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For most of the last decade, the con-cept of “Made In China” was synony-mous for “low price, low quality.” When Diesel Progress did a story about Chi-nese compact agricultural tractors being sold in the U.S., the distributor made no bones about the fact that “anyone look-ing to make a living with one of these should buy something else” because his machines were not real reliable.

And it’s fair to say that “Brand Chi-na,” as Global Trends columnist David Phillips calls it, has continued to suffer under that “price above all” image.

But it shouldn’t come as any sur-prise that Chinese companies look-ing for export business are learning the value of quality very quickly. As a recent visit to one of the larger ma-chinery manufacturers in China dem-onstrated, Chinese companies have accepted that to succeed outside Chi-na it takes more than a low price. And they’re making investments in engi-neering, in manufacturing processes and worker training.

Not long ago, when you toured Chinese machine plants, you saw lots of white coats, panels with flashing lights and lots of bustling activity. What you see now is more in line with what you might see in Sweden, Peoria or Waterloo — well-organized production lines with nary a white coat in sight.

This evolution is scaring many people. Some fear the Chinese will be able to roll over everyone, not only in the lesser-regulated export markets, but even in North America and Europe.

History suggests it isn’t going to be that simple. In developed markets where the playing field is (relatively) level, companies like Caterpillar, Deere, Case, Komatsu, Kubota, etc., are going to find ways to be competitive.

Yes, the Chinese will be gritty com-petitors. But they will also be good customers. That’s a scenario every-one should be able to live with. dpi

Apologies for horribly misquoting Mark Twain, but with regard to China it seems that the reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

In fairness, in construction equipment- making terms, the country was never fatally wounded — it just went through a sick period.

Much was made of the strength of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, In-dia and China), but more recently it be-came mildly fashionable to suggest the fortunes of China were sluggish at best.

If last month’s BICES construction equipment trade show in Beijing was anything to go by, Mr. Twain’s Far East economic analysis is correct.

The show was awash with bullish projections from the huge Chinese equipment makers, such as Zoomlion, through to the usually sober trade orga-nizations including the China Construc-tion Machinery Association (CCMA).

At BICES, the latter suggested the Chinese construction sector would re-cover in 2014 after two years of weak demand and overcapacity.

CCMA claimed that all of its home manufacturers are beefing up their in-ternational growth plans and continuing to buy up overseas concerns.

The Chinese government is also de-termined to promote the use of its Yuan currency in international markets. This should help the overseas investment plans of Chinese companies. During BICES week China and the U.K. an-nounced plans to grow London into a large offshore market for Yuan trading.

At BICES, Zoomlion said it was plan-ning to move into the agricultural and heavy truck sectors, set up more overseas factories and grow its dealership network.

“We will build ourselves into an inter-national company but based in China,” it announced.

And Zoomlion and other Chinese manufacturers will do so. They may not have the technological upper hand held by western rivals, but they have the abil-ity to buy such companies. dpi

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JCB Deal A Boost For Kohler

U.K. equipment icon’s selection of KDI diesels to power compact machines first major application for engine line

By Ian Cameron

When Kohler unveiled its Kohler Direct Injection (KDI) engines in late 2011, compa-ny executives indicated that

the development of it had drawn a great deal of interest from “very recognizable” global equipment manufacturers.

That interest was manifested in September, when in what was a sur-prising move to many, U.K. equipment icon JCB announced that it had linked up with Kohler for the supply of Stage 3b/Tier 4 final engines for several JCB compact machine lines.

The water-cooled KDI engines — which will be branded JCB Diesel by Kohler — meet the next stage of emis-sions regulations without the need for a diesel particulate filter (DPF).

The first JCB machine to be fitted with the new engine, a JCB 35D 4x4 Teletruk, was unveiled at the recent RWM waste management show in Birmingham, England.

“The decision to partner with Kohler to develop engines for JCB compact machines was driven by the synergy in the technologies used by JCB and Kohler to achieve stringent Tier 4 final

2504M and KDI 2504TCR are rated 36.4 kW with 170 Nm torque and 55.4 kW with 300 Nm of torque, respective-ly. The engines have 500-hour mainte-nance intervals available on all models.

“JCB’s choice was determined by the technological innovations that allow our engines to meet the new emission levels without the need for a DPF,” said Giuseppe Bava, Lombardini’s manag-ing director. “This will be beneficial both for the manufacturers, which will be able to use a more compact engine without needing a process of regeneration of the DPF and also for the end consumer, who will benefit from a reduction in fuel consumption and operating costs.”

The engines will be progressively in-troduced into JCB products, including midi excavators, the Teletruk TLT35D, 406 and 409 compact wheeled load-ers; the 190 and 205 skid steers; 190T and 205T compact tracked loaders; smaller 135, 155 and 175 skid steers, and TM180 and TM220 articulated wheeled loading shovels.

The partnership with JCB represents, for the Kohler-Lombardini group, the first of a long series of strategic agree-ments with leading global companies in different industrial sectors, Kohler said. Augmenting that will be a new 100 kW KDI model with a 3.4 L displacement.

JCB began manufacturing diesel engines itself in a new U.K. factory. Since then production has been ex-tended to JCB India’s headquarters at Ballabgarh. More than 250 000 engines have been produced glob-ally, the company said.

Earlier this year, JCB went into production with the JCB Ecomax engine, which meets Stage 3b/Tier 4 interim emissions standards with-out the need for a DPF or external exhaust aftertreatment. dpi

emissions legislation,” said Alan Tol-ley, JCB’s director of Engine Programs. “Kohler’s achievement of Tier 4 final without the need for a bulky DPF is fully in line with our own engine strategy and allows our designers maximum flexibil-ity when it comes to meeting machine design and packaging requirements.

“These highly efficient engines will offer our customers improved perfor-mance and lower fuel consumption.”

The KDI engines incorporate a Den-so common rail fuel injection system working at 2000 bar, cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), four valves per cylinder and a diesel oxidation cat-alyst (DOC) within the exhaust system. Fuel consumption is up to 15% better than a similar output engine equipped with lower injection pressures and a DPF, JCB said.

Kohler will supply four KDI engines to JCB, all built at Kohler’s Lombardini engine plant in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Two 1.9 L, three-cylinder engines, the KDI 1903M and the KDI 1903TCR, deliver 31 kW with 133 Nm of torque and 42 kW with 225 Nm of torque, re-spectively. The 2.5 L, four-cylinder KDI

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JCB has selected Kohler’s KDI diesels to power several of its compact machine lines. The engines, which will cover a range of 31 to 55 kW, will be branded JCB Diesel By Kohler.

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By Mike Osenga

Thirteen years after the merger of Danfoss Fluid Power A/S and Sauer Inc. created Sauer-Danfoss Inc., Danfoss Power

Solutions has been created via the merger of Sauer-Danfoss and Danfoss.

The newly created (the merger was official in mid-September) Danfoss Power Solutions will be one of two ma-jor operating segments of the Danfoss Group. Niels B. Christiansen is presi-dent & CEO of the Danfoss Group.

The Danfoss Climate & Energy segment includes Refrigeration & Air

Conditioning Controls, Power Elec–tronics, Heating Solutions, Com-mercial Compressors and District Energy — the heretofore-established portion of Danfoss.

The new Danfoss Power Solutions segment will be headed by Eric Alström, former Sauer-Danfoss president & CEO, who will continue in that role for the new mobile hydraulics operations. The Dan-foss Power Solutions business segment will include Hydrostatics, Work Function, Controls and the wholly owned business units of Comatrol cartridge valves and

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HICs; Turolla gear pumps and motors; Schwarzmüller-Inverter electric invert-er products; the Valmova direct control valve (DCV) business, as well as the majority-owned joint venture company of Hydro-Gear hydrostatic drives.

Now Danfoss, including the new Danfoss Power Solutions, will be a US$6.1 billion privately held global manufacturer with over 23 000 em-ployees, 56 manufacturing operations in 18 countries and sales offices in 51 countries. Danfoss Power Solutions had 2012 revenues of US$1.9 billion.

Danfoss is headquartered in Nord-borg, Denmark, while Danfoss Power Solutions is headquartered in Neu-münster, Germany, also Nordborg, Denmark, and Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

In separate interviews with Diesel Progress, Christiansen and Alström shed some light on the thinking and strategy behind Sauer-Danfoss be-coming Danfoss Power Solutions.

As to why the Sauer-Danfoss name was changed to Danfoss Power Solu-tions, Christiansen noted, “In business- to-business a brand name has some-what of a different meaning than in the consumer markets. I think a lot of our customers think exactly like we do. If John Deere would acquire another company, in the end they would prob-ably call it John Deere.

“We would rather take our initia-tives and resources and focus them on one really strong name. Plus, Danfoss has been part of the Sauer-Danfoss name for many years, so it is not like we are going from one name to a totally different name,” Christiansen added.

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“Sauer-Danfoss was a strong brand name,” Alström said. “However, I have had opportunities to speak with many of our customers about this, OEMs as well as distributors, and their reflec-tion is similar to mine, we’ve changed names four times over the last 25 years or so, so from a customer perspective, it’s not a very emotional event.

“We are a strong brand in the hy-draulics, however, when it comes to attracting employees, Danfoss is ac-tually stronger in many of the markets that we are now trying to grow in, spe-cifically emerging markets.

“Danfoss is much more well known, for example, in China, and India, and particularly in Russia,” Alström said. “So when we try to attract young engi-neers in these countries, Danfoss has the stronger identity. That is a big op-portunity for Danfoss Power Solutions.”

Sauer-Danfoss was one of the stron-ger brand names in the North American off-highway markets and the impact of the change in name has not been lost on either Christiansen or Alström.

“In North America we think the strength of the Sauer-Danfoss name will benefit the Danfoss brand there. It is probably one of the few markets were Danfoss was not ahead in brand recognition. So there is a win-win there on both sides,” Alström said.

Christiansen echoed those senti-ments saying, “We see all this as a chance to build a stronger Danfoss brand in North America that will have

an impact and benefit the rest of the business. The key thing is that our hy-draulics customers, worldwide, will see no difference in the way we serve them, the way we operate, the way we do business as Danfoss Power Solutions.”

“Customers will not see a change,” Alström said, “other than the name change. As a result of the merger, there are no changes in manufactur-ing. We always keep an eye on our manufacturing footprint, but there are no changes because of the merger.”

One obvious question was why the name Power Solutions was selected to add to the Danfoss name.

“We wanted to signal to our cus-tomers that we will be a force to count on, not just in hydraulics, but in elec-trification as well, more than we have done in the past. So we needed a name that was more encompassing,’” Alström said.

“If we called ourselves mobile hy-draulics or fluid power, that would be a little too narrow, especially with some of the changes we see coming in the off-highway mobile equipment mar-kets, which remain the primary focus for Danfoss Power Solutions.”

So does this imply a greater de-gree of cooperation, synergies if you will, between the two primary groups of Danfoss?

“There will not be many changes in that Danfoss Power Solutions will con-tinue to be responsible for its R&D, for manufacturing, for marketing. That’s how we run our businesses. We’re not mixing a heating sales force with an air conditioning sales force with a hy-draulic sales force,” Christiansen said.

“From that point of view this is a very straight forward merger and we should not run into any of those is-sues that happen sometimes where you merge two companies and you forget about the customers for a time. That’s not going to happen because it is business as usual going forward.

“Where we can get benefits of col-laboration is probably more on the back end of the business. The pro-grams we have in how we optimize

our entire business setup, how we can pool competence. Innovation, how we push forward in that, is a key area.

“We can allocate more money to product development. That means cus-tomers will receive all the same ben-efits they are used to in the short term and hopefully in the long term they will see even higher levels of innovation. In the short term we are not messing around with anything.”

“Plus, there are some excellent pro-cesses within Danfoss that will help us become even faster in areas such as product development,” Alström said. “The product development process, and particularly the innovation pro-cess, which we are now adopting 1:1, is really a benchmark process, which will make us faster when it comes to technology development and bringing the right technology to our customers.”

