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Solutions by Computer Offers Enhanced Touchscreen and e-Sign Programs

Rental software provider Solutions by Computer has optimized its Enfinity rental management system for touchscreen displays that utilize Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems.

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May 3, 2013

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AEM Announces Plans for ConExpo Latin America in 2015

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has launched a Latin America trade show to offer equipment manufacturers opportunities to reach markets in South and Central America. Plans for ConExpo Latin America were unveiled during an AEM press conference April 18 at the Bauma trade fair in Munich, Germany. AEM has signed a letter of intent with the Chilean Chamber of Construction to co-locate ConExpo Latin America with the Chamber’s Edifica exposition to be held in Santiago, Chile, in October 2015....More
Apr. 26, 2013

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Perkins Shows Completed Stage IV/Tier 4 Final Engine Series at Bauma

Perkins Engines presented its new 854F-E34TA Tier 4 Final engine at the Bauma Trade Fair in Munich last week. The new compact, four-cylinder, 3.4-liter model incorporates specially optimized selective catalytic reduction technology for the first time....More
Apr. 26, 2013

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Bigge Buys Big at Bauma Crane Expo

Bigge Crane and Rigging purchased four new Liebherr LR1300SX 300-ton capacity crawler cranes at the recent Bauma trade show held in Munich, Germany. The 1300SX crawler cranes are the workhorses of Bigge’s large wind-power fleet. With this purchase, Bigge has the largest fleet of LR1300SX crawler cranes in the world, the company said....More
Apr. 24, 2013

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North America Leads the Way as JCB Records Record Earnings in 2012

JCB said at Bauma last week that 2012 was the best year in the company’s 67-year history, with record earnings of £365 million (about U.S. $560 million) on an EBITDA basis, topping 2011’s £355 million. Revenue remained about the same at £2.7 billion. JCB said its machine retails totaled 69,250, up from 69,100 in 2011....More
Apr. 24, 2013

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Deutz AG and Terex Show Hybrid Excavator at Bauma

Deutz AG and Terex showed an excavator manufactured by Terex Fuchs and equipped with a Deutz hybrid system at Bauma. Deutz AG embarked last year on the Green Industrial Diesel project with support from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Germany. The aim was to develop a hybrid drive for the industrial machinery sector, consisting of a diesel engine and an electric motor, in order to reduce both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 20 to 30 percent....More
Apr. 23, 2013

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Caterpillar’s Oberhelman Predicts Growth for Cat Rental Store Program

Caterpillar chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman told a group of journalists at Bauma that Cat will continue its Cat Rental Store business model and try to expand it in many other places in the world....More
Apr. 22, 2013

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Bauma Sets Attendance Records

About 530,000 people from more than 200 countries attended the Bauma Trade Fair at the Messe München exhibition center this past week, breaking records for attendance as well as number of exhibitors and exhibitor space. Exhibitors totaled 3,420 — 1,346 from Germany and 2,074 from abroad — from 57 countries, on 570,000 square meters of exhibition space (6.3 million square feet)....More
Apr. 22, 2013

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The Impressive Things about Bauma

I just returned from the Bauma trade fair in Germany. It’s the third time I’ve attended it and I’m even more awestruck than the previous times and I’ll explain why as I go along in this blog....More
Apr. 19, 2013

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Deutz Delivers 500,000th engine to Atlas Copco

Cologne, Germany-based engine manufacturer Deutz Ag last week celebrated delivery of its 500,000thengine to long-standing partner Atlas Copco. The company highlighted the milestone at the bauma trade show in Munich, Germany. Atlas Copco uses Deutz engines in a variety of its equipment including compressors, generators, and construction and mining equipment. In addition to the main Atlas Copco brand, Deutz also supplies other well-known companies in the group such as Dynapac and Chicago Pneumatic in China....More
Apr. 17, 2013

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Genie Debuts World’s Tallest Self-Propelled Boomlift at Bauma 2013

Genie this week introduced its 180-foot SX-180 self-propelled telescopic boomlift at the bauma 2013 tradeshow in Munich, Germany....More