Products

Debut of new Magna E4 tyre and affordable brand
April 23, 2015
Magna Tyres showed its new M-Terrain tyre for articulated dump trucks – its first E4 rated product – for the first time at INTERMAT 2015. And it introduced its new MTP affordable tyre brand. The M-Terrain tyre is available as a 29.5 R25 size and joins the company’s range of tyres in this size and pattern, including the MA02 (E3+/L3+ tread), MA05 and MA08 (both L5 treads) and MA05S (L5 smooth tread). M-Terrain adds a choice of the more aggressive E4 tread pattern for improved traction in challenging off-road
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JLG makes its 100,000th telehandler
April 22, 2015
JLG industries has produced its 100,000th telehandler. To mark the event, the company decorated the machine with 100,000 logos and unveiled it on its Intermat stand in Paris. The 4017RS unit will be auctioned off during a gala invitation-only event that will take place in Europe in early October. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the buyer’s charity of choice.
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Volvo lines up its SDLG brand for greater global export sales
April 22, 2015
Volvo’s Chinese manufacturing subsidiary SDLG is making inroads into the export market and could be destined to play a much more important role in the Swedish group’s global strategy. “As we grow our export strategy there is an opportunity for SDLG to become an increasingly larger piece of our total revenue,” said Martin Weissburg, president of Volvo Construction Equipment.
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ALLU’s new drum allows one screen to produce three different sizes
April 22, 2015
Screen manufacturer ALLU revealed is new ALLU TS drum assembly, which allows one unit to produce different product sizes, for the first time at Intermat 2015. Developed a few years ago for its compact machines – from 2 to 12 tonnes – the feedback from clients was so positive that the group has invested in developing the technology for the larger D series frames. The core of the ALLU TS technology, which has a patent pending, is the blades that spin between the screening combs, with the size of the end prod
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Vögele has developed a more advanced compact paver
April 22, 2015
Vögele says that its Super 800-3i asphalt paver is more sophisticated than previous machines in this size class. This new model replaces the firm’s earlier version and according to marketing manager Roland Schug said, “Now we have it with -3 technology.” With the screed retracted the machine is just 1.4m wide and with a low height of 2m it can be used in a parking area or underground parking lot. Schug said, “It’s part of our Vögele mini paver class and can be used to pave small roads, footpaths or cyclepa
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Powerscreen unveils Warrior 600 screen at INTERMAT 2015
April 22, 2015
Powerscreen’s INTERMAT 2015 launched highly productive and transportable Warrior 600 screen can be containerised – offering a huge reduction in its shipping costs. It is said by the company to offer groundbreaking simple conversion from three-way to two-way split mode.
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Total cost of ownership is the future, says Wacker Neuson
April 22, 2015
Wacker Neuson has ambitious plans to continue its double-digit growth which has seen its group sales figures increase from €758m in 2010 to €1,284m in 2014. New product development will be crucial to continued growth, Dieter Freisler, Wacker Neuson Europe’s regional president told a press conference at Intermat 2015, with a focus on developing lower-emission products. Customers are looking for lower lifetime costs, as well as lower emissions, said Freisler: “Everyone is talking about TCO, total cost of
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FAE introduces efficient stabilisation system
April 22, 2015
Italian firm FAE Group is offering a range of innovative technologies for road stabilisation, with new developments coming to market. Diego Scanzoni is president of FAE Group: “What is really new is the big STABI H soil stabiliser. It’s the sole machine on the market with this kind of solution.” Scanzoni explained that the STABI H features a novel variable geometry cutter system. He said, “We can control the stabilisation depth and maintain the quality of mixing. This machine can reach a working depth of
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Simex unveils five new attachments
April 22, 2015
Specialist firm Simex has unveiled five new attachments at Intermat 2015. “The only way to improve the company and to maintain our market share is to keep producing new products,” said sales manager Alessandro Sola. “The business is based on patented attachments: we try to lead the way in our market.” The latest raft of attachments comprises the RW 500, a self-levelling wheel saw for front loaders; the RWE 60, a wheel saw for an excavator boom; the CB 1500, a crusher bucket for front loaders; the MP 1000,
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Wirtgen introduces industry’s most compact milling machine
April 22, 2015
Wirtgen is introducing a new compact milling machine in the shape of its novel W35Ri model. This machine is designed to mill slows 350mm wide and Michaela Adams of the firm’s marketing department said: “We are the only manufacturer with a machine this size.”
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MB Crusher’s new MB-LS140 screening bucket for skid-steer loaders
April 22, 2015
MB Crusher’s MB-LS140 screening bucket for skid-steer loaders, launched at INTERMAT, is its third new crushing and screening bucket unveiled this year.
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Doosan announces the arrival its smallest 300-5 series wheel loader
April 22, 2015
INTERMAT sees the birth of Doosan’s latest arrival, the DL300-5 baby wheeled loader, the smallest machine in the South Korean firm’s DL-5 generation. Doosan’s launch of the 300-5 at Intermat comes only a few weeks after it unveiled the largest wheeled loader in the family, the DL550-5. This was also on display at the Paris exhibition. In between are the 350, 420 and 450, says Doosan’s wheeled loader product manager Sebastien Claude. The 300-5 series, which replaces the Stage IIIB DL-3 series launched
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Roadtec SB-1500 adjusts to trucking with help of telescoping head
April 22, 2015
Modifications to the Roadtec SB-1500 help the shuttle buggy more easily adjust to varied truck sizes. “There now is a telescoping head on the dump hopper,” said Eric Baker, director of marketing and sales support at Roadtec. “The hopper can adjust based on the width of the truck.” Another new feature is an improved operator station. “It slides out and improves visibility,” said Julio Valladares, vice president of international sales. The SB-1500 has a capacity of 13.5tonnes. It remains well suited
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Case eases into the hybrid excavator market
April 22, 2015
It is early days yet for Case to make the jump into the hybrid excavator market, but the Italian company chose to show off a prototype at Intermat to many curious onlookers. Only several, based on the proven CX210 tracked crawler excavator, have actually been built and sold, all in Japan, by Case’s technology partner Sumitomo. Massimilano Sala, Case’s construction equipment product manager for EMEA, said Case is keeping a close eye on it’s performance in the longer run as a “reference point” for when Cas
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CONTROLS’ French division triumphs overseas
April 22, 2015
CONTROLS France is increasingly moving into north African markets with its testing equipment for bitumen, concrete and soils. “Algeria recently built the new highway from east to west so there has been a good demand for testing equipment,” says general manager Guy Margraff. “And in Morocco we have seen several private laboratories opening in recent years, who need to equip themselves with the appropriate equipment.” Among the machines that Margraff is showing at INTERMAT 2015 are the AUTOMAX E-Modulus for d
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