Weekly overview 20.9.-24.9. 2021

Could you pull a 100-ton Volvo hauler using only LEGO® Technic™ elements?

In an audacious engineering challenge set by Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) in collaboration with the LEGO Group, young people from around the world united to take on this fiendishly difficult task. Read more >>

Flexible high performance sustainably aligned

Near Lausanne in western Switzerland, the Upper Austrian specialist SBM Mineral Processing erected a high-performance stationary concrete mixing plant with two self-sufficient production lines and connected 6000 m³ high-silo storage for primary and secondary aggregates in an installation time of just under ten months. Read more >>

LiuGong Dressta Machinery showcased its newest machines and impressed Polish operators at the eRobocze Show

LiuGong Dressta Machinery (LDM) has participated once again in the 9^th edition of eRobocze event in Lubień Kujawski with a line up of 13 machines (5 demo, 8 static) and a giant stand covering a whopping area of 2400m². Read more >>

IVECO and Nikola sign MoU with Hamburg Port Authority for Zero-Emission Class 8 Battery-Electric Trucks

On the occasion of the Nikola Iveco Europe joint-venture manufacturing facility opening in Ulm, Germany, the parties announced an accord to collaborate on the testing and subsequent implementation of heavy-duty electric vehicles and charging infrastructure at the Port of Hamburg during 2022. Read more >>

Autonomous Cat® 794 AC mining truck equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling makes its MINExpo debut

Since the Cat^® 794 AC electric drive truck debuted at MINExpo 2016, the global fleet has logged more than 780,000 hours of field operation, averaging physical availability of 90%. Offering up to 8% better payload and faster speed-on-grade, the 794 AC delivers up to 10% more productivity than competitive trucks. Read more >>

Doosan Adds New DX245NHD-7 Heavy Duty Crawler Excavator

Doosan has launched the new DX245NHD-7 25 tonne heavy duty crawler excavator, a completely new model in the Doosan range, designed for the most abrasive of applications. Read more >>

Wirtgen SP 1600 slipform paver sets world records during concrete paving in India

During the construction of an motorway between the major Indian city of Vadodara and the global metropolis of Mumbai, the Wirtgen SP 1600 was able to demonstrate its impressive performance potential and set four world records. Read more >>

Bobcat Shows Real Claws Again at Innov-Agri 2021

Bobcat exhibited at the outdoor Innov-Agri event from 7-9 September 2021 at Outarville near Orléans in south Paris in France. It was the first major industry show attended by farmers in France and one of the first major events in this sector in Europe, since the Covid pandemic started. Read more >>

All good things comes in threes!

To satisfy many construction sites, MB Crusher manufactured three new grapples, designed, and built with the company’s philosophy in mind: to simplify the work on-site, reduce the time spent processing material, and save on operational costs. Read more >>

JCB launches Stage V powered reduced swing X Series excavator

JCB has announced the first Stage V reduced swing model in its growing X-Series crawler excavator line-up. The 245XR will compete in the 22-26 tonne reduced swing market, with a focus on exceptional levels of operator comfort, stability, productivity, efficiency and serviceability. Read more >>