Ancillary Equipment

Off-road drive systems company DEUTZ says that it has finalised the comprehensive cooperation with Daimler Truck that was first announced in January. 

US-based screening and pelletising technology company Haver & Boecker Niagara has acquired partial ownership in Tandem Products.

Superior Industries, Inc., a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has announced expansion plans at its Prescott Valley, Arizona facility. The company says it will add a fourth production line for manufacturing equipment used in construction aggregates and metals mining industries.

Cummins, a global power leader and the world's largest independent engine manufacturer, will open a state-of-the-art high-horsepower engine rebuild centre in Krakow, Poland. 

India's off-the-road tyre giant BKT (Balkrishna Industries) used a recent global trade media trip to Mumbai and its state-of-the-art site in Bhuj, Gujarat, to showcase its exciting growth plan. It includes a doubling of the company's turnover to US$2bn by 2026, raising annual tyre production to 600,000 tonnes, the building of a second fully digitalised carbon black production plant in Bhuj dedicated to external sales, and a second power plant to power BKT Bhuj's significantly enlarged operation. Guy Woodford reports

Swedish off-road engine manufacturer Volvo Penta has made a strategic investment in Utility Innovation Group (UIG), US-based specialists in resilient, innovative utility systems and decentralised energy solutions. 

Terex MP has announced the purchase of MARCO, a US manufacturer of bulk material handling conveyors based in Mt. Vernon, Missouri.