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New Holland’s new wheeled excavators
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New controls for high precision work, and ease of operation and service claimed for new generation of wheeled excavators.
Hitachi ships landmark mini excavator to rental customer
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Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) shipped the 50000th mini excavator from its assembly location in Oosterhout, The Netherlands in September.
Kiesel adds '-5' Hitachi excavator to rental fleet
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German Hitachi dealer Kiesel has added a new Zaxis-5 excavator to its rental fleet. The ZX670LCH-5 is one of the first '-5' Hitachi models to be sold in Germany and is the largest excavator in Kiesel’s fleet.
Clamshell excavators excel on London Crossrail
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Two Hitachi excavators with clamshell telescopic arms have helped contractors meet deadlines on the massive London Crossrail project in the UK.
JCB makes immobiliser standard on UK mini and midi excavators
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All JCB mini and midi excavators sold in the UK now come with immobilisers fitted as standard.
Komatsu UK celebrates 25th anniversary
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Birtley, UK factory celebrates silver anniversary. It has manufactured 59,000 machines over the years, with a total value of € 4.8 billion.
Compact Power partners with utilities protection scheme
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Compact Power Equipment Center (CPEC), which runs compact equipment rental businesses in Home Depot locations, is attaching ‘811’ ground utility reminder stickers to more than 4000 items of rental equipment.
Volvo CE sales jump
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Second quarter results rise on the back of strong recovery in North American demand
Bison takes six JCBs
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UK rental firm adds six new JCB JZ140 tracked excavators to its fleet of zero tailswing models
Gehl gets moving with Yanmar
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The first container load of Japanese-built Yanmar compact excavators is soon to arrive in the US following the North American sales alliance agreed between Manitou and Yanmar earlier this year.
Liugong in Texas dealership agreement
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Deal with Texada expands Chinese equipment manufacturer’s presence in US market
Electric charge: Electric mini excavators on show at Intermat
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Murray Pollok reports from the Intermat show on the latest prototype electric mini-excavators, plus a round-up of new minis launched so far this year.
New mini excavators, telematics from Wacker Neuson
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Wacker Neuson used Intermat to introduce three new sub-3 t mini excavators and a new telematics system for use with its compact range of machines and retrofitable to older Wacker models as well as other brand machines.
Kubota unveils all-electric mini excavator
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Kubota unveiled a concept all-electric mini excavator on the opening morning of the Intermat show. The company has yet to set a launch date and said it was showing the machine to get feedback from dealers and customers.
Large number of Cat launches this year
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With 64 new machines planned this year, the company claims to be looking forward to a good 2012.
Yanmar celebrates centenary
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Japanese manufacturer Yanmar is celebrating 100 years in business in 2012 with the development of a learning centre and a museum dedicated to its founder.
Vermeer invests US$1 million in new rental push
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Vermeer said it is taking a new approach to the rental market by developing products specifically for rental and by making a US$1 million investment to support its rental programme.
Komatsu offers twin auxiliary circuits on mini excavators
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Komatsu is now offering customers the option of adding factory-fitted double auxiliary circuits to its MR-3 mini excavators.
Hidromek to present new excavators and backhoes
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Long reach excavator and new backhoes - includeing a Stage IIIB compliant model - on display from Turkish manufacturer.
Traditional mini from JCB
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Intermat debut for versatile new 2.7 tonne excavator
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