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Roadbuilding
JCB introduces 8026 CTS Compact Excavator
JCB’s unveiled its 8026 CTS compact excavator at the GIE+EXPO last week, our sister site, Total Landscape Care, reports. Powered by three-cylinder, 24-horsepower engine, the 2.7-ton excavator features a new valve block and short pitch tracks. The 8026 has a redesigned undercarriage, a top roller that replaces a metal skid plate and a swing turret […]
October 31, 2013
Construction Equipment
John Deere announces Tier 4 engine conversion kit for 2015
A conversion kit will be available starting in 2015 for John Deere Tier 4 Interim machines sold into countries where ultra-low sulfur diesel is not available, which includes most of the world outside of Europe, Canada and the United States. Tier 4 machines run on ULSD, which has a sulfur content of 15 parts-per-millions or […]
October 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
‘JCB Diesel by Kohler’ engines will power several JCB compact machines
JCB and Kohler Global Power Group have entered into a partnership that will result in several JCB compact machine lines being powered by Kohler engines. The engines, built at Kohler’s Lombardini plant in Italy, will be branded “JCB Diesel by Kohler” and are Kohler’s water-cooled direct injection engines (KDI). The engines meet Tier 4 Final emissions […]
September 10, 2013
Construction Equipment
Bigger, Better? Performance advantages of 15-foot backhoes over smaller diggers are narrowing, but have not disappeared
There’s a reason 14-foot backhoes comprise the bulk of backhoe sales. That size is well-suited to most of the tasks that backhoes perform. And as OEMs find ways to further improve the performance of 14-foot machines, the advantages of bigger diggers become less obvious. Andy Capps, Volvo backhoe product manager for North America, says advances […]
August 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Dancing with diggers: A number of new excavators from JCB are headed for American shores
JCB unveiled a number of new and refreshed excavators at its June press launch in England. (This is the final installment of our JCB product roundup. Click these links for more on the new backhoes and wheel loaders, and for the new, high-reach telehandler.) Compact excavators In the compact range, the 8018 CTS and 8026 […]
July 2, 2013
Business
JCB taps Graeme Macdonald to succeed Alan Blake as CEO
JCB has announced that Grame Macdonald will be the company’s next chief executive officer. Macdonald will succeed current CEO Alan Blake who will retire at the end of the year. Macdonald, 45, was named CEO Designate on June 1. The company only recently made the announcement. Macdonald has been with JCB for 16 years and […]
June 17, 2013
Gear
First look: JCB’s 514 telehandler designed with Americans in mind
Two industries that are booming right now in the U.S. and Canada are the oil and gas drilling and wind farm businesses. With these markets in mind JCB has designed and, as of today, just shipped its first 514 telehandler with 14,000 pounds of capacity and a 56-foot reach for heavy duty pick and place […]
June 7, 2013
Construction Equipment
Inside the Innovations Center: Where JCB’s equipment design magic happens
Heavy equipment manufacturer JCB gave the press a rare look inside its top secret Innovations Center at the company’s world headquarters in Staffordshire, England last night and Equipment World was on hand. Opened just three months ago, the Innovations Center houses the engineers and designers who are creating JCB’s future new products using advanced engineering concepts, cross-team […]
June 6, 2013
Business
JCB celebrates 1 millionth machine: a JS220 tracked excavator
JCB recently celebrated its 1 millionth machine rolling off the assembly line with a big event at the company’s headquarters in the UK. The company wrapped the entire glass frontage of its headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, England with a graphic wrap announcing the milestone and hundreds of JCB employees gathered together to celebrate. The 1 […]
May 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
JCB produces one millionth machine
JCB last week celebrated the production of the company’s one millionth machine. The celebration took place at the JCB’s World HQ in Rocester, Staffordshire, UK, where the entire glass frontage was encased in graphic wrap. Five people worked for more than 50 hours to cover 207 windows with more than 9,700 square feet of wrap […]
May 6, 2013
Equipment
Alan Tolley discusses JCB’s “one-can” Tier 4 Final approach
To go more in-depth into JCB’s recent announcement of its “one-can” strategy for its Tier 4 Final EcoMax engines, I sat down with Alan Tolley, the manufacturer’s director of engine programs during the big Bauma 2013 show in Munich. JCB says its Tier 4 Final approach builds on its Interim strategy, still staying away from the […]
April 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
JCB introduces Tier 4 Final Ecomax engines, new machines at Bauma 2013
According to our sister site, Equipment World, JCB unveiled its Tier 4 Final Ecomax engines today at Bauma 2013. The engines, which JCB says will offer a “one-can” solution, remove the need for both a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC). The company also says the Tier 4 Final engines will […]
April 15, 2013
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