Tag: heavy construction

John Deere has partnered with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, to help accelerate the digital transformation of the heavy construction industry. The partnership between John Deere and Leica Geosystems will leverage the strengths of both companies to bring new...

Sales on the European construction equipment market went down by 6.4% in 2020. This seemingly modest drop is due to the performance of high-volume light and compact equipment, whose sales were almost unaffected at -3%. In contrast, heavy construction...

Leica Geosystems announced the latest advancement of the cooperation with Liebherr, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machinery, by delivering the first Liebherr crawler excavator with factory-fitted machine control technology in the UK to optimise productivity and...

The first Caterpillar wheel tractor-scraper, called the Caterpillar DW21, was manufactured for heavy construction contractors. It was Caterpillar’s answer to the LeTourneau “Tournapull,” the first-of-its-kind self-propelled scraper made in Peoria, Illinois, by former Caterpillar supplier, Robert LeTourneau.  The Caterpillar machine,...

According to a recently published a comprehensive study on excavator market, which opines that the excavator market will witness modest 3.2% volume y-o-y in 2019 over 2018. The study finds that the demand for excavator will improve as the heavy construction...