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Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

July 17, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025: Green-tech has confirmed it will be exhibiting at GLAS 2025, Ireland’s leading trade event for the horticulture, landscape, and sports turf sectors. The team will be on Stand F3, showcasing the company’s extensive range of landscaping and tree planting products and inviting visitors to stop for a chat and […]

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

July 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights: When Adrian Strudwick, owner of Brentwood Tree Surgery, was weighing up whether to hire another employee or invest in a new machine, he made a game-changing decision — and hasn’t looked back since. The purchase of an Avant 630 compact loader has not only accelerated operations across his tree […]

Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

July 17, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

July 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

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Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

July 17, 2025/in Events, News, Press Release/by Admin

Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025: Green-tech has confirmed it will be exhibiting at GLAS 2025, Ireland’s leading trade event for the horticulture, landscape, and sports turf sectors.

The team will be on Stand F3, showcasing the company’s extensive range of landscaping and tree planting products and inviting visitors to stop for a chat and expert advice.

Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

With thousands of landscaping products available, including specialist soils, urban tree planting systems, irrigation, fertilisers, and wildflower seeds, Green-tech supports contractors, landscape architects, and specifiers with reliable solutions for successful soft landscaping projects.

Green-tech’s presence at GLAS 2025 reflects its growing commitment to the Irish market, following the launch of its dedicated depot in Derry in 2023. This investment enables faster delivery times, improved local availability and tailored support for projects across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Richard Gill, Sales Director at Green-tech, commented, “GLAS is always a fantastic event for us. It gives us the opportunity to meet with our Irish customers and showcase some of the innovative solutions we supply across the landscaping sector. With our Irish depot, we are well-positioned to offer improved service levels to customers across the region. We are looking forward to another busy and productive show.”

At last year’s GLAS, Green-tech won the Best New Product Award for their TreeParker urban tree planting system. This modular system is designed to support healthy tree growth in hard landscapes and urban environments. This year, they are hoping to be a strong contender for the Supplier of the Year award. People can vote online at – Supplier of the Year Award – GLAS IRELAND

Visitors to Stand F3 will have the opportunity to view a selection of Green-tech’s most popular and innovative products, meet the team and discuss their upcoming projects in more detail.

Registration for GLAS 2025 is free, via the official GLAS website – Home – GLAS IRELAND

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Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

July 17, 2025/in Machinery, News, Press Release/by Admin

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights: When Adrian Strudwick, owner of Brentwood Tree Surgery, was weighing up whether to hire another employee or invest in a new machine, he made a game-changing decision — and hasn’t looked back since.

The purchase of an Avant 630 compact loader has not only accelerated operations across his tree surgery and firewood businesses, but it’s also unlocked new opportunities, turning the machine into what Adrian now calls “the centre of the firm.”

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

Adrian’s background is in engineering — he began in aircraft engineering before joining the forces in 1982. After leaving the military, he retrained in arboriculture, eventually gaining a degree in the subject and setting up Brentwood Tree Surgery. Over the years, his business has expanded to include firewood processing, site / estate management, and driveway installation — and the Avant 630 has been instrumental in driving that growth.

The Avant 630 isn’t just a forestry machine for Adrian — it’s a versatile workhorse. Used both on-site and at the yard, the compact loader handles everything from loading trucks and towing trailers to moving hay bales for horses and feeding timber into kilns.

“We use it for shifting machinery, unloading our Unimog, clearing the yard, moving crates of firewood — you name it,” says Adrian. “It’s sped up production so much. What used to take multiple people and hours of manual labour, we can now do faster, more efficiently, and with less fatigue.”

Its versatility comes from its size, agility, and the vast range of attachments available — Adrian currently uses forks, a loading bucket, a power rake, and a stone burier, with plans to add a stump grinder and flail mower to his kit.

On-site at Barrack Wood, a historic woodland near Warley and Thorndon Country Park, Adrian uses the Avant 630 to manage timber extraction with minimal impact on the environment.

“It’s relatively light on the ground, so you don’t get the damage you would with a 10-tonne forestry vehicle,” he explains. “You can trailer it in and out easily, and you don’t need to leave it on site overnight. It’s so versatile.”

Barrack Wood, steeped in history from the Napoleonic era, is a delicate environment. Adrian’s careful management and the Avant’s low ground pressure make it an ideal combination for sustainable woodland work.

Brentwood Tree Surgery also runs a kiln-dried firewood company — the only one in the area with a wood kiln capable of drying 15 tonnes of timber in just five days.

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

“All the waste wood is burnt in biomass boilers to fuel the kiln,” says Adrian. “The Avant loads the firewood processor, moves the crates into the kiln, and unloads them when they’re ready. It’s essential to how we work now.”

The high-quality firewood meets DEFRA and Woodsure standards — a key requirement in today’s market — and Adrian credits the Avant 630 for helping maintain this efficiency and quality.

“It ticks so many boxes for a machine of its size. You can do so many different types of work with it – it really is a super tool,” he says. “And the quick-release hydraulics make switching attachments a matter of seconds. No downtime.”

He’s been so impressed with the performance that after three years of ownership, he’s looking to add a second unit — or possibly upgrade and keep the original.

Adrian also praises the support he’s received from Avant’s dealer, Avant South East. “Chris and the team have been fantastic. They’re a family-run firm and really good to work with.”

For Brentwood Tree Surgery, the Avant 630 has become far more than a machine — it’s a business enabler.

“It really is the centre of the firm now,” says Adrian. “The amount of jobs it can do is endless.”

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Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

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Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

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Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025

Green-tech to Exhibit at GLAS 2025: Green-tech has confirmed it will be exhibiting at GLAS 2025, Ireland’s leading trade event for the horticulture, landscape, and sports turf sectors.

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights

Brentwood Tree Surgery Reaches New Heights: When Adrian Strudwick, owner of Brentwood Tree Surgery, was weighing up whether to hire another employee or invest in a new machine, he made a game-changing decision — and hasn’t looked back since.

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