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CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 Day 1 Video

March 8, 2017
Innovation is the key on Day 1 at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, which is packed with movers, shakers and machinery: LiuGong has taken vertical lift technology first used on skid-steer loaders and adapted it for wheeled loaders, while Case CE reveals its DL450 loader dozer  - and Caterpillar is focusing on technology solutions to create savings for operators
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