While Sauer-Danfoss and Danfoss were both global manufacturers, Chris- tiansen and Alström see the merger of the two companies and the organiza-tion resulting from that giving Danfoss Power Solutions on an even stronger international position.

“We have a very global manage-ment team, maybe the most global in the industry,” Alström said. “We have one-third of the senior management in Denmark, one-third in Germany and one-third in the US.

“One of the benefits we have had, is we are agile and quick to respond to customer needs. Now, anywhere in the world, with this global manage-ment structure, if we have issues, we solve them quickly. We intend to pre-serve that because that is a competi-tive advantage for us.”

Finally, what’s ahead for Danfoss and Danfoss Power Solutions?

“First of all, I think the hydraulics market is an interesting market. It is a growth market,” Christiansen said. “That also has all the interesting per-spectives of the emerging markets coming into play.

“Whenever an emerging market starts to rise and develop and organize,

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what do they need? They need infra-structure. They need all the things that we would like to supply such as prod-ucts and solutions within heating, re-frigeration and air conditioning, indus-trial automation, and hydraulics. In that sense, it is an attractive market to be in.

“For Danfoss Power Solutions, we are clearly on the mobile side, so the vision is really to lift and focus and be dedicated to that market and take our market share in that market higher by bringing in new products, by making sure we are quality leaders.

“So in that regard, it’s really not a change of strategy. It’s more a con-tinuation of what we have achieved so far. That’s the vision. I think we see ourselves as the ones that will be pushing boundaries.”

“This is not only a one-way street where the previous Sauer-Danfoss/Danfoss Power Solutions are benefitting from Danfoss, one stronger total Dan-foss can also benefit from us,” Alström said. “The fact is we are using the term merger; this not a consolidation, it is a merger and that has provided a very dif-ferent mindset and spirit, in both of our organizations now coming together.

“I hope in a year when you talk to our customers you will hear this, the name change, is a nonissue and in fact we are even faster and better than before the merger.” dpi

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Danfoss Power Solutions President & CEO Eric Alström

powerlinesSurveys of generator set dealers and

distributors offer an optimistic view of 2014 sales in Europe, the Middle East, Tur-key, Russia and the Ukraine, according to

power systems research, a global supplier of market information to the engine, power products and compo-nents industries.

The distributors and dealers surveyed forecast increases between 7 and 19% across different power bands. The highest distributor and dealer growth estimates are from Russia, Turkey and the Ukraine, with more modest growth in the Middle East and marginal activity in Western Europe.

The top brands sold across the three regions in 2013 include Cummins/Onan, Perkins, SDMO, Honda and FG Wilson. The market overall remains fragmented with over 147 generator brands cited.

Distributors were less optimistic on the penetration of natural gas engines, al-though the results highlight some growth in Western Europe, Russia, Turkey and the Ukraine. Approximately 59% of generator sets sold by distributors were diesel-pow-ered, the report said.

same Deutz-Fahr has inaugu-rated the new headquarters for its French subsidiary in Cognac, France.

The new site will host all activities that were previously carried out in the Senlis site and is located close to the existing manu-facturing plant for the Grégoire agricultural machines for vineyards and olive groves. This will consolidate all of the group’s ac-tivities in France, including tractors, imple-ments, and grape and olive care machinery.

The new location will also encompass an academy training center that is expected to host more than 800 trainees every year.

The Hertz Corp. has announced that Hertz Dayim Equipment Rental has fur-ther expanded in Saudi Arabia by opening a new location in Jeddah. The new location will serve Western Province-based petro-chemical, oil and gas, government, military, construction, event services, industrial and emergency response sectors. Similar to the company’s Damman location, the Jed-dah operation provides equipment rental and fleet management services. Its range

of rental equipment includes machines for earthmoving, aerial, material handling, pow-er, electrical and compressor applications.

Terramac llC, an Elburn, Ill. U.S.A.-based manufacturer of rubber track crawler carriers, has named Buckhurst Plant Hire, Lancashire, United Kingdom, as its first international distributor. Founded in 1993, Buckhurst Plant Hire operates

several depots throughout the United Kingdom, with more than 1600 pieces of equipment. In addition to Buckhurst Plant Hire, Terramac’s distribution network cur-rently includes Rig Source Inc., the com-pany’s primary dealer in North America.

Correction: Due to an editing error, Federal-Mogul’s new GDC chromium dia-mond coating for piston rings was misiden-tified in a story in the September issue of Diesel Progress International Edition. The GDC coating consists of a hard chromium matrix with a network of micro cracks that are designed to hold industrial diamond particles in a firmly embedded state. The coating process consists of several lay-ers, each opening up the micro cracks, embedding the diamond particles and then

closing the cracks before the next layer is added. The process is repeated until the required coating thickness is achieved and Federal-Mogul said the GDC coatings have demonstrated a considerably reduced level of coating wear compared to conventional chromium ceramic coatings. Diesel Prog-ress regrets the error.

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It’s been an awfully busy year for the Volvo Group. The last 12 months in-cluded just about everything — major new product developments, orders

and strategic geographic moves, ex-ecutive changes and even the sight of a company president dangling atop a truck high over Gothenburg harbor and a hamster steering a truck in a quarry.

For all of that activity (save the dan-gling president and hamster, anyway), the Volvo Group has been chosen as Diesel Progress International’s News-maker Of The Year for 2013.

To review, the Newsmaker Of The Year is recognized as the company, technology, person, trend, market, etc., that made the most news over the course of the previous 12 months. It all comes down to what are people reading about, talking about the most.

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Global expansions, new products, dangling presidents and hamsters kept company consistently in the news

By IAn CAMEROn

Throughout 2013, Volvo has rarely been out of the spotlight, whether for its construction equipment, commer-cial vehicles or engine developments.

One of the reasons for the compa-ny’s high profile this year has been its far-reaching international expansion plan, which commenced in January. That was when Volvo cemented its position as one of the world’s largest makers of heavy-duty trucks following its agreement with Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new DFG subsidiary that includes the major part of the DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle business.

Another sign of Volvo’s international ambitions were provided by its Chi-nese subsidiary, SDLG. After success-ful moves into several export markets

such as Latin America, Russia, Ocea-nia, Africa, the Middle East and much of Asia, the company announced its plans for entering the North American market with two models from its wheel loader range.

Initially, the SDLG products are un-dergoing an introduction phase with select dealers before being rolled out to a wider customer base across North America. The company’s mar-ket focus is also interesting, as it is primarily targeting smaller contractors and farmers that primarily only bought used machinery.

Following that announcement, SDLG opened an excavator factory in Brazil that is initially producing four crawler models from 13.8 to 24.3 tonnes aimed at the construction, forestry, agricultural, mining and extraction sectors.

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The year saw a number of sig-nificant moves by Volvo Construction Equipment. The parade of new ma-chinery has continued as the compa-ny has launched more than 110 new products over the last two years, more than 50 in 2013 alone.

Volvo Trucks has been equally as busy, unveiling five new vehicles since September of last year, including the Volvo FH long-haul truck and the FMX construction truck.

On the business side, Volvo CE began production at a new 20,660 m2 excavator factory in Kaluga, Russia. The €39.7 million facility is the com-pany’s first in Russia, its seventh producing excavators and becomes Volvo CE’s 16th manufacturing fa-cility worldwide. In North America, Volvo CE inaugurated its expanded

North American headquarters in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

The site, which saw a €73.6 million investment, will serve as the consoli-dated location for Volvo CE in the region and will also manufacture the compa-ny’s L60 and L90 range of wheel load-ers, with more to come later.

Volvo was also extremely active in engines. For its off-highway ma-chines, Volvo released its new Tier 4 final/Stage 4-compliant D4, D6, D8, D11, D13 and D16 diesels which it said improve fuel efficiency by up to 5% over previous models and reduces running costs overall. The Volvo Penta engine business also launched a new generation of the D11 marine engine series to add to its inboard program. Along with that, the IPS drive system was updated with the new D11 engine

in a package the company said pro-vides higher torque, better drivability and significantly lower noise levels and emissions for 12 to 18 m boats.

Also this year, Volvo completed its acquisition of more than 22 million Deutz shares from Italian agricul-tural machinery manufacturer Same Deutz-Fahr for approximately €130 million. That made Volvo the largest Deutz shareholder with just over 25%. Deutz and Volvo have also signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the option of extending their long-term alliance by jointly develop-ing a new generation of medium-duty engines for industrial applications.

To power its new trucks, Volvo un-veiled a range of Euro 6 engines rang-ing from its smallest medium-duty 5.0

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L to the heavy-duty 13 L. Starting next spring, the company will also offer trucks powered by its 16 L Euro 6 D 16 diesel.

One of the most surprising items of Volvo news came in late October when it announced that Pat Olney, president of Volvo Construction Equip-ment since 2011, is leaving the com-pany at the end of the year to join global automotive giant TRW as chief operating officer. Olney had been with the company in senior positions since 1996 and was generally well regarded around the industry.

And oh yes, those videos. Volvo has embraced the Internet and You-Tube as ways to highlight features of its vehicles. That’s how Volvo Trucks President Claes Nilsson ended up perched on the front of an FMX truck suspended more than 20 m in the air to show the strength of the vehicle’s front towing hook.

“Well, I have to admit I had butter-flies in my tummy and I certainly did wonder more than once about what I’d let myself in for,” Nilsson said. “I’m no mountain-climber and I don’t like heights. But I’d promised to do the stunt so I couldn’t very well back out.”

Nilsson’s high-wire act was followed by the YouTube film “The Hamster Stunt,” in which a hamster named Charlie steered another FMX truck around a quarry. He didn’t steer it in quite the conventional way — a ham-ster wheel was affixed to the truck’s steering wheel — but the demonstra-tion of how Volvo’s Dynamic Steering

System works was viewed more than 3.4 million times in a single week.

While Volvo provided a good many headlines in 2013, the Diesel Progress International editorial board consid-

ered several other Newsmaker candi-dates. Among the strongest of those was Cummins, which made significant moves on both the on-highway and off-highway sides of its engine business.

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Cummins launched a new global heavy-duty engine platform. Based on an inline six-cylinder configuration, the G Series diesels will be offered in 10.5 and 11.8 L displacements to meet a broad variety of on-highway and off-highway applications.

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Some of the biggest news was on the smaller side, as Cummins un-veiled the ISV5.0, a turbocharged V-8 that will be sold to Nissan for its Ti-tan pickup truck and will also target a range of light and medium-duty com-mercial vehicle applications.

The company also launched a new global heavy-duty engine platform, the G Series, based on an inline six-cylinder configuration that will be offered in 10.5 and 11.8 L displace-ments to meet a broad variety of on-highway and off-highway applications. For on-highway markets, the G Series will begin as the ISG11 and Cummins ISG12, with ratings from 216 to 382 kW. At launch in 2014, engines will meet Euro 3, Euro 4 and China NS4 emissions requirements, Cummins said. Engines capable of meeting Euro 5, Euro 6 and U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) emissions levels are also in development.

The QSM12, which was unveiled at bauma 2013 in April, is part of the

G Series platform and has been re-named the QSG12 to reflect its family heritage. The engine, which meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 final and European Union (EU) Stage 4 emissions regulations, is available in 250 to 382 kW ratings.

While it might have seemed that selling its Deutz holdings was an in-dication that Same Deutz-Fahr wasn’t much interested in engine manufac-turing, the opposite became apparent around mid-year when SDF launched its own new family of SDF Farmotion diesels specifically designed for agri-cultural applications. The engines — a range of three-, four- and six-cylinder common rail engines from 55 to 150 kW at 2000 r/min developed in co-operation with AVL — are primarily tailored to the company’s own Same Deutz-Fahr and Lamborghini tractors.

JCB made engine news on two different fronts. It announced plans to begin production of six-cylinder Dieselmax 672 engines that will be rated 140, 165, 190 and 225 kW.

