Tobroco-Giant wins copying lawsuit at Bauma

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

11 April 2025

Pictured at Bauma, from left: Frans van Asseldonk (sales), Toine Brock (CEO), Fabio Adinolfi (attorney) and Pim de Boer (marketing). (Photo: Tobroco-Giant) From left: Frans van Asseldonk (sales), Toine Brock (CEO), Fabio Adinolfi (attorney) and Pim de Boer (marketing). (Photo: Tobroco-Giant)

Chinese manufacturer Haihong has been ordered to remove a compact wheeled loader from its stand at Bauma after a court ruled that it was a copy of Tobroco-Giant’s G2700 loader.

Tobroco-Giant, the Netherlands-based manufacturer of compact construction equipment, said it had “secured an important legal victory” during Bauma, with a…

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