Weekly overview 1.1. - 5.1. 2024

Monthly Product Launch Overview - December 2023

Check the full list of new heavy machinery models presented by manufacturers during December 2023! Read more >>

Spain’s Ership receives the best-performing bulk handling mobile harbor crane from Konecranes

Spanish maritime transport company Ership received in September 2023 a Generation 6 ESP.9B Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane with hybrid drive for their terminal in Gijón, northern Spain. The crane, Konecranes’ bulk handling mobile harbor crane providing the highest handling rates, was ordered earlier in the year. Read more >>

Jungheinrich supplies automated small parts warehouse for Güde GmbH

Güde GmbH has commissioned Jungheinrich to build a fully automated small parts warehouse for its production site in Plettenberg, Sauerland. The manufacturer of spring washers, bent wire parts and screw and shaft locking devices intends to expand its capacities and streamline processes in order to respond to its steady growth and prepare for future growth. "In order to meet the increased challenges facing our company, we are delighted to have found the ideal partner in Jungheinrich to automate our small parts storage in our new building in Plettenberg," says Managing Director Lutz Güde, whose company previously only used manual industrial trucks and racking systems. Read more >>

Excon 2023: Potain MCH 175 reflects growing demand for high-tech cranes in India

The Potain MCH 175 luffing jib crane took center stage at this year’s Excon in Bengaluru, India, reinforcing the company’s commitment to bringing advanced lifting technology and solutions to the fast-growing economy. Read more >>

CNH Industrial completes Voluntary Delisting of Shares from Euronext Milan and begins Single Listing on the New York Stock Exchange

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI) announces that it has completed the voluntary delisting of its shares from Euronext Milan. Shares of CNH are now solely listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Read more >>

Komatsu announces plans to acquire U.S.-based manufacturer American Battery Solutions, Inc.

Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Hiroyuki Ogawa) (hereafter “Komatsu”), through its wholly owned subsidiary in the U.S., Komatsu America Corp. (Chairman and CEO: Rodney Schrader), has agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions, Inc. (Founder, Chairman and CEO: Subhash Dhar) (hereafter “ABS”), a battery manufacturer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Komatsu is planning to close the acquisition on 1st Dec, 2023, on the condition that all necessary procedures for the closing are completed. The immediate impact on Komatsu’s consolidated business results is estimated to be minimal. Read more >>

Metso awarded a 5-year Life Cycle Services agreement in North America

Metso has signed a 5-year Metso Owned Inventory Life Cycle Services (LCS) agreement with a major mining company in North America. The agreement includes several key equipment technologies supporting the needs of the customer’s various sites. Through collaborative planning between Metso and the customer, the agreement will enable consistency, transparency, and ease of doing business. Read more >>

Optimum processes and good consultation for more sustainability

Many quarries or recycling companies want machines that can be operated economically, but also as sustainable and emission-free as possible. Kleemann here counts on innovative technical solutions and comprehensive consultation with the customers. Read more >>

New Holland to bring its latest innovative products to Lamma 2024

New Holland will showcase an array of exciting new, innovative, and sustainable products at the UK’s leading farm machinery show, LAMMA 2024, taking place on January 17 and 18 at NEC in Birmingham. Read more >>

The Unbearable Complexity of Defining Recycling by Kalle Saarimaa, CEO Tana Oy

What is recycling and how can it be measured? This question may sound quite trivial at first but on a closer look turns out to be rather complex – and vital. Read more >>

Develon Wins Two Honours at CES 2024 Innovation Awards

Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has won honours in two of the categories in the CES 2024 Innovation Awards to be announced during the CES 2024 Exhibition, the world’s largest electronics trade show, being held in Las Vegas in Nevada, USA from 9-12 January 2024. Read more >>