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Overview of Global Mining Equipment Makers
A Comparison of Recent Announcements by Caterpillar, Joy Global, Volvo Construction
Equipment, Komatsu and Hitachi Construction Machinery
June 4th, 2012
Mining & Construction Grew Globally for Equipment Manufacturers in latest quarter
Komatsu increased sales in every region except China Hitachi Construction Machinery is forecasting growth in
2012 in all markets except Europe and Japan Caterpillar noted the sales decline in China, but had its
best quarter on strong sales in America and globally Joy Global saw recent quarterly sales grow 24% in
underground and surface mining Volvo Construction Equipment announced overall sales
growth of 16% for the recent quarter, and maintained a leading position in China in partnership with SDLG
Example: Hitachi Product Information Stresses Operator and Field Management Improvements
The EX8000-6 model improvements include:
New Tier-2 Cummins engines
New widescreen color LCD multifunction monitor
Updated Machine Information Center measures 58 items versus 12 from previous model
New 45-degree folding-type service ladder
New large utility space in the back of cab – big enough for a table and a refrigerator
Hitachi Global e-Service enables owners to download critical field data to their office for remote field monitoring. Complete Machine Information Center (MIC) data can be downloaded in the field with a laptop computer.
Thank You!
Look at www.audiologiks.com/mining from June 10th, 2012 to see a section with links on different companies in the mining sector.
Contact the Editor at editor (a) audiologiks.com for any questions.