Machinery, News JCB wins $45m contract to supply backhoes to US Marine Corps UK-headquartered machinery maker JCB has won a $45m contract to supply 4CX backhoe loaders to the US Marine Corps over the next five years, along with operator training and attachments.…
News “Logical next step”: India’s Tata Motors to buy Italy’s Iveco for €3.6bn India’s Tata Motors has announced a €3.6bn acquisition of the vehicles arm of Italian car and equipment manufacturer Iveco. The cash deal is equivalent to €14.1 per share and is…
Machinery, News Volvo CE reports 6% decline in sales citing ‘industry challenges’ Volvo Construction Equipment has issued its 2025 second quarter report showing sales falling in Europe and North America, which the company attributes to market uncertainty. Despite this, the company’s net…
Machinery, News Daimler unveils new construction trucks for India BharatBenz, a subsidiary of Mercedes owner Daimler, has launched a new range of construction vehicles for the Indian market, where it says big contractors’ fleets are ageing. Its HX and…
Machinery, News Case unveils heavier, more comfy mini excavator Case Construction Equipment has expanded its mini excavator line-up with a 3.9-tonne machine with improved stability and operator comfort. The CX38D weighs 430kg more than the popular CX35D and sits…
Machinery, News Komatsu Smart Construction reports 44% surge in demand Smart Construction, the digital arm of Japanese machinery maker Komatsu, has reported a 44% year-on-year increase in the use of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, and the doubling of its headcount,…
Machinery Leica Geosystems unveils machine vision safety system Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, this week launched an AI powered collision detection system powered by Presien. The Leica Xsight360 system detects people or objects nearby and alerts the operator,…
Machinery, News Volvo to invest $260m upping global crawler-excavator production Volvo Construction Equipment will spend just over $260m expanding its capacity to make crawler excavators in South Korea, Sweden and the US to make the factories more self-sufficient and less…
Machinery Topcon, Vemcom team up on 3D excavator control California-based Topcon Positioning Systems has teamed up with excavator-attachment firm Vemcon, of Munich, Germany to expand their combined services in Europe and the Middle East. Vemcon brings expertise in 2D…
Machinery, News Hitachi on mission to predict exactly when machines will break down The European arm of Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCME) has partnered with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands on a two-year project to predict the remaining life…
Machinery, News EU approves JCB’s hydrogen engines UK equipment maker JCB has secured the European Union’s approval to sell its hydrogen engines in primary or third-party non-road mobile machinery across the EU and in other markets that…
Machinery, News India’s ACE notches up best year ever With India’s economy growing rapidly, Indian machinery maker Action Construction Equipment (ACE) has posted its best ever yearly results with total income up by 14.6% year-on-year and profits at 11.9%.…
News Sarens’ North Sea platform lift ‘one of most significant in history’ Belgian heavy-lift specialist Sarens has carried out what it describes as “one of the most significant projects in our history”. The company worked on the installation of BorWin5 high-voltage direct…
Machinery, News Komatsu to bring European forestry machines to Japan Japanese machinery maker Komatsu will try European forestry machines – harvesters and “forwarders” – in Japan to boost productivity and trim labour needs. It will test the use of the…
Machinery, News Sany to invest $1.5bn in overseas sales drive after IPO Chinese equipment maker Sany Heavy Industry intends to use the proceeds from an initial public offering (IPO) to fund an ambitious overseas expansion, South China Morning Post reports. The company…
Machinery, News Case introduces new products in India Case Construction Equipment, a subsidiary of CNH Industrial, will begin manufacturing two new compactors at its factory in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh for the Indian equipment market. Case will manufacture the…
Machinery, News Europe slaps more tariffs on Chinese mobile access equipment The European Commission, the main executive body of the EU, has imposed extra “anti-subsidy” duties on Chinese mobile access equipment such as forklifts, scissor lifts and boom lifts. Ranging from…
Machinery, News Volvo joins group pushing for electric machinery standards Volvo Construction Equipment has joined an industry group – termed a “roundtable” – set up to promote emissions-free construction machinery. It was established by two Dutch associations, Emissionfree Network Infrastructure…