known for, and benefit from the vast experience and customer focused dedication offered by Rygor Group’s diverse team.

Aftersales is the core of Rygor Group’s business, and it sells over 300,000 labour hours per year, holds £3m worth of parts in its own stock at any one time, and has teams of mobile technicians across the country, attending customers on a daily basis for preventative maintenance & breakdowns.

Following a change of ownership in 2022, the company has seen considered growth and expansion, which complements its current, quality offering to customers.

Earlier this year the Group was named on the UKs Best Workplaces list 2023, and commenting on its expansion, owner-director, John Keogh, told us: “It’s an extremely exciting time for us and the future of Rygor Group Ltd. We understand the needs of our customers are everchanging and evolving, so it’s important that our business doesn’t just keep pace – but proactively enhances what it does, to provide even more customer choice. Our business is built on providing the highest customer service levels and offers a quality, industry-leading service. This is the Rygor difference and is something that the team at Rygor Plant lives by.”

Rish Channa, joint owner of the business, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to build even more customer choice into the Rygor Group through Rygor Plant and we’re proud to be the first core Dealer of XCMG products in the UK. The construction industry is a fast-paced and competitive sector, and one in which the expertise of our team, our aftersales pedigree, and the quality of the XCMG products will provide maximum value for our customers. That was always the most important factor when we launched Rygor Plant – the needs of our customers – and we’re absolutely committed to being a rewarding, reliable and respectful company to work with.”

XCMG director of sales for UK and Ireland, Alan Sams, has worked closely with Rish and John, as the three joined forces to launch XCMG into the UK market. It was a big moment for everyone when pen was put to paper and contracts were exchanged at Plantworx 2023, and Alan’s looking forward to supporting Rygor Plant’s team and its customers. “I’m excited about the dynamics of Rygor Plant and Rygor Group Ltd. When I met Rish and John, instantly there was a connection there. They’re great guys. Positive, forward-thinking, and commercially driven, and I know Rygor Plant will be successful. Rygor Group is an impressive group with a diverse offering within the industry, especially with Chinese brands such as Maxus and XCMG. At XCMG, we’re very modern-thinking and we share a similar ethos with Rygor Group. We both look to the future and what solutions we can provide for customers, so it’s an exciting partnership.”

Rygor Plant provides specialist heavy plant sales and aftersales care, utilising the existing expertise of Rygor Group’s heavy commercial vehicle team. This carefully considered symbiotic partnership harnesses the expertise, innovation, and dedication of two industry leading businesses, and we recently caught up with one of the team, Jason Davey, Rygor Plant Area Sales Manager.

Jason’s always happy to wax lyrical about plant machinery and has over twenty years industry experience to share with customers. He said: “The XCMG product is fantastic, so I knew I wanted to be part of the journey to bring it to the UK. Once I discovered Rygor Group were going to be one of the main dealers, I knew I had to take the opportunity to join the team seriously. By utilising the existing expertise and infrastructure of Rygor Group’s heavy commercial vehicle team, I am confident Rygor Plant is the very best choice for customers. Also, let’s not forget, XCMG is the third largest construction equipment manufacturer in the world, so with the combination of their experience and Rygor Plant’s pedigree, you can expect us to have a big impact in the marketplace!

Jason continued: “Our business has been supporting construction industry customers for decades, and our whole team understands the unique requirements of this specialist industry. I’m really looking forward to being able to present XCMG products to the UK construction sector, working with our loyal, existing customer base as well as new customers, looking to purchase specialist equipment to ensure their projects run efficiently and cost effectively.”

The team at Rygor Plant has already launched the demonstrator fleet, with a range of excavators from 1.8t to 22t. So we encourage customers to get in touch to arrange a demonstration of the new product range.