Then, later in the year, it forged a partnership with Kohler’s Global Power Group to use Kohler diesels in several of its compact machine lines. The water-cooled Kohler Direct Injection (KDI) engines — which will be branded JCB Diesel by Kohler — meet Tier 4 final/EU Stage 3 emis-sions regulations without a diesel particulate filter and will be progres-sively introduced in JCB products, incxluding midi excavators, the Tele-truk TLT35D, 406 and 409 compact wheeled loaders, the 190 and 205 skid steers and 190T and 205T com-pact tracked loaders, smaller 135, 155 and 175 skid steers and TM180 and TM220 articulated wheeled loading shovels.

And in what may be a “much more to come” situation, Caterpillar’s reor-ganization of its global engine busi-ness, divided into above and below 18 L segments, could result in significant changes going forward. Which — being Caterpillar — would be big news. dpi

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After selling much of its holdings in Deutz, Same Deutz-Fahr launched its own new family of diesel engines. The Farmotion engines are designed for agricultural applications and will span a range of 55 to 150 kW.

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By DaviD PhilliPs

This is the time of year when people like to look forward to the new year with renewed hope and optimism. When it

comes to machinery sales in several regions of the world, it might be dif-ficult to muster a great deal of en-thusiasm for the next 12 months. But there are likely to be some positive glimmers here and there and in some cases, the hope that things will be marginally improved.

The European recovery of 2011, with the market growing by a respect-able 23%, was not sustained in 2012 and demand fell by 4% to 119 000 units, well below the 10-years his-torical average of 145 000 units in the

region. Earlier this year, Off-Highway Research forecast a further decline of 6% for 2013. After additional research and detailed interviews with leading European manufacturers and dealers, it was clear that the mood is similarly pessimistic and there is little prospect of real growth in the market for at least the next two years. As a result, the forecast for 2013 has gone down mar-ginally to a decline in sales of 7%. The forecast for 2014, however, has been revised from zero growth to 1%.

The reasons for this pessimism are

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familiar — the continued economic un-certainty caused by the sovereign debt crises of many European countries; fears for the fate of the Eurozone; the fragility of leading financial institutions; and the continued absence of credit. To these must be added the unwillingness or inability of governments to embrace infrastructure investment as a catalyst for economic growth, depressed hous-ing markets and a free fall in consumer and business confidence.

There is also the consideration of the

David Phillips is managing director of Off- Highway Research, a London-based manage-ment consultancy that specializes in the re-search and analysis of international construc-tion equipment markets. Tel: 020 7404 1128; E-Mail: mail@offhighway.co.uk

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Sales Of Construction Equipment In Europe (By Country)

2012 2013* 2014* % Change 2012-2013

% Change 2013-2014

Austria 2259 2192 2359 -3 +8

Belgium 4664 4202 4045 -10 -4

Denmark 2573 2624 2580 -2 -2

Finland 1849 1483 1747 -27 +10

France 25 753 23 510 23 890 -7 +2

Germany 32 615 30 135 28 675 -8 -5

Ireland 680 690 830 +2 +2-

Italy 7877 7002 7737 -11 +10

Netherlands 4035 3044 3025 +1 -

Norway 3999 4020 3876 -26 -4

Portugal 782 575 579 -4 +1

Spain 1160 1107 1252 -4 +13

Sweden 3001 2961 3149 -1 +6

Switzerland 3613 3467 3413 -4 -2

United Kingdom 24 250 23 257 24 130 -4 +4

Total 119 110 110 271 111 287 -7 +1

% Change -4 -7 +1 -7 +1

* Forecast. Source: Off-Highway Research

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large population of perfectly usable ma-chines in all countries as a result of the high volume of sales up to 2007. There is therefore little reason to believe that there will be any urgent requirement to replace existing equipment.

Demand in 2013 is expected to de-cline in all markets except Ireland and Norway, although even in these coun-tries only a marginal increase in sales can be expected. In percentage terms, the biggest drops are likely to be in Finland (-27%), Netherlands (-26%) and once again, Portugal (-26%).

The region’s four largest markets, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, will all experience a contrac-tion in volumes to varying degrees. In France, the forecast reflects a decline of more than 7% for 2013, with reductions in sales across all types of equipment, with the exception of telescopic han-dlers, thanks to their ongoing success in the agricultural sector. Prospects for 2014 remain weak in the midst of wide-spread uncertainty, with growth estimat-ed at less than 2% at best.

Demand in Germany is likely to end down 6 to 8% for 2013. Sales nev-

ertheless remain at historically high levels and this year’s market should still equate to around 30 000 units. In the medium to long term, volumes are expected to consolidate at a more re-alistic level of 27 000 to 28 000 units.

In Italy, a year-on-year improvement over the second half of 2013 will still only temper a decline in sales. Over-all, the market is likely to fall by just over 10% from the previous year, fol-lowed by a semblance of recovery or at least stability in 2014.

In the U.K., the government an-nounced its spending review for 2015-2016 and called for a raft of new invest-ments totaling more than £71 billion. The slow nature of government bu-reaucracy means that it will be 2016-2017 before any real work is seen, but it is hoped that the announcement will be another step in restoring mar-ket confidence. There is a significant amount of work being undertaken, but many customers are fearful of invest-ing in new machinery because of the amount of bad economic news that is so apparent. As a result, the outlook remains difficult to forecast, but with

dealers not committed to stocking ma-chines, there is a danger that in the next 18 months demand could soon outstrip supply and bring with it a dif-ferent set of problems.

Moving on to India, after two years of consecutive decline following the global economic crisis of 2008, the Indian con-struction equipment industry made a sharp recovery in 2010 and the growth trend continued through 2011 as sales peaked at 72 162 units, a rise of 22%.

However, by the middle of 2012 the signs of economic mismanage-ment and political indecision on major policy matters were more visible than ever before in all sectors of the econo-my. The declining trend has continued through 2013 and as a result, sales of construction equipment may erode further in 2013 to around 62 000 units, down 6% from 2012.

Going forward, the construction equipment market will be driven large-ly by the planned development of in-frastructure and the economic growth of the country under the ongoing 12th Five Year Plan (April 2012 to March 2017), wherein the government has broadly planned for an investment of nearly US$1 trillion on infrastructure. This investment is the highest ever for any Five Year Plan, and should have a very positive impact on the construc-tion equipment industry as a whole.

The outlook is weakened, however, by the fact that the government is in the throes of what is now popularly being termed policy paralysis. For more than three years, the ruling co-alition has been mired in several po-litical and financial controversies that have visibly slowed down the econo-my and retarded progress on several infrastructure projects.

Despite the challenges, Off-Highway Research remains bullish about the long-term prospects of the Indian con-struction equipment market and fore-casts sales of construction equipment to reach 68 065 units in 2014.

Finally, there is China. In the first six months of 2013, the construction equipment industry was under great

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Sales Of Construction Equipment In India (By Type)

2012 2013* 2014*

Articulated Dump Trucks - 5 10

Asphalt Finisher 694 750 800

Backhoe Loaders 32 416 31 000 32 500

Compaction Equipment 2510 2800 3100

Crawler Dozers 347 400 450

Crawler Excavators 13 900 12 000 14 000

Crawler Loaders 3 5 5

Mini Excavators 363 450 550

Mobile Compressors 4324 4550 5000

Mobile Cranes 8533 7000 8000

Motor Graders 318 300 400

Motor Scrapers - - -

Rigid Dump Trucks 384 500 550

RTLTs 27 25 40

Skid-Steer Loaders 525 500 550

Wheeled Excavators 12 10 10

Wheeled Loaders 1800 1800 2100

Total 66 156 62 095 68 065

Annual % Change -8 -6 +10

* Forecast. Source: Off-Highway Research

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petition among manufacturers. The in-ternational companies have been able to increase their marketing efforts to the larger and more stable end users, who are already inclined to buy equip-ment from established market lead-ers. In contrast, many Chinese manu-facturers have faced the problems of mounting receivables and a lack of investment and they have struggled to maintain sales targets.

After a downturn in the first six months, the market is likely to fall further by about 10% by the end of the year. It is evident that a period of uncertainty has started, and it will be some time be-fore clarity will be restored.

Real growth may take place af-ter 2015, by which time those ma-chines purchased before 2009-2010 will need to be retired. The return to growth of the equipment market will thus depend on an improvement of the economy as a whole. dpi

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pressure as a result of weak demand and problems of funding. Although at the beginning of the year there was an expectation that the market might im-prove following the installation of the new government, these hopes were dashed after it became clear there would be fundamental changes in poli-cy. The new leaders indicated their firm opinion that the economic structure must be adjusted, even if this might re-sult in a negative impact on economic growth. They will not continue to stimu-late the economy.

To date, year-on-year growth of fixed asset investment has accelerated to over 20%. However, such investment has now stabilized at the current level, a level clearly not sufficient to gener-ate growing demand given the existing large machine population. As a whole, the money supply has proved to be more than sufficient, but the highly leveraged funding of recent years has resulted in a heavy debt burden. As a result, the current investment input has largely been used to pay off debt and interest, meaning that funding for the projects themselves has fallen short.

The market is also still saturated with high volumes of used equipment that have accumulated over the last two years. This has led to the current depressed level of new demand, as well as very large stock levels all the way through the pipeline. The sale of new machines relies to a great extent

on the trade-in of used equipment and it is now thought that sales of used, but still young, machines have increased their share of the market, with the result that new equipment is increasingly difficult to sell.

This has resulted in increasing com-

forecast 2014Sales Of Construction Equipment In China (By Type)

2011 2012 2013* 2014*

Asphalt Finishers 2280 2100 2100 2200

Compaction Equipment 17 890 9592 9000 8500

Crawler Dozers 9646 6083 6100 6500

Hydraulic Excavators 159 300 102 500 85 000 86 000

Mini Excavators 38 600 26 650 28 500 31 000

Mobile Cranes 34 910 21 114 17 000 18 000

Motor Graders 2337 1643 1500 1500

Wheeled Loaders 219 980 149 000 142 000 141 000

Others** 2327 2244 2200 2600

Total 487 870 320 926 293 400 297 300

% Annual Change +6 -34 -9 +1

* Forecast. Source: Off-Highway Research** Dump trucks, backhoe loaders, skid-steer loaders, crawler loaders, motor scrapers and RTLTs

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By Carlos Cogo

With the development of its own agricultural technol-ogy suitable for tropical cultivation, Brazil left be-

hind the status of a net food importer and the problems of shortages that marked the 1970s and has become one of the biggest agricultural prod-ucts exporters. Thanks to the gain of productivity provided by technological advances, Brazilian agricultural pro-duction increased 220% from 1990 to the present, while the planted area expanded 40%.

For the first time in history, Brazil-ian international agricultural sales sur-passed US$100 billion in a fiscal year. Brazil exported US$100.6 billion in ag-ricultural products during the harvest

of 2012-2013 (between July 2012 and June 2013), a growth of 4.2% com-pared to the same period of the previ-ous harvest.

The commercial surplus of the sector also broke records, totaling US$83.9 billion. The result is due to the growth of external sales of the main agricultural products — meat, sugar and alcohol and cereals — which in-creased 115% during the period.

Approximately 68% of Brazilian ag-ricultural production growth over the last 40 years is related to the use of technology, while 9% corresponds to the expansion of farmed areas

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or increases in productivity, with 2% related to the workforce. Land is not the key factor for the production in-creases anymore — the fundamental reason is technology.

From 1975 to 2013, the productivity of Brazilian agriculture advanced 267%, while in the United States it rose 75%. Agribusiness will continue its expansion in the medium and long term in Brazil. Projections show an increase of 23.5% in the next decade as the total cultivated area rises by more than 15.5 million hectares, reaching 81.7 million hect-ares. Grain production is expected to

Carlos Cogo is director of Carlos Cogo Con-sultoria Agroeconômica, an independent con-sultancy in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Phone: +55 51 3248-1117; E-mail: consultoria@carloscogo.com.br; Web: www.carloscogo.com.br

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reach 245.8 million tonnes, an increase of 43.1% by the 2022-2023 harvest.

