The award was given to the most innovative new products introduced to the UK market during the past year, judged by an independent panel of industry experts.

The model, launched last month at Intermat in Paris, has a maximum lifting capacity of 80t, and is designed for duty work such as normal clamshell, with 196KN(20t) high line pull winch.

NRC Plant, the Hitachi Sumitomo dealer in the UK, will display the SCX800HD-2 at SED at the Rockingham Performance Park (formerly Rockingham Speedway) in Corby, Northamptonshire, UK between 16 and 18 May.