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The magazine of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV Issue 8 Autumn 2008 www.hcme.com Ground Control is published twice a year and is circulated among 100,000 readers. Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV , Siciliweg 5, 1045 AT Amsterdam, The Netherlands Telephone: +31 -(0)20 44 76 700 Fax: +31 -(0)20 33 44 045 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hcme.com Editor: Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV: Raymond Hendriks Co-ordination: Somacon, www.somacon.nl Editorial and design: RBP, www.rbplimited.co.uk Photography: Glenn Blackburn, www.glennblackburn.co.uk Translation: UvA...

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has created a customer website, www.myHITACHIexperience.com. Interviews with owners and operators, plus photo galleries and online movies illustrate what itҒs really like to work with Hitachi construction equipment.Visitors to the site can search for case studies and features on particular models, or according to country or industry sector. They can also download wallpapers and share their Hitachi experiences.HCME Manager Corporate Communication Raymond Hendriks says, Hitachi construction machinery is developed with the focus very much on the...

UK-based Land & Water requires specialist machinery for its marine-based civil engineering, dredging and remediation projects. The award-winning group operates the largest fleet of specialist long-reach excavators and inland floating plant in the UK. Thanks to a range of customised long-reach models introduced by Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME), Land & Water no longer has to adapt standard excavators. It now orders factory-modified machines direct from the HCME Special Applications Centre at Oosterhout in The Netherlands. They are delivered to UK distributor HM Plant, where...

anson has been part of the German construction materials giant HeidelbergCement since August 2007. Set up in 1964 as Hanson Trust by James Hanson and Gordon White, the company had become a multinational conglomerate by the Eighties, with products ranging from chemicals and cranes to cigarettes. The business was demerged into four separate companies in 1996, leaving Hanson plc to focus on heavy building materials. Today it produces aggregates, concrete, asphalt and cement-related materials, plus building products such as concrete pipes, pavers, tiles and clay bricks. It has more than 400 quarries...

FROM GROWING FINE FRENCH MUSHROOMS TO RESTORING 15TH-CENTURY CASTLES, THE SOFT LIMESTONE FOUND IN PARTS OF WESTERN FRANCE IS AN EXTREMELY VERSATILE AND INVALUABLE RESOURCE. > GROUND CONTROL chteaux VISITED THE MAQUIGNON FRRES QUARRY IN USSEAU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS BEHIND IT, AND HOW ITS FLEET OF HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO TRANSFORMING THE REGION−S HORTICULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE , and also to construct new buildings. Each month, Maquignon Frres extracts a total of 300-400m of limestone and sells it to construction companies and private builders in made-to-measure...

excellent. It is also more precise and stable when loading a truck.Nicolas also takes full advantage of the technology incorporated into the ZW310, such as the Total Torque Control and three-step clutch cut-off systems. However, he says the best thing about the wheel loader is its versatility. ԓYou can do almost everything with the same machine it can do so many jobs on this site,֔ he adds. If I had to sum it up in one word, IӒd have to say that it is excellent!As Nicolas drives the ZW310 around the quarry, the importance of its low-noise design becomes apparent. The sound from the engine and...

1. Demolition and recycling are Bautrans specialities2. Bautrans Manager and owner Gerhard Illner 3. Hitachi excavators help to beat the demolition deadlines 1 2 3 To celebrate its 76th birthday in May 2006, Bautrans held a grand open day at its new office in Karlsruhe, south-west Germany. One of the major attractions was its fleet of Hitachi construction machinery, which was put on display for up to 4,000 visitors.The company currently has 25 Hitachi machines working in its demolition and waste disposal divisions, plus its subsidiary recycling company, Bavak. The fleet includes ZX500, ZX460,...

12 1. P&Z Director Rainer Zaum2. The companys operators enjoy working with Zaxis excavators As one of the biggest demolition and recycling companies in North Rhine-Westphalia, Prangenberg & Zaum (P&Z) is currently working on several projects within GermanyҒs Ruhrgebiet. Bordered by the rivers Ruhr, Rhine and Lippe, it is Europes largest industrial area. P&ZҒs 13 Hitachi machines including a ZW250 wheel loader and ZX210, ZX250LCN-3 and ZX350LCN-3 excavators ֖ work on various sites around Essen, Duisburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne. From single-storey houses to high-rise blocks, old steel factories...

45 23 1 1. Road construction is the main focus for Bickhardt Bau2. The 18m long-reach ZX250-3 3. The ZX140W-3 fitted with a tilt rotator 4. Bickhardt Bau has 58 Hitachi machines at its disposal 5. Karl George, Bickhardt Baus Director of Machine Technology On a 10km stretch of the busy A5 motorway near Frankfurt, two of Bickhardt BauҒs Hitachi excavators, a ZX210-3 and ZX250LCN-3, are currently at work on a crucial road-widening scheme. This is one of many transport infrastructure projects throughout Germany in which the company is involved. Although Bickhardt Bau is active in several construction-based...

1 2 3 4 1. Quarrying and mining are thriving in the Turkish market2. There is a wide range of machines in Turkey, including Euclid dump trucks 3. ENKA Pazarlamas new branch in Ankara 4. Sukru Eltutar, General Manager of ENKA Pazarlama he Middle East region Җ part of the Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) distribution network has experienced significant sales growth in recent years. The territory is overseen by the HCME Middle East Center, which is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is supported by a liaison office in Istanbul, Turkey, which is one of the most active markets...