Loading, Hauling & Excavation

Customers on the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mayotte had their first opportunity to see products from Develon, previously known as Doosan Construction Equipment, at successful XTREM PRO construction events in September.

Maquinza, a leading company in the rental and sale of machinery, has taken delivery of Spain's first DX350LC-7 Narrow Track crawler excavator from Develon, formerly known as Doosan Construction Equipment.

Volvo Construction Equipment says that increasing customer demand for real-time data on machine productivity, health and location in the Middle East has led it to start including the Volvo Co-Pilot hardware for Haul Assist on new articulated haulers in parts of the region.

JCB is building a new factory in North America, creating over 1,500 new jobs over the next five years. The construction of the 720,000 sq ft (67,000m²) factory will begin early next year on a 400-acre site in San Antonio, Texas.

After extensive testing, Caterpillar has completed the in-house validation of Rajant BreadCrumbs, LX5 CA radios, enabling field trials with this Rajant product and Cat MineStar Command for hauling.

"If there's one thing that swayed us towards Hyundai, it's the safety features. The quality of the camera system was a huge factor in us choosing Hyundai for our fleet," said David Johnstone, owner of DA Johnstone Plant Hire. The family-run company, based in Morpeth, Northumberland, supplies machinery for highways, deep drainage, landscaping, earthworks and wind farm projects across the North East and Scotland.

HD Hyundai Infracore has won large-scale orders from customers in Saudi Arabia and Brazil and will supply 131 DEVELON excavators and wheeled loaders to meet these orders.