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Revolutionise your performance on site: World Highways machine control roundtable in full with Leica Geosystems, Topcon and Trimble

In this edition of the World Highways Roundtable, we are talking about how the digital revolution is transforming life on site for the better. To do this, we have brought together a select group of experts in different locations to discuss the latest thinking in machine control technology.
March 8, 2022

What do all these new ideas and new ways of working mean for the future of our industry?

World Highways editor Mike Woof is asking the questions and our panel of key opinion leaders providing the answers is:

Magnus Thibblin, president of the machine control group at Hexagon, the parent group for Leica Geosystems; Jamie Williamson, executive vice president for the positioning business unit at Topcon; And Scott Crozier, vice president and general manager of Trimble's civil construction field systems business.

Let's hear what they had to say.

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