Engines, Components & Tyres

John Deere Power Systems says that its new PowerTech 13.5litre engine meets the Tier 4 Interim/Stage IIIB emissions legislation, along with the firm's latest 6.8litre and 9litre variants launched earlier.

One of the USA’s largest and best-known dealers for Caterpillar off-road vehicles, Whayne Supply, has teamed up with a small UK engineering company, Magnom, to introduce magnetic filtration units that have been shown to increase operational efficiency and decrease downtime.

German engine manufacturer DEUTZ is significantly raising its results forecast for 2010 because “the strong growth that has characterised business in recent months continued in the third quarter.”

The new Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/HCME European Parts Depot has been officially opened. At the Oosterhout facility, southern Netherlands, the guest of honour was Hitachi Construction Machinery president Michijiro Kikawa, who gave a speech to other guests at the ceremony, among them Mitsuhiro Tabei, president of HCME. He then presented representatives from the parts depot with a special Japanese maple tree, which was planted in front of the building.

Simex, the Italian manufacturer of attachments for earthmoving machines, says that 2010 closed with highly satisfactory sales result, and it now plans to show its entire product range. The company is also celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.