Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment remained strong in July and were 31% above the levels seen in the same month last year when sales were still recovering from the impact of the first lockdown.
Baars Contractor and Transport from Nieuwland in the Netherlands has just received a Kobelco SK210HLC-10 Hybrid crawler excavator with two-piece boom through authorised Kobelco dealer, the Kemp Group. The SK210HLC-10 is equipped with a large 25kW performance electric assisting generator using an electric motor in combination with Lithium Ion battery technology, making it the most successful hybrid machine in its class.
Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), a leading name in the construction, quarrying and demolition equipment market, has opened a new Product Support depot in Normanton near Wakefield to support its customer base in the Yorkshire region.
A face shovel crawler excavator for loading vessels with wood chippings. Holzkontor Preussen GmbH is the biggest wood recycling plant in Berlin. Based on the small Sophienwerder peninsula in western Berlin, this processing facility for reclaimed wood has one of the highest capacities across Germany, treating 315,000 tonnes of wood annually.
LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc (LOGISTEC), a dry bulk terminal operator at the Port of Montreal, Canada, has ordered an eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 7 Mobile Harbor Crane to improve their technology and eco-efficiency in material handling. The order was booked in June 2021. The crane will be delivered in October and used to handle dry bulk cargo such as scrap metal.
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced that its connected engine solutions are now integrated with key telematics service providers; Topcon, Trimble, Saucon and TelliQ, with others soon to follow.
John Deere (NYSE: DE) today announced it has agreed with Hitachi Construction Machinery to end the Deere-Hitachi joint venture manufacturing and marketing agreements. John Deere and Hitachi will enter into new license and supply agreements, which will enable John Deere to continue to source, manufacture, and distribute the current lineup of Deere-branded excavators in the Americas.
When Kobelco Construction Machinery re-established itself in Europe in 2013, the manufacturer looked to the German-speaking markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland to recruit dealers.
For Roland Mikschl, the managing director of the Aichach-based crane service provider of the same name, a fleet without City cranes is utterly inconceivable: “That’s why we’re now replacing our AC 40 with its new and even better successor, the AC 45 City.