OUR STORY

What we do:

  • Sales of Plant & Machinery
  • Onsite Auctions
  • Import/Export
  • Logistics

Excavation Equipment (EXEQ) delivers products and services of quality while being responsive to the needs of the crushing and earthmoving industry. With bases in Toowoomba, Gold Coast and Melbourne, EXEQ is fast becoming a business that supports not only the local community, but is making an impact nationwide.

Mission Statement

EXEQ’s mission is to deliver value to our clients while building a socially responsible company for our future generations.

Company Vision

Our business is based on a world-wide vision service that enables our clients to provide superior results.

Focus HR Business Excellence Awards – 2022 Business of the Year

In 2022, Excavation Equipment won the overall best business of 2022 while also being the division winner of the Gerry Dourmany Export Award

Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards – Division Winner

The Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards are a celebration of the business community’s contribution to the economic vitality and social fabric of our region.

In 2019, Excavation Equipment Logistics Pty Ltd was the Division Winner for the Transport & Logistics Category.

Excavation Equipment was a finalist for the Retail & Wholesale – Small Business Category

Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards – Future Leader of the Year

Our very own General Manager, Catherine Ardi, was named the Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards – Future Leader of the Year for 2019.

The Downs – Women in Business Awards

Excavation Equipment are privileged to have 3 members of our team who have been recipients of the The Downs Women in Business Awards. 

In 2017, General Manager, Catherine Ardi, was the recipient of The Downs Women in Business of the Year Award. In 2018, April Lancaster-Smith, Marketing & Office Manager, was awarded The Downs Aspiring Young Business Women’s Award and Runner Up for The Downs Community Dedication Award and in 2020, Emily Ainsworth, Administration Officer, was also awarded The Downs Aspiring Young Business Women’s Award

These awards recognise and honour exceptional women from The Downs region. The Downs Awards includes the areas of Toowoomba, Dalby, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Wallangarra, Goondiwindi, Oakey, Miles, Pittsworth, Allora, Clifton, Cecil Plains, Drayton, Millmerran, Nobby, Chinchilla and Kingaroy and will honour outstanding and successful businesswomen and industry achievers.

The awards have been created to encourage ambition, entrepreneurialism and inspire new female leaders now and into the future.

EXEQ has also been a very proud sponsor of these awards since 2019 and we also look forward to celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women from across the The Downs region.

Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards

Excavation Equipment was awarded as a winner in the Automotive & Machinery category and the overall Retail and Wholesale Winner for 2015 and 2016. In 2017, EXEQ was a finalist in the Retail Small Business.

EXEQ was a finalist again in 2018 for the Transport & Logistics and Retail Enterprise categories and General Manager, Catherine Ardi, was a finalist for the Future Leader of the Year Award.

The Heritage Bank Business Excellence Awards is a celebration of the business community’s contribution to the economic vitality and social fabric of our region and is an important recognition and awards program that celebrates the diversity, innovation and excellence of the region’s businesses.

Financial Times 1000: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

The Inaugural FT 1000 High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific list considered companies based in 11 of the region’s more developed markets: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Those that participated have been ranked according to the percentage growth in their revenues between 2013 and 2016.

Excavation Equipment Ranked # 41 overall and #1 for the Construction Sector.

Irish Australian Business Awards 2015, 2016 & 2017

Excavation Equipment was named as a national finalist in the IACC Awards. These Awards continue to recognise the best and brightest in Irish Australian Business and promote those doing great things from SMEs to global business, employees to directors and those who actively trade between our two regions. National Finalists exhibited great diversity of activity across many sectors and represented businesses headquartered in NSW, QLD, VIC, WA & Ireland.

Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2017 Finalist and 2016 | Business and CEO Finalist/WINNER!

The Australian Small Business Champion Awards is a prestigious and comprehensive program that supports and recognises small businesses across Australia. Offering a unique opportunity to highlight Australia’s most outstanding small businesses, the awards seek to recognise the hard work that business owners contribute to the local community in generating employment for millions of Australians, as well as their contribution to the Australian economy.

The awards have been created to encourage ambition, entrepreneurialism and inspire new female leaders now and into the future.

BRW Fast 100 2016

We’re proud to announce that Excavation Equipment has placed #56 of the fastest growing companies in Australia for 2016’s Fast 100 List by BRW and The Australian Financial Review. This is the first time Excavation Equipment has debuted on the BRW Fast 100 list as we have graduated from BRW’s Fast Starters list were we were ranked in #49 in 2014 and #30 in 2015. This is a tremendous achievement for a regional Queensland based business.