Take a look at how Komatsu is broadening its range with different-sized hybrid excavators coming to market in the next year or two: more than 200 of its current range are already operating on Europe’s job sites
In this, the third in our series of top-level roundtable discussions led by World Highways, editor Mike Woof and roundtable host Nadira Tudor talk machine control technology with three world-class experts from Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon), Topcon, and Trimble. There’s never been a more exciting time to be in construction as innovation makes us more productive, more efficient, more sustainable, and better connected. Autonomy means opportunity.
Wacker Neuson is seeing strong financial performance as demand for construction machines continues to improve. While expanding production worldwide, the company is also making a strong investment in research and development, for refining products and designing new models.
CEO Martin Lehner said: “We want to focus on innovation. This is what drives us forward. There are two main points for us on products, one is zero emissions and another is on digitalisation.”
The company has been heavily reliant on the
Komatsu is merging its manufacturing operations in Germany. The Komatsu Hanomag (KOHAG) plant in Hanover and the Komatsu Mining Germany facility in Düsseldorf are to merge. Both factories will remain but they will be operated jointly as Komatsu Germany.
Next year Volvo CE will be testing electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles in a quarry. Carl Slotte, head of sales for EMEA, says no company by itself will win market share.
David Arminas reports from Germany
The driver of the charter bus stood outside the hotel in Trier, Germany, and waved at a passing local city bus. “I know the driver,” he told one of the assembled journalists waiting for the group’s ride to the nearby Volvo CE plant. “He is retired but they brought him back because young people th