In the same period, land area devot-ed to sugar cane might reach 13.1 mil-lion hectares, an expansion of 49.7%, generating production of 979.8 billion tonnes, an expansion of 65.7%, by the 2022-2023 cycle. Through the next 10 years, more than 8.4 million tonnes of meat is expected to be produced, an increase of 34.9% compared to 2013, reaching a total of 32.5 million tonnes.

The curve of investment in agricul-ture has been growing since 1973. There have been great investments in more efficient machines and im-plements, better seeds and fertiliz-ers and sprayers with higher quality. What also contributed to the agricul-tural expansion was the adoption of more professional management in the farming sector due to the opening of the economy and the currency and economical stabilization.

Livestock has also developed. While grasslands were reduced from 174.6 million hectares in 1980 to 157.1 mil-lion hectares in 2013, the number of cattle expanded in the period from 118 million to 215 million, basically because of improved management of the grasslands.

The recuperation of deteriorated grasslands, with the adoption of an in-tegrated system of management and livestock, also tended to open new ag-ricultural production areas.

Brazil will need to invest more than US$150 billion in infrastructure, in-cluding construction and moderniza-tion of roads, rail systems, waterways and harbors, according to the logis-tics planning company Empresa de Planejamento e Logística (EPL), a state organization created recently to manage these demands.

Logistics and infrastructure prob-lems cause gross revenue losses of 15%, or around US$12 billion. Infra-structure problems in and out of the farms have seen farmers register con-siderable revenue losses in spite of the record harvests.

In Mato Grosso state, besides the record harvest of 21.9 million of corn during the winter (a crop planted after soy in the same area, using the same resources, machines and space), the production lost 40% of its value in 2013 — or US$7.1 billion — due to logistics issues. In the case of soy, the deficiency in infrastructure impacted the price 26% for the Brazilian grain that is shipped to China.

Soy is produced 10% cheaper than in the United States, but arrives to the Chinese harbors 10% more expen-sive. Brazil also loses in competive-ness with the deficit of storage struc-tures for agricultural products. While the country puts only 16% of its stocks in storage, the US stores 65% of its production and Canada 80%. The increase of storage capability would help regulate the prices.

In 2014, agricultural prices might stay at lower levels than the records seen in the second half of 2012,

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Agricultural Machinery: Domestic Sales (By Category)

Year WheelTractors

Track-TypeTractors Combines Tillers Total Of

SalesAnnual

Variation

1985 40 736 1600 5775 3139 51 250 -

1986 45 297 2245 6544 6558 60 644 18.3%

1987 38 815 2010 5747 3593 50 165 -17.3%

1988 29 921 1360 4753 1854 37 888 -24.5%

1989 26 310 1493 3942 2617 34 362 -9.3%

1990 21 241 1140 2350 1911 26 642 -22.5%

1991 13 495 589 1718 1983 17 785 -33.2%

1992 11 727 532 2004 1570 15 833 -11.0%

1993 21 396 908 2735 1096 26 135 65.1%

1994 38 518 1184 4049 1308 45 059 72.4%

1995 17 594 1178 1423 1210 21 405 -52.5%

1996 10 312 505 900 714 12 431 -41.9%

1997 16 049 842 1709 707 19 307 55.3%

1998 18 677 795 2524 587 22 583 17.0%

1999 19 205 646 2906 629 23 386 3.6%

2000 24 591 592 3780 722 29 685 26.9%

2001 28 203 496 4098 856 33 653 13.4%

2002 33 217 551 5648 1050 40 466 20.2%

2003 29 476 449 5440 1585 36 950 -8.7%

2004 28 803 526 5605 1682 36 616 -0.9%

2005 17 729 408 1534 2141 21 812 -40.4%

2006 20 435 300 1030 1857 23 622 8.3%

2007 31 300 437 2377 1548 35 662 51.0%

2008 43 414 720 4458 1852 50 444 41.5%

2009 45 437 618 3817 1759 51 631 2.4%

2010 56 420 878 4549 1807 63 654 23.3%

2011 52 296 1022 5343 1307 59 968 -5.8%

2012 55 810 1062 6286 1348 64 506 7.6%

2013 66 000 903 8000 1321 75 275 16.7%

2014 63 000 948 8000 1308 69 788 -7.3%

2012/2013* 18.3% -15.0% 27.3% -2.0% 16.7%

2013/2014* -4.5% 5.0% 0.0% -1.0% -7.3%

Sales of agricultural equipment in Brazil have shown a general increase over the years. Source: Anfavea. *Forecasts. Backhoes not included.

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but still much above the historical averages. Global supplies remain relatively low, but might have some recuperation in 2013-2014. World de-mand for grains, meat and sugar will stay hot, avoiding pressure on agri-cultural prices.

This will drive Brazil to plant a re-cord area of 55 million hectares of grains during the 2013-2014 sea-son, which is expected to generate a record yield of 74.2 million tonnes. Soy (78.9 million tonnes) and corn (70.8 million tonnes) will make up most of that.

The input demand has grown in an

accelerated way in Brazil, with an av-erage annual expansion of 5.5% for fertilizers and 11.5% for agrochemi-cals. Not surprisingly, sales of agri-cultural machines exploded in 2013, the result of capitalization of Brazilian farmers and the public financing lines with negative taxes (3.5% a year, against an estimated inflation of 5.6% in 2013).

Domestic sales of agricultural ma-chinery, which in 2012 reached 69 400 units, might increase 18.4%, totaling 83 000 by the end of 2013. Machine production might increase as much as 13.5%, reaching 95 000 units. dpi

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By Kamini Patel

The global market appears to be over the worst and a slow recovery is under way. Power Systems Research is stick-

ing to its market forecasts from 12 months ago. Growth is expected to remain slow and uneven across the mature, developing and emerging markets. Mature economies have im-proved compared to a year ago, but the prevailing mood remains cautious. Developing and emerging markets re-main volatile and susceptible to policy changes in the mature markets. This uncertainty means the future growth numbers are harder to predict. The good news is that all forecasts and surveys are more positive and trend-ing in the right direction.

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The most recent economic fore-casts from IHS predict a growth rate of 3.4% in 2014 — below the project-ed long-term trend. An accompanying chart shows the annual compounded growth rate between 2013 and 2017 will be below prerecession years. The U.S., Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to be upbeat rela-tive to the rest of the world.

The question is whether these over-all GDP improvements are sustain-able. So which components of GDP is the growth coming from? Overall, government intervention has been the most significant driver. Environmental legislation, tax in centives, infrastruc-ture spending and cash injections

Kamini Patel is vice president – managing director – Europe, with Power Systems Research, a market research company with global offices in Belgium, Japan, China and the U.S. Phone: +32 2 643 2828; Fax: +32 2 643 2829; E-mail: kpatel@powersys.com; Web: www.powersys.com

Slow, Uneven GrowTh AheAd — BUT IT’S GrowTh

Economic information from the IMF and the IHS World Economic Forecast Q3 2014 predict a growth rate of 3.4% in 2014 — below the projected long-term trend. As the chart on the right indicates, the annual compounded growth rate between 2013 and 2017 will be below prerecession years.

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Global Engine Production (By Segment)(All Fuel Types, Displacement 2.0 L And Above)

All fuel types Engine Displacement 2 L+ 2008 2009* 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Agricultural 2% -6% 3% 9% 6% 9% 5% 4% 4% 3% 4%

Construction -1% -26% 10% 19% -1% 5% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Industrial 2% -28% 9% 16% 3% 8% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4%

Lawn and Garden 30% -11% 4% 5% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1%

Light Commercial Vehicles -19% -19% 7% -4% 3% 2% 3% 4% 4% 3% 3%

Marine Auxiliary 5% -13% 4% 5% 4% 3% 2% 2% 3% 2% 2%

Marine Propulsion 0% -26% 5% 9% 5% 5% 3% 3% 4% 2% 2%

Medium And Heavy Vehicles 2% -17% 30% 4% -4% 1% 6% 5% 2% 3% 3%

Minivans And SUVs -14% -24% 21% -3% 8% 6% 4% 4% 4% 2% 2%

Passenger Cars 0% -17% 6% 5% -7% 2% 3% 3% 3% 1% 2%

Power Generation 1% -15% 5% 13% 5% 8% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3%

Railway 4% -6% 4% 9% 3% 5% 2% 2% 3% 2% 2%

Recreational Products 3% -12% 3% 5% 3% 2% 2% 2% 3% 1% 1%

*The Great Recession Source: Power Systems Research EnginlinkTM

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have provided the oxygen needed to boost GDP growth.

The other significant contributor to GDP growth has been growth through exports. Companies of all sizes have gotten smarter trying to grow ex-ports. Other evidence highlighting that growth has been export-driven comes from the September 2013 European

Global market growth rates for engines under 2.0 L is expected to remain modest over the next five years.

Economic Forecast report. Exports of goods and services increased from 2.3 to 2.6% in 2013 and is expected to increase to 5% in 2014. Surely, anoth-er sign of brighter prospects ahead.

The September 2013 Purchasing Managers Index published by Markit is also looking brighter. It grew for the third straight month.

Four years after the Great Reces-sion of 2009, the market mood is im-proving but forecasts remain highly cautious. The pace of recovery be-tween the advanced, developing and emerging economies will continue to remain uneven.

In the midst of uncertainty, most established global engine, equipment

Global engine production by region continues to shift, with Asia-Pacific now representing 51% of global engine production.

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of new fuel technology products to be driven by global energy trends. Excite-ment related to natural gas powered engines has increased across all re-gions. We expect production and con-version to natural gas engines to dou-ble with infrastructure improvements in the next five years but this is still not a major threat to diesel engines.

Engine Production ForecastsLet’s take a look at production fore-

casts by slicing the global market by fuel types, power range and displacement.

For engines greater than 2.0 L, the global market growth rate remains rela-tively modest over the next five years across all segments. No major volume growth overall but expect shifts to higher power bands and fuel technologies.

Production by region also continues to shift evenly. Asia-Pacific now repre-sents 51% of global engine production.

and components manufacturers have been reconfiguring their business strategies to focus on improving op-erational efficiencies and in particular improvements to their supply chain to create a more holistic view of de-mand, supply and capacity. They aim to improve inventory, lower costs and serve end customers faster.

As examples, Cummins recently announced that a company-wide supply chain initiative had already reduced costs by 50 base points and achieved good savings in their logistics and warehousing. Earlier this year, Caterpillar announced a restructure with the development of the Caterpillar Enterprise Sys-tem Group. This brings together their critical processes and sup-port groups, including suppliers, to further improve their manufacturing and supply chain capabilities world-wide. Donaldson, the filtration man-

ufacturer, announced an investment of US$64 million to standardize their processes and IT systems world-wide to better support its custom-ers. These companies are develop-ing a flexible, agile value chain and getting closer to their end markets. These are smart moves to continue to achieve profitable growth.

So is it just a numbers game or are we expecting any new excit-ing technology developments? We have seen emissionized products launched in the mature markets and these will be introduced in develop-ing and mature markets in line with government legislation. We are now also seeing global engine models being manufactured in multiple lo-cations. Product planners continue designing products to improve fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide output across all segments.

We are expecting the introduction continued on page 28

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Global Diesel Engine Production (By Segment)

Engine Manufacturer Parent (majority share-holder) Alcohol Diesel Gasoline Natural

Gas/LPG

Honda Motor Company Ltd. 0% 1% 99% 0.1%

Briggs & Stratton Corporation 0% 0% 100% 0.19%

Toyota Motor Corporation 0% 12% 88% 0.27%

China South Industries Group Corp. (CSGC) 0% 0% 100% 0%

General Motors Corporation 3% 12% 88% 0.33%

Hero Group 0% 0% 100% 0%

Volkswagen AG 0% 36% 64% 0.2%

Yamaha Motor Company 0% 0% 100% 0%

Ford Motor Company 0% 21% 78% 0.6%

Suzuki Motor Corporation 0% 1% 99% 0.12%

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If you slice the global market volumes by all fuel types, it is primarily dominated by the high-volume gaso-line engine suppliers and is becom-ing more concentrated. The global top 10 engine manufacturers mainly produce high-volume, gasoline-pow-ered products for passenger cars, motorcycles, lawn and garden and recreational products. The natural gas/LPG options represent less than 1% of their total range and diesel-powered options are mainly offered in the European passenger car and light-duty market.

