Case has developed a concept wheeled loader to showcase new and developing technologies. The “Impact” is fully electric and features Case’s semi-autonomous “click & dig” system, but the most notable thing about the machine it its silhouette - it has no cab. It has been designed for remote operation.
“We can imagine in the future that we can drive the machine fully automatically from a kind of site control lounge,” explained Fabrizio Cepollina, head of construction for EMEA Case. “It could be interesting for dangerous areas such as demolition.”
Global turnover recorded by Italian construction equipment companies in 2011 totalled €2.69 billion.
Despite their global turnover increasing by 6.4% in 2011 compared to levels achieved in 2010, Italian construction equipment company turnover is still down 42% compared to 2008. Details of Cribis D&B’s findings following research commissioned by the Unacea trade association were revealed during the recent Construction Equipment Day at Ecomondo Fair in Rimini, Italy. Further Cribis D&B figures for 2011 show
