CONEXPOCON/AGG 2023

Trimble has published a new report highlighting the increased efficiency of soil compaction machines employing the new autosteering function. This system steers the soil compactor onto each pass with an optimised overlap, which maximises efficiency.

JLG Industries is continuing to successfully integrate recently-acquired Italian manufacturer Hinowa, an early adopter of lithium-ion battery technology in mobile elevating work platforms.

Bosch Rexroth’s eLION electrification platform is fully compatible with North American charging infrastructure, the company announced. The compatibility is the result of a newly developed, single-phase onboard charger.

VF Venieri (Venieri) is planning to launch an electric compact wheeled loaders range by the end of the year.

Screening bucket manufacturer ALLU has launched two new products for the North American market, the Veloci and the D Series variable drum.

A new partnership between Bentley and WSB will help contractors achieve their aims with regard to introducing the use of sophisticated construction software. This new digital construction management solution and advisory service utilises Bentley’s SYNCHRO digital solutions package.

The CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 exhibition in Las Vegas has been bigger and better than ever before as the North American construction and aggregates sector embraces the green revolution and the federal government invests heavily in the nation’s infrastructure.

The show was full of great new ideas for driving down emissions, finding new power platforms, and improving the industry’s productivity, profitability, and safety levels.

A new system from Topcon Positioning is taking the firm into a new market segment. Mark Contino is vice-president of North American Retail Distribution at Topcon Positioning Systems and commented that the technology is now well-accepted on larger projects, “We’ve been doing GPS since the late 1990s. It’s not new anymore. Everyone uses it now.”

The new Carmix Plus app uses augmented reality to give contractors a virtual window into their jobsites, generating machine and project information in real time.