Honda is the global market leader in unit terms, primarily with gaso-line engines, and its future looks bright. Its global forecasts for 2014 show the company expects sales of motorcycles to increase by 15.7% (11 million units), passenger cars by 7.7% (3.67 million units) and power products by 2.1% (6.2 mil-lion units). Honda’s success can be mainly attributed to their extensive global footprint. This allows them to provide products to meet local mar-ket conditions.

All of these players have been af-fected by the downturn in their prima-

three players — China Yitou Group, Caterpillar and Deere — are neck and neck in unit terms. In the on-highway medium- and heavy-truck market, Cummins now leads with Hong Leong Asia and Daimler.

In the diesel market, we expect competitive rivalries to intensify as market participants continue to seek ways to grow in related markets with low-risk strategies. Manufacturers who can balance profitable global growth in related markets with col-laborative relationships will succeed.

The outlook for 2014 and beyond remains slightly more optimistic. We are predicting rather unexcit-ing prospects in unit terms, but the changing global landscape, po-litical and economic conditions will continue to provide opportunities for manufacturers to achieve profit-able growth.

Power Systems Research has tracked manufacturers’ performance versus the industry average and Dow Jones index. In our opinion, companies that base their invest-ment decisions and strategic growth plans on factual data have been more sure-footed in executing their strategies for sustainable profitable growth. dpi

Global Diesel Engine Production (By Segment) (2.0 L And Above)

Segment 2003-2008 prerecession 2013-2018*

Agricultural 12% 4%

Construction 12% 3%

Industrial 6% 4%

Lawn And Garden 5% 1%

Light Commercial Vehicles 4% 7%

Marine Auxiliary 0% 2%

Marine Propulsion 1% 3%

Medium And Heavy Vehicles 9% 4%

Minivans And SUVs 6% 11%

Passenger Cars -1% 9%

Power Generation 11% 4%

Railway 3% 2%

Total 6% 6%

Source: EnginlinkTM ALL FUEL TYPES Power Systems Research

Prior to the recession, agricultural and construction were the biggest markets for diesel engines above 2.0 L. In the next few years, that is likely to shift to passenger and light commercial vehicles.

The top 10 engine manufacturers mainly produce high-volume gasoline engines for passenger cars, motorcycles, lawn and garden and recreational products.

ry passenger car, recreational and light-duty markets, so we may ex-pect some related diversification into other segments.

Finally, let’s take a look at the key players in the diesel market greater than 2.0 L.

Cummins leads, followed closely by Toyota, Ford, Isuzu and Daimler. In the off-highway segment, the top

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What others are saying …Some additional perspectives on the

state of the economy and the equipment industry in 2014.

José Antonio Vicente, direc-tor of Zaragoza Exhibition Center, which will host The International Show of Public Works, Con-struction and Mining Machinery (SMOPYC), in April:

Klaus Winkler, CEO of the Heller Group, a German supplier of machin-ing center-based manufacturing solu-tions for the engine and powertrain industries worldwide:

“In all markets worldwide we are observing that investors are somewhat hesitant to make investment decisions.

This applies to North and South America, but also to the Asian market. Companies in China implemented ambitious growth plans with their investment decisions in recent years and now need to generate growth to ensure utilization of these newly created production ca-pacities. However, this may happen very quickly consider-ing the fact that the Chinese automobile industry has by far the highest growth rates worldwide. Soon, the Chinese may also succeed in entering other Asian markets.

“Heller has been exporting to India since 1954. The growth of the population alone suggests enormous potential for In-dia and with that for investments in the economy. However, the country is also dealing with massive structural problems and recently clearly missed the growth targets it had set for itself. Machine tool consumption in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia has grown. We will continue to target this market, but other Asian markets could provide greater potential in the short and medium term.

“At the same time, we succeeded in increasing our ex-port volume to Eastern Europe. Basically, the balance in Europe in terms of consumption of capital goods will con-tinue to shift from West to East. Despite great uncertainty, Russia holds enormous potential for our business in the medium term.”

“I think we have to be opti-mistic, yet realistic and pro-active. An economic recov-ery is now being discussed

in many arenas, but the building industry doesn’t have the same outlook. In fact, the latest forecasts by Euroconstruct for construction in our country suggest no signs of move-ment until 2015. However, it is also true that until then de-cline will be more gradual and not as sharp, although the numbers are still in the red.

“Some experts believe that the sector has already hit rock bottom and that the market in new machinery sales cannot fall much farther, so by late 2013 there might be a shift in this trend. Another widespread opinion is that this crisis will serve to harness and boost productivity, with greater specialization in machinery and a search for lower fuel consumption.” dpi

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Cummins has opened the company’s largest high-horsepower engine plant at the Cummins Megasite in Phaltan

in the Indian state of Maharashtra.The plant will build the QSK 23 Tier

1 and 2 engines and is expected to produce 3000 units per year initially. If demand grows beyond that level, the facility can be expanded to increase production with minimal investment, the company said.

Production of the QSK 23 series in-house — which was being imported from Komatsu Ltd., Japan — further consolidates Cummins’ manufactur-ing capabilities for markets across the globe, the company said.

The plant will also manufacture QSK 23 Tier 4 and QSK 60 engines that will comply with the 2015 emissions norms. This entire range caters to the power generation, mining, industrial, construction, and oil and gas sectors, in the domestic and global markets.

The advanced, lean manufactur-ing facility spans an area of nearly

160,000 m2 and includes engine as-sembly, testing, painting and machining.

Carraro Invests In IndiaCarraro Group officially opened the

new Carraro Technologies India Re-search and Development Centre and a new production line for Carraro In-dia, in Pune, India.

“Once again India has confirmed our most optimistic expectations,” said En-rico Carraro, chairman of the Carraro Group. “When we started with Carraro India, in 1998, we had only sensed the potential of this area. Today, with over 1100 employees and a constantly ex-panding customer base, it is a certainty.”

The new R&D center covers an area of 1200 m2, over twice the size of the initial premises when Carraro Technologies India opened in Pune in 2006. The new facility will house twice the current number of 50 employees and will be equipped with a training room, a room for the disassembly and study of axles and transmissions and a 100-seat auditorium.

Carraro Technologies represents 45% of the capacity of Carraro Drive Tech’s Engineering and Innovation Drivelines global team. That percent-

age, the company said, will further in-crease. Carraro Technologies supports the entire Carraro Group, which in-cludes a team dedicated to the Agritalia projects on the development of tractor construction parts, and the Santerno team for inverters for industrial applica-tions and photovoltaic parks in the In-dian subcontinent.

At the same time, a new production line for the most innovative range of Carraro transmissions up to 88 kW had been inaugurated by Carraro India at the same site. The production line is equipped with product bench testing systems and will produce locally the entire new T10 range of Carraro trans-missions for agricultural applications. The T10 transmission will be marketed in versions with 12 speeds forwards/ reverse and 24 speeds forward/reverse, in three configurations — Mechanical, Power Hi-Lo and Power Reverser.

The different options are en-abled by a modular architecture and each is preset for electronic control option. The T10 is a compact unit that is meant not only for open-field tractors, but also for special utility applications.

- Roberta Prandi

Cummins Opens HigH-HOrsepOwer engine plant

This is the new production line at Carraro India in Pune for the T10 transmission line. It is equipped with product bench-testing systems.

T.C. Malhotra is a technical journalist based in Dehli, India. His e-mail is tc_malhotra@ rediffmail.com

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A New Boss From Ashok Leyland

Ashok Leyland has launched the Boss, an intermediate commercial vehicle (ICV) the company said is de-signed to combine the strength and ruggedness of a truck with the com-fort of a car.

Manufactured at the company’s larg-est plant in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand state, the Boss is being launched in two versions — the LE and LX — and is aimed in the haulage segment with 9.6, 11.9 and 12.9 tonne gross vehicle weights (GVW).

“Manufactured on a modern and efficient chassis line and a state-of-the-art cab line using robotic pro-cesses and with unmatched comfort features, we have made every invest-ment to ensure that the Boss deliv-ers on quality, durability and reliabil-ity,” said Vinod K. Dasari, managing director of Ashok Leyland. “We are confident of making significant head-way in the fast-growing ICV market with the new Boss.

“Specifically engineered to meet evolving customer expectations in the areas of performance, comfort and reliability, the Boss promises to make our customers more profitable by of-fering them a tailor-made product so-lution to meet their needs and certain-ly will be a game changer for them.”

The Boss LE is powered by an 89.5 kW H-series BS3 diesel en-gine by Ashok Leyland. The engine, which utilizes an inline fuel injection pump, is teamed with a six-speed overdrive gearbox.

The Boss LX has an automated manual transmission (AMT) designed to eliminate the need for clutch op-eration and gear shifting. The AMT will help provide better fuel efficiency along with better driver comfort, the company said. The LX is powered by an Ashok Leyland 97 kW common rail diesel engine.

Bosch Breaks GroundBosch Limited has broken ground

on a new 392,545 m2 plant in Bidadi in South Indian state of Karnataka. The new Bidadi facility will house the production of several components of diesel fuel injection systems.

“This move to relocate our exist-ing manufacturing plant in Bangalore area from Adugodi to Bidadi under-lines our commitment to India and especially to the state of Karnataka,” said Dr. Steffen Berns, managing di-rector, Bosch Limited. “The develop-

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ing industrial area in Bidadi will offer larger space and better infrastructure support for our future expansion.

“Though the current business situ-ation is tough, this move will help us cater to the growing business needs of the Indian market in the long term.”

The company is investing over E298,387 million for the initial devel-opment of the facility. The plant is ex-pected to start production by the third quarter of 2015, with relocation of around 850 employees. dpi

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Implementation of Stage 4 emissions regulations is bringing changes to manufacturers and machine users

By Ian CameronEditor’s Note: Perhaps more than

any previous diesel emissions stag-es, the upcoming implementation of EU Stage 4 represents a milestone. They are the last regulations currently scheduled for implementation and are the culmination of billions in research and engineering. While resulting in the cleanest diesel engines ever, the new regulations will also bring new costs and new maintenance practices to the equipment industry. This interview with Peter Engdahl, engine performance engineering manager at Volvo Con-struction Equipment, and the articles that follow are intended to present per-spectives on the changes Stage 4 may bring to manufacturers and end users.

DPI: Will your EU Stage 4 equip-ment be significantly different from the Stage 3b models, and which tech-nologies have been added to achieve Stage 4 compliance?

Peter Engdahl: Yes. Volvo Construc-tion Equipment (Volvo CE) Tier 4 final/Stage 4 engines now incorporate se-lective catalytic reduction (SCR) tech-nology to meet the lower nitrogen ox-ide (NOx) limit. SCR uses an injection of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF in the US) or AdBlue (Europe) into the exhaust gas flow to convert NOx to nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

The new legislation states that NOx levels must be reduced from the cur-rent Tier 4 interim/Stage 3b levels of 2.0 to 0.4 g/kWh — representing an 80% decrease.

DPI: What is the impact on the machine cost for Stage 4 equipment compared to previous models?

Peter Engdahl: All manufacturers have to apply new, additional technol-

Peter Engdahl: Volvo CE’s Tier 4 final/Stage 4 machines will bring sig-nificant benefits to customers and to the environment. The new technology was developed with a strong customer focus. Customer requirements such as machine uptime in all operating conditions, fuel efficiency and ease of operation will be met with the Volvo solution. Machine owners will benefit from up to 5% total fluid cost reduction (fuel plus DEF/AdBlue) compared to Tier 4 interim/Stage 3b fuel expenses.

