The start of the Hanlon story
Established as JJ&B Engineering in 1973 as specialists in engine refurbishments and repairs.
Our first home, in Watford
The garage in Watford where the John Hanlon & Co journey began.
Expansion begins
The first service truck in the fleet. Now boasting over 10 dedicated engineers with nationwide coverage. (But still learning!)
A new home
With the business expanding, we needed a new home. In 1979 we moved to an old farm in Campton, Bedfordshire and started to focus on our hire division, where it now boasts over 300 machines on the fleet.
Our own haulage
As the business grew further, we needed our own lorries to transport our machines. We now have multiple haulage vehicles delivering machines daily to our many customers.
Machine dealer
John Hanlon and a couple of his grandchildren trying out a Case CX13 mini excavator. Taken during our first expansion to becoming a machine dealer as well as a hire company in the 1990's.
Komptech distributor
In 2016, our partnership with Komptech began. We became the sole dealer in the UK, offering solutions in shredding, screening, and separating all kinds of waste.
New depot
With the continued success of the hire division, as well as becoming the Komptech dealer for Great Britain, we expanded further to our depot just outside Doncaster in 2017.
50 years and counting!
2023 marked 50 years since our humble beginnings in Watford. We had become the leading company in heavy machinery hire, and a distributor for one of the leading global brands of waste processing machinery, Komptech.