The fully automatic diesel particulate filter (DPF) system has been rede-signed to incorporate passive regener-ation. Passive regeneration takes place regularly at low exhaust temperatures to oxidize particulate matter.

ogy that will inevitably add some cost to the end product. On the other hand, as well as adding technology, Volvo CE has also removed components used to meet the Tier 4 interim /Stage 3b regulations. This, together with a strong focus on price, has helped to keep costs low.

The total cost of ownership will be influenced by various factors, includ-ing machine purchase price, reduced fuel consumption and application.

DPI: What is the reaction of your customers to the prospect of buying new Stage 4 machine models? Do you see the possibility of a slowdown in sales, with customers keeping their equipment longer?

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Additionally, every 500 hours, par-ticulate matter is incinerated at high temperatures via reset regeneration. Both processes take place without interrupting machine operation, per-formance and productivity; no inter-vention from the operator is needed. Feedback from customers who have tested the machines is excellent.

DPI: What has been the major chal-lenge for manufacturers in achieving the new emissions levels?

Peter Engdahl: Volvo CE’s Tier 4 final/Stage 4 engines have benefited from more than 25 000 hours of testing in articulated haulers, wheel loaders and excavators, as well as in engine test benches. Prototype testing has also been done in subzero tempera-tures, extreme heat and at high alti-tudes. The Volvo Group is among the world’s largest manufacturers of diesel engines in the 9 to 18 L range for both on-road and off-road operation.

Volvo CE is in the fortunate posi-tion to have the strength of the Volvo Group behind it and all the benefits of shared technology; SCR has been used by Volvo Trucks since 2005. Vol-vo CE capitalized on the experience within the Volvo Group and the mil-lions of hours of real-world testing the technology has already been through. This helped engineers adapt the so-

lution for construction equipment and ensure it functioned with the required performance and reliability levels in all the applications, climates and en-vironments Volvo CE customers oper-ate in.

DPI: In achieving Stage 4 compli-ance, did you choose to change any of your major component suppliers?

Peter Engdahl: As part of the Volvo Group, Volvo CE was able to use ex-isting component suppliers in the ma-jority of cases.

DPI: Does the implementation of new emissions reduction technology have an impact on the vehicle maintenance?

Peter Engdahl: The biggest impact is that the machine operator needs to fill DEF/AdBlue in parallel to refueling the machine. The reduction agent us-age corresponds to approximately 5% of the diesel usage. To maintain maxi-mum uptime, the tank sizes are perfect-ly matched so that refueling can take place simultaneously. As with the diesel tank, a gauge on the dashboard informs operators of the reduction agent levels.

Service intervals will remain un-changed. The SCR system will add some service points while the removal of Tier 4 interim/Stage 3b technology will eliminate others. dpi

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A YeAr Into The NexT STage

Swedish manufacturer has more than 4000 operating hours on wheel loader with Scania Stage 4 diesel

By Bo SvenSSon

While the Stage 4 diesel engine emissions regula-tions have yet to be imple-mented, most equipment

manufacturers have spent more than a little time learning the ins and outs of the engine and aftertreatment tech-nology. One example is Sweden’s Ljungby Maskin, a niche manufacturer of wheel loaders, producing about 200 machines a year, according to Rune Andersson, inventor, founder and owner of the company.

“Speaking about Stage 4, we have had one of our front loaders in op-eration with a Scania Stage 4 engine since December 2012,” Andersson said. “To date it has accumulated over 4000 hours of operation.”

The loader in question is a Ljungby Maskin L25, which is equipped with Scania’s DC 13 engine, a 13 L diesel rated 300 kW. The engine is teamed with a ZF Ergopower WG310 trans-mission and ZF AP420 axles.

The Stage 4/Tier 4 final engine in-corporates variable geometry turbo-charging, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), a diesel oxidation catalyst

which improves the efficiency of the SCR catalyst at low temperatures. Despite more components, we have not had any major design problems in getting the new engines in place.”

While the Volvo engine powers the L25 — at 25.5 to 28.5 tonnes and buck-et capacities of 4.2 to 5.5 m3 the sec-ond largest machine in the company’s loader range — Andersson said smaller machines would use different diesels.

“For our smaller front loaders, we will use Stage 4 engines from AGCO Power,” he said. “It will be two six- cylinder engines with 6.6 and 7.4 L cylinder volumes, respectively. And we are already working with the installation of these engines.”

Andersson said he was uncertain how customers would react to the new machines and whether there could be a slowdown in the purchase of new equip-ment because of the higher cost and complexity. But he did note that cities and local municipalities were typically keener about using the latest and most environmentally friendly machines.

Understanding that most manufac-turers were not happy about having to meet the new standards, Anders-son said, “For my company it has not been a discussion, but just to accept that this is the legislation and to make sure, that our products would meet the new environmental requirements.”

Ljungby Maskin does not expect any particular issues with the new Stage 4 engines and does not see significant changes in machine service intervals, Andersson said. dpi

(DOC) and selective catalytic reduc-tion (SCR). Because of the emissions-reduction efficiency of the Scania system, there is no requirement for particulate filters. This, Andersson noted, means fewer parts, less bulk and lower costs.

Andersson estimates that the fuel consumption of the new Stage 4 engine has dropped by around 10% in compari-son with an earlier Stage 3a engine.

“The Scania Stage 4 engine differs a bit from their Stage 3b engine, which was also equipped with SCR, but not EGR,” Andersson said. “For Stage 4 the turbocharger with variable geom-etry is new.

“The Stage 4 engine also has a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC),

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Industry PersPectIvesLjungby Maskin has tested an L25 loader with a Scania Stage 4 diesel engine for more than a year and has accumulated more than 4000 operating hours.

While it incorporates more component technologies than previous engines, Ljungby Maskin said that there were no significant packaging issues with the Scania DC 13 Stage 4 engine, nor will ser-vice intervals be greatly affected.

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A HArvest Of Lower emissions

European manufacturer Rottne testing Deere engines in Stage 4 forestry equipment prototype

By Bo SvenSSon

Earlier this year, Swedish forest-ry equipment specialist Rottne Industri AB unveiled the proto-type of its first Stage 4/Tier 4

final machine and since then has been in full-scale testing.

The new Rottne H21D forest harvester is available in either six- or eight-wheel configurations and incorporates a new hydrostatic transmission with a very high tractive force. The machine also has also a new generation of bucking system called Forester that incorpo-rates improved software according to the new StanForD 2010 standards. The company said it has also improved cab swiveling and leveling, providing softer turning movements and a larger angle of rotation (±90°).

“The H21D is really adapted for big wood, with a new stronger loader that has higher lifting and slewing torque,” said Roland Axelsson, sales manager export, Rottne Industri. “The harvester head is also upgraded and to be able to use this to the full extent, the hydraulic system is equipped with two pumps.”

Powering the new machine is a John Deere 6090HFC09 Power Tech PSS engine, a 9.0 L diesel rated 227 kW at 1700 r/min with maximum torque of

mands how to place components, temperature, length of exhaust tubes, etc.

“For a forest harvester, it is important to maintain visibility, maintenance/service, and heat management in the engine compartment. We also try not to change other key components like the cabin due to cost and regulations/testing.”

While SCR is new to the Rottne machines, it is not new to the market, Axelsson noted, as other manufactures have used it for years. John Deere said that total fluid consumption with Stage 4 engines should be positive when compared to Stage 3B and estimated average fuel consumption for the H21D should be 16 to18 L/hr.

“A rough estimate of a possible price increase for the Stage 4 compared to earlier models is 2 to 3%,” Axelsson said. “We are also trying to add value to the customer, for example through a quieter fan solution.”

While the price increase is not espe-cially large, Axelsson allowed that “there is a skepticism to new technology.”

“But as long as the quality and the function of the engine is really good, the customer will be satisfied,” Axels-son said. “The customer would like to care as little as possible about the en-gine. We do not think it will slow down the sales as long as we can add things that are a benefit for the customer.

“Regarding a possible impact of the new engines on the service time and cost, we try to avoid this, but there are a lot more components in the same area and consequently less open space. It might be a bit harder to change some components, but it should still be possible.”

Rottne said production of the H21D will start in early 2014 and the first units will be delivered in the early fall. dpi

1351 Nm torque at 1600 r/min. The en-gine is equipped with a system of diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter (DOC/DPF), as well as a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system.

“At R&D we are now working with installing Tier 4 engines in our medium range of harvesters and forwarders using John Deere engine 6068HFC08 Power Tech PVS Tier 4 (FT4),” Axels-son said. “Prototypes will be tested in the spring 2014 and the first units to be delivered by the end of 2014.

“The Stage 4 base engine is very much like a stage 3b engine. We are adding the SCR/AdBlue technology to EU Stage 4 models compared to Stage 3b. The major challenge we have is to find the space to integrate all the exhaust aftertreatment equip-ment and keep the machine concept intact. There are a lot of different de-

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Rottne AB has been testing a prototype of its H21D forest harvester, the com-pany’s first Stage 4 machine.

The Rottne H21D forest harvest-er is powered by a John Deere 6090HFC09 Power Tech PSS engine rated 227 kW at 1700 r/min. The en-gine is equipped with a diesel oxida-tion catalyst and diesel particulate filter as well as a selective catalytic reduction system.

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Ensuring sparks Don’t Fly

Eminox develops new spark arrestor designed to meet ATEX explosive environment standards

By Ian Cameron

The danger of explosions caused by sparks emitted from vehicles operating in potentially danger-ous environments is an ever-

present hazard in several industries. Vehicles working in mining, in dusty or gaseous environments or at oil refiner-ies rely on highly specialized spark ar-restors as part of a complete exhaust system that must be type approved and meet safety and legal requirements.

Across European Union countries and beyond, strict legislation means access by vehicles into such environ-ments is tightly controlled and they must meet the requirements of the ATEX Directive — the name given for the two European directives for con-trolling explosive atmospheres. Meet-ing ATEX requirements places signifi-cant demands on the manufacturers and operators of vehicles working in hazardous environments.

Many traditional spark arrestors are relatively long — sometimes up to at least 800 mm — and can cause

The range of engine applications covered by a single arrestor covers power levels from 41 to 657 kW and the use of multiple arresters increases this range.

A key feature of the new arrestor is the use of a cyclonic action that sepa-rates incandescent (glowing) particles from the gas stream and holds them until they are extinguished before be-ing released from the exhaust. The cyclonic action also causes the attri-tion of the hot carbon particles, thus reducing their size and leaving them unable to transport enough energy to ignite an explosive atmosphere.

“The principle of the operation is that the heated gas comes into the arrestors and the incandescent par-ticles spin around the outside edges of it until they extinguish,” said Jack Smith, an Eminox research and devel-opment engineer. “Particles will come out of the end, but the operator can be confident they are quenched.

“When designing the arrestor, the

a significant buildup of backpressure in the exhaust system, which can in-crease fuel consumption. Exhaust and emissions engineering specialist Eminox — which has been supplying spark arrestors to OEMs since 1980 and recently moved into a new, larger factory in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England — has unveiled a new com-pact, stainless-steel spark arrestor that it said is 45% smaller in size (around 388 mm) compared with conventional arrestors. Along with being smaller and simpler to package on a vehicle, it also reduces backpressure by an average of 22%, which reduces fuel costs, the company said. At 6.5 kg, the new mod-el is 40% lighter than existing arrestors.

Furthermore, the company said the new arrestor reduces flow-generated noise that may avoid the use of a sepa-rate silencer or which can be combined with an existing silencer. The unit is self-cleaning and can be either horizon-tally or vertically mounted which offers a more versatile installation, Eminox said.

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aim was also to reduce the backpres-sure and the size. But if the arrestor is too small it will throttle the exhaust and it will ramp up the backpressure. Within the arrestor there are two back-up plates and a central disc to keep the particles spinning round.”

Smith added that a crucial aspect of the development work was “to exam-ine how long the particles remained incandescent and therefore a danger.”

“We found that the particle burn time depends on many factors such as velocity, size, the oxygen level in the exhaust, engine condition and degrees of turbulence within the ex-haust,” Smith said. “We did a lot of re-search to work out how long the par-ticles would stay alight in the exhaust system and knew it would be quite a task to keep them spinning in such a compact unit before they could be safely extinguished.”

The company said it relied heavily on the use of computational fluid dy-namics (CFD) during the development program. “We used various testing methods and a high-speed camera to validate the gas flow and replicate that flow in a CFD model,” Smith said. “The benefits of using CFD were substan-tial. It helped us to predict high and low areas of backpressure and also to work out particle residence time in the arrestor especially as the particle sizes varied. We could also work out which way the particles were travel-ing, where they were collecting and what velocity was needed in which area of the arrestor.

“For the validation testing we did a lot of work to make sure the arrestor func-tioned under all engine conditions. We used a particularly dirty 1988 Leyland Olympian double-decker bus, fitted with a Gardener 6LXB engine and which usefully does not have a turbo. The en-gine has to ingest a lot of carbon parti-cles to generate sparks and a turbo can break these particles or get damaged.”

Type approval was with an even older engine, Smith said, a Deutz A12L614, V12 16.45 L locomotive die-sel that was made around 1954. dpi

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Karch New CEO At Putzmeister

The Supervisory Board of Putzmeis-ter has appointed Gerald Karch as chief executive offi-cer of the company. He succeeds Nor-bert Scheuch, who left the company by mutual agreement

after four years on Aug. 31.Karch joined Putzmeister at the end of

2008 and was appointed to the manage-ment board in early 2010. In addition to the CEO position, he will also be appointed to the board of Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., the parent company of Putzmeister.

New Leadership At Emitec Emitec founder and CEO Wolfgang

Maus has retired after 27 years at the helm of the Germany-based specialist in metal substrates for exhaust gas cata-lysts and metallic diesel particulate fil-ters. He has been succeeded as CEO by Berthold Curtius, who worked for BMW for 21 years and held management roles in development, production, quality and finance. Curtius specialized in engines and drivetrains as drivetrain project man-ager and engine works manager, and was responsible for the planning of the first BMW plant in China.

Maus began his career at the Siemens’ subsidiary Interatom, a high-tech manu-facturer of prototype nuclear reactors. He founded Emitec in Lohmar, near Cologne, in 1986. He will still serve Emitec in an ad-visory capacity.

New CEO For Brazil’s Soprano

Soprano, a hy-draulic component specialist based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, announced that Jaime Vergani is the new CEO. He is responsible for executing the

guidelines proposed by the company’s executive committee, following the strat-egies and the vision of the company, gov-ernance and management. Vergani spent more than 30 years at Grupo Randon, a vehicle and implements manufacturer.

Sterne New Senior VP At Concentric

Dermot Sterne has been appointed se-nior vice president for Europe and other regions at Concentric, with responsibility for operations in the U.K., Sweden, Ger-many, China and India, as well as the sales operations in France, Italy and Korea. He replaces Wim Goossens, who will leave the company at the end of the year to pur-sue other interests.

Sterne began his career with Ford under the company’s graduate development pro-gram. He has also worked for companies such as Johnson Controls, Stadco and, most recently, as managing director of Wrightbus.

Bischof New Marketing Director At Linde

Linde Hydraulics has named Chris-tian Bischof direc-tor of Marketing and Corporate Commu-nications. He suc-ceeds Elke Karnar-ski, who was in the position for nearly a decade and took a

new role at Linde Material Handling.Bischof will be responsible globally for

the company’s marketing communica-tions and public relations, strategic mar-keting, as well as product marketing and documentation. He reports to Thorsten Van der Tuuk, member of the Linde Hy-draulics management board and executive vice president Sales, Marketing, Research & Development.

Bischof first served a number of years in Linde Hydraulics’ Business Development, then became head of Market Intelligence, a department that was successfully estab-lished by him and will be integrated into his new responsibility as well.

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Fiat Industrial named Vilmar Fis-tarol the compa-ny’s new president for Latin America. He succeeds Mar-co Mazzu, who has left the company. Fistarol will also be the president of

Iveco in Latin America for an undeter-mined time.

Fistarol was the CEO of purchasing at the Fiat Group and head of group purchas-

ing Fiat/Chrysler for Latin America. He has been at Fiat since 1991.

Muyard New GM For Volvo Group Singapore

Volvo Group Singapore has appointed Valery Muyard as general manager. He succeeded Mark Gabel, who became business director for Volvo Construction Equipment Indonesia.

Muyard has been with the Volvo Group Singapore for 13 years in various posi-tions with Volvo Trucks, UD Trucks, Renault Trucks and Volvo Construction Equipment. He most recently was vice president of Af-termarket Commercial & Retail Operations of Volvo Group Thailand.

New VP At Mercedes-Benz do Brasil

Hetal Laligi has been named vice president of the Financing and Con-trolling Department at Mercedes-Benz do Bra-sil. Laligi has worked for Daimler Group for 20 years, with stints in Ger-many, Singapore and Brazil. Between 2000

and 2004, he was the assistant to the com-pany’s Latin American CEO and from January 2011 until August, he was the sales controlling director at the automobile division in Germany.

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Deere & Co. announced it would invest approximately US$40 million to create the capac-ity for manufacturing its John

Deere 8R tractors at the company’s fac-tory in Montenegro, Brazil. Deere builds several other tractors at that site, but none in the high-horsepower range of the 8R.

Deere currently manufactures 8R tractors in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.A., and will continue to do so for markets around the world. The company said it expects to be producing the machines in Brazil by late 2015.

“Our customers in Brazil are in-vesting in higher-horsepower tractors in the range offered by the 8R mod-el,” said Mark Von Pentz, president, Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division, Deere & Co. “Our decision to manu-facture the 8R in Montenegro should allow the machine to be eligible for FINAME financing, the public program that targets investment in Brazil’s eco-nomic development.”

According to the Brazilian vehicle and equipment industry association, ANFAVEA, Deere sold 9580 tractors in the first half of the year, an increase of 25.6% compared to 2012.

Alfredo Miguel Neto, Deere’s direc-tor of Corporate Affairs for Latin Amer-ica, said that strong domestic demand was responsible for the investment. “Initially, the production focus of the tractor 8R will be the domestic mar-ket,” Neto said.

“The company believes Brazil has a fundamental role in the mission of doubling food production by 2050,

when the planet population will be 9 billion people. Since 2000, Deere has invested more than US$2 billion in its Brazilian activities. Montenegro is one of the most modern facilities in the world, with excellent productivity levels, besides being strategic for the company’s growth in Latin America.”

Deere has been in Brazil since 1979, when it invested in a joint ven-ture there. In 2008, it announced its decision to construct the Montenegro factory in order to increase its tractor capacity in the country.

LS Tractor Opens Facility In Brazil

South Korean tractor builder LS Trac-tor opened its Brazilian plant, located in Garuva city, Santa Catarina state, in October. The project started in 2010 and involved an investment of more than US$68 million, the company said.

When the project began, the expec-tation was to invest US$30 million and open 12 shops in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, said James Yoo, president of LS Tractor in Brazil. “We also foresaw the achievement of 14% of the market of medium- and high-horse-power tractors up to 2017,” he said.

John Deere said it would start building its 8R tractors in Brazil in 2015.

Deere To BuilD 8r TracTors in Brazil

LS Tractor opened a factory in Brazil this year, its first plant

outside of Asia.

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south AmericAnotebookLS Tractor is already working in eight Brazilian states with 24 dealers, and the investments to support the new demand is expected to reach US$40 million, the company said. The plant currently covers 60,000 m2.

“Our project will possibly reach its initial goal one year before the fore-cast,” Yoo said.

The first models to be manufactured will be from 60 to 75 kW and will be available through the FINAME financial loan program. The target is to manu-facture 5000 units a year and generate 100 direct and 1000 indirect jobs.

This is the first LS Mtron plant out-side of Asia.

Iveco Launches Premium Truck In Brazil

Iveco has launched its Stralis Hi-Way premium line of extra-heavy trucks in Brazil. Chosen as the Inter-national Truck Of The Year for 2013 in Europe, the vehicle will go to market in three power ratings: 338, 353 and 412 kW. The company already offers extra-heavy options in the country, but this is its first premium model category.

“The arrival of Iveco Hi-Way in the Brazilian market strengthens our com-mitment of investing in the country

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and manufacturing at Sete Lagoas plant the best and most advanced products,” said Marco Mazzu, presi-dent, Fiat Industrial Latin America. “The acceptance in Europe is the big-gest guarantee of the product’s qual-ity, already tested and adapted to the local market specifications.”

The Hi-Way is manufactured in Sete Lagoas city, Minas Gerais state. Origi-nally produced in Spain, the truck is the result of a US$435 million investment. Iveco added another US$43 million to that amount to manufacture the vehicle in Brazil, said the company.

“Hi-Way has been the star of Iveco’s

range since it started offering long distance options in 2004, with the ar-rival of the Stralis in Brazil,” Mazzu said. “This way, we will be present in all tracks of the segment, always with highly competitive products.”

The vehicle is available in 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 versions.

New Trucks For Brazil From MAN

MAN Latin America has a new line of trucks for Brazil. The extra-heavy range is complemented by the new Volkswagen Constellation, equipped

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productbriefs Automatic Paralleling Module

Kohler Generators has introduced a new auto-matic paralleling module (APM) designed to al-low single-phase paralleling of its 14 and 20 kW automatic standby generators. The Kohler Power-Sync APM targets homes and small businesses and is engineered to assure constant power with increased loads for critical electronics.

Kohler said the module is among the first of its kind to automatically synchronize two generators to provide an added layer of redundancy to power critical electronics if one is out of service. It also

automatically connects the second generator to expand capacity when electrical loads increase.

The PowerSync APM is compatible with the Kohler 14RESA and 20RESA gen-sets equipped with the RDC2 controller, as well as with the company’s residential generator accessories, including the RXT transfer switch, Load Control Module and load shed kits, Programmable Interface Module and the OnCue Generator Management System.

www.kohlergenerators.com

Position SensorGerman sensing

technology specialist ASM has launched a new tape extension position sensor. The new model WB61 sensor incorporates a durable plastic

housing that complies with the requirements of IP67 pro-tection rating, the company said.

While the WB61 sensor is designed to be compact, it of-fers a measuring length of 4 m. Like the larger sensors in the ASM range, the WB61 provides three analog and three digital inputs (SSI, CANopen, CAN SAE J1939), has the op-tion of a redundant design and a linearity of ±0.10%.

ASM said that tape extension sensors work best where multiple pulleys are required, such as in crane applications as well as excavators, forklifts, hoists and lifting equipment.

www.asmsensors.com

Iveco has introduced its Stralis Hi-Way premium line of extra-heavy trucks in Brazil.

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with a Cummins ISL diesel engine rated 313 kW.

“The products come to feed a very important demand of the market,” said Ricardo Alouche, MAN Latin America vice president. “They rein-force the concept of custom-made and the concern of the company to offer complete and efficient products to its customers.”

The company also announced the investment of US$5 million to increase the capacity of the assembly line in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The move is expected to double MAN’s production capacity from eight to 16 units per shift. This added production is expected to be primarily MAN TGX models, microbuses and new projects.

MAN also celebrated the milestone of 50 000 MAN D08 engines manufac-tured in Brazil in the 20 months since production began.

New Sprayer From New HollandAmong New Holland’s recent

launches in Brazil is the SP2500 sprayer. The main advantage of the product is that it is factory-ready for precision agriculture items such as

autosteer and boom section control, the company said.

“The SP2500 is full of technologi-cal innovations, which has passed through several strict tests of valida-tion, in different terrains and regions in Brazil,” said Douglas Santos, New Holland product specialist. “It is ready to attend the requirements and expec-tations of the Brazilian producer.”

The new sprayer has a 50/50 weight distribution. The tank is located in the center of the machine for less ground compaction, the company said.

Research into the new sprayer began in 2008, and it was a collective work be-tween the United States and Brazil. In South America, the engineers involved in the machine are in São Paulo.

“It’s important to highlight that the sprayer SP2500 is entirely manufac-tured in Brazil,” Santos said. “New Hol-land is proud to offer a national product with so much quality and technological differentials.”

Pla Plans For GrowthPla, an Argentinean company that

specializes in sprayers, announced goals to triple its market share in Bra-zil in 2014. The company has 2% of the market. Within three years it ex-pects to reach 7%.

The forecast was made by Pla do Brasil Sales Director Renato Silva. Present in the country since 2004, with a plant in Canoas city, Rio Grande do Sul state, the goal is to manufacture 120 sprayers at the facility in 2014, with 80% of those shipped with precision farming technology already included.

For the first quarter of 2014, the target is to expand the portfolio by 37% with three new products. Brazil has 25 authorized dealers.

“In 2016 we want to manufacture 250 in the country,” Silva said. The plant’s production capacity is 320 ma-chines a year.

In Argentina, Pla’s plant is located in Las Rosas city, 100 km from Rosário. It manufactures 400 to 500 sprayers a year. The brand has a 38% local market share, the company said. “Our goal in Argentina is to keep the share between 35 and 40%,” Silva said.

Pla has eight sprayer models, from towed units to self-propelled ma-chines with engines rated 161 kW. Spray tank capacities range from 700 to 3500 L.

The 2013 launch for the region was a sprayer with a carbon fiber boom designed to provide weight reduction as well as impact resistance. It also allows Pla to surpass the maximum limit of 32 m for booms made from the carbon steel.

With a 36 m boom, the sprayer can cover an area of approximately 650 hectares a day and increase produc-tivity by 20% over steel booms, the company said.

Some strategies were changed after Grupo Pampa Capital became part of Pla in 2010. “Before that, our goal was to sell big sprayers to the center-west region of Brazil and to Bahia (state, in the eastern part of the country),” Silva said. “Now we’ve adjusted our focus for smaller machines to attend the farmers of the South of the country.” dpi

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Argentina-based sprayer manufacturer Pla has announced aggressive growth plans for Brazil.

New Holland’s precision-ready SP2500 sprayer is built in Brazil.

MAN Latin America has introduced a new Volkswagen Constellation truck in Brazil.

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Huegli Tech, the exclusive dis-tributor of HED products in Europe, China, Russia, Japan, Korea, Asia-Pacific,

India and the Middle East, announced the expansion of HED’s rugged, sealed display series made to withstand tem-peratures between -40° and 70°C and compliant with IP67 protection rating.

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eleCTRONiCS

The new CL-709 display from Huegli Tech integrates a high-resolution 110 mm thin-film transistor LCD in a compact enclosure that can be either dash or RAM mounted.

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The new CL-709 display integrates a high-resolution 110 mm thin-film transis-tor LCD in a compact enclosure that can be either dash or RAM mounted. Huegli Tech said that a combination of a bright LCD (greater than 450 nits) along with optically bonded antireflective glass al-lows the display to be easily readable regardless of lighting conditions.

The display contains a 32-bit, PC-based processor allowing the device to serve both as a display and as a master control module in the vehicle control system. With two CAN ports, the display can read engine and chassis data along with CANopen or J1939 messages from other ve-hicle devices. The CL-709 is also equipped with up to eight software-configurable inputs and four PWM outputs rated up to three amps.

The CL-709 can be programmed using HED’s do-it-yourself GUI soft-ware package, CANlink Orchestra. The display can also be configured (both display screens and control logic) via Excel to interface with any engine type, Huegli Tech said. dpi

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A Diesel- Powered Insect

Six-legged, all-terrain machine utilizes Perkins diesel, Bosch Rexroth hydraulics

The typical gestation period for most six-legged creatures is a matter of days or weeks. It took Matt Denton, chief engi-

neer and founder of Micromagic Sys-tems, four years of intensive R&D to design and build his 2.8 m tall Mantis — a six-legged, insect-like, diesel-powered, all-terrain machine that the creator said is getting some interest from miners and undersea operations.

Micromagic is a U.K.-based company founded in 1999 to supply animatronic, robotic and puppet control systems and services to the film and television industry. It has developed a variety of products, from servo reversers through complete performance systems that have played pivotal roles in award- winning productions ranging from fea-ture films such as the Harry Potter se-ries, to music videos and commercials.

“Although this is the first version of the Mantis to be released, it is essentially MK2,” Denton said. “MK1 was finished and tested during the summer of 2011. However, there were several mechani-cal and hydraulic issues that needed to

pany could enter and work in the rain-forest without needing to fell any trees.

“Basically, these types of vehicles could be used whenever the terrain becomes challenging or is sensitive to damage,” Denton said. “It always sur-prises people when I tell them that each foot of the Mantis applies less pressure than a human foot. And of course, the foot size can be increased to decrease ground pressure for soft terrain.”

The Mantis is powered by a Perkins 2.2 turbocharged diesel engine model 404D-22T rated 41 kW. The engine, which is supplied by a 20 L fuel tank,

be resolved, including the removal of the fourth leg axis (ankle joint), which is essentially the most obvious difference between MK1 and MK2.”

The Mantis weights 1900 kg, in-cluding the cab and engine hood, and has a 5 m diameter standing position in neutral. The machine is capable of moving in all directions — forward/backward crab left/right, turn left/right — or climbing over uneven ground and can be raised and lowered on command. It can be driven from the cockpit or by a remote control.

Denton said that the hexapod crea-ture has gained some interest for subsea use. “This is because of the increased traction that can be applied by legs when compared to wheels or tracks, particularly underwater,” he said. “However, a more recent inquiry was from a Brazilian mining company that had to bore test holes in various rain forest locations.”

Instead of deforesting the bore sites, with a purpose-made, drill-carrying hexapod that applies no more ground pressure than a human foot, the com-

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Technology

May trigger arachnophobia! But although it very much looks like a giant spider, it is technically an hexapod robot: six legs, not eight.

The Mantis is refueled before a demon-stration. The machine has a 20 L fuel tank that feeds the Perkins diesel engine.

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powers a Bosch Rexroth hydraulic system that gives the machine its extensive movement capability.

The Mantis incorporates 18 Rexroth 4WREE6 valves that provide the integral function of controlling the hydraulic cyl-inders that operate the machine’s legs. Each leg features three independent closed-loop axes, one at the knee and two at the hip, with feedback provided by sensors installed on the outside of the leg.

The machine also utilizes a Rexroth A10VO63DFR pump typically used in booms and cranes to supply the hydrau-lic flow. Fitted with load-sensing feature, the pump ensures that only the flow and pressure required for the movement needed is delivered, thus reducing power consumption.

“I was aware of Bosch Rexroth valves from their use in spe-cial effects on films I’d worked on in the past,” Denton said. “Having contacted Bosch Rexroth, I was put in touch with Nigel Hart who, as well as specifying the Rexroth 4WREE6 valves, provided assistance and advice on the hydraulic de-sign of circuits, safety considerations, reducing the reservoir size and cooling.

“What impressed me most about the Bosch Rexroth valves — and proved essential to the functionality of the machine — was the smooth and accurate control they provide.”

“Mantis is a fantastic demonstration of what can be achieved with today’s technology,” said Hart, sector manag-er for Marine and Offshore at Bosch Rexroth U.K. “It is also indicative of the significant changes that have happened throughout the industry over the past 10 to 15 years.

“Now even the most simple of components comes with intelligence that allows it to perform a variety of functions and adapt to a number of applications.”

At the core of the Mantis functionality is a computerized control system that was developed by Denton. The whole system is supported by the feedback provided by a network of sensors, including six force transducers and six ankle ball joint angle sensors at the legs.

The force sensors are 50 kN pancake load cells calibrat-ed to a 10 kN range, supplied by Applied Measurements Ltd., Reading, U.K. There are also a variety of other trans-ducers and sensors used throughout the machine, such as the hydraulic flow, pressure and temperature sensors sup-plied by U.K.-based Webtec Products Ltd.

The Mantis is available at Micromagic Systems for private hire, custom commissions, events and sponsorships. Den-ton said that the giant insect could find other applications in unmanned subsea exploration or work in environments that are sensitive to terrain damage. To highlight that capability, the Mantis was demonstrated the Kortijk Xpo for building machines in Belgium and the Elmia Wood 2013 forestry ex-hibition in Sweden. dpi

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The Chinese construction equip-ment company Zoomlion said it is planning to move into the agricultural market and growing its heavy-truck plans. For the ag sector, the compa-ny said it is developing a product re-search center near Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Product details were light, but the company said it will develop large machines for northern China and then into southern China for small sized ma-chines, executives said.

“We will seek opportunities to do this through collaboration and merg-ers and acquisitions,” a Zoomlion spokesman said. “For heavy trucks we will collaborate with the best com-panies in the world to develop them in China.”

AGCO and Russian Machines, part of the Basic Element group, have cre-ated a 50/50 joint venture to manufac-ture and distribute agricultural equip-ment and replacement parts in Russia. AGCO and Russian Machines plan to make a total investment of approxi-mately US$100 million in the joint ven-ture over the next three years.

The joint venture is expected to begin operations in early 2014. The manufacturing facility will be located in Golitsyno, near Moscow, with a total area of nearly 12.5 hectares, including 27,000 m2 of production facilities.

The Manitowoc Co. Inc. said that Shantui Investment Co. Ltd. has ter-minated its agreement with Manito-woc’s subsidiary, Manitowoc Crane Group Asia Pte. Ltd. to enter into a joint venture contract with respect to

the truck crane business in China cur-rently operated as Manitowoc Dong Yue Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd.

Caterpillar announced it would pro-duce Cat wheeled material handlers at its Northern Ireland facility begin-ning in the middle of 2014. When fully established, approximately 100 addi-tional positions will be required to run the operation. Production of the Cat material handlers will complement the FG Wilson and Cat branded electric power products that will continue to be manufactured at the company’s Northern Ireland operations.

Volvo Construction Equipment has sold its dealership interests in Aus-tria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to the Ascendum Group. The company said it has divested its wholly owned Salzburg- based Central Europe Group to long-term distribution partner Ascendum Group for an undisclosed sum.

The deal includes the Austrian-owned group of companies and Volvo CE’s business in Romania, which also includes Moldova. The Austrian company’s subsidiary dealerships and territories in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hun-gary, Slovakia and Slovenia are also included in the transaction.

Cummins Power Generation has signed a five-year agreement with Germany’s Heliocentris. Under the agreement, Cummins Power Genera-tion will incorporate Heliocentris’ net-worked energy management technol-

ogy into a new hybrid power system designed to provide power for cellular base stations and other telecom ap-plications. The Cummins telecom hy-brid power system will employ a die-sel generator set, storage batteries and networked energy management technology to supply power to cellular sites. The system will allow integration of additional power components such as photovoltaic modules, wind tur-bines and fuel cells, Cummins Power Generation said.

Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH has begun building an addi-tional plant in Biberach an der Riss (Baden-Württemberg), Germany. The branch is to begin production by the end of 2014. The facility will develop and manufacture switchgear, as well as electric motors and generators. According to current planning, invest-ment in the building project is expect-ed to amount to €50 million.

Monico Monitoring Inc., Spring, Texas, U.S.A., a manufacturer of in-dustrial monitoring and control solu-tions, has formed a strategic alliance with CMR Group, Marseille, France, a manufacturer of industrial engine controls, wiring harnesses and electri-cal management systems.

Puradyn Filter Technologies an-nounced a three-year distribution agreement with the HongHua Group of China. HongHua’s U.S.-based sub-sidiary HH-A will have exclusive dis-tribution of the puraDYN oil filtration system in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. dpi

Zoomlion Eyes Truck & Ag Markets … AGCO Does New Russian Venture … ManitowocEnds China JV … Cat Expands In Ireland …

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