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THE MAGAZINE OF HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY (EUROPE) NV ISSUE 5 SPRING 2007 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 ATAmsterdam, The Netherlands Telephone: +31 (0)20 44 76 700 Fax: +31 (0)20 33 44 045 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hcme.com Editors:Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV: Raymond Hendriks, Niels van Graas Co-ordination: Somacon, www.somacon.nl Design: RBP, www.rbplimited.co.uk Photography: Imagen, www.imagenphotography.co.uk Translation: Yamagata,...

Mike Mori seems remarkably fresh and good humoured for someone who hasjust travelled around the world for two weeks. Consecutive return trips from Schiphol Airport to South Africa and Japan would leave most travellers exhausted. However, the HCME President is thriving on the busy schedule and the fresh challenges presented by his expanding role.He explains that his journeys have not been in vain. He has enjoyed two successful business trips which sum up the varying nature of his remit. Amulti-million dollar contract has been signed in South Africa for Hitachi to supply five EX5500 mining shovels...

network and Hitachi customers. This should have a decisive impact on thebusiness as a whole.Fortunately, Mr Mori has a strong team at HCME and they are continuing tomake a difference within the European construction market. I am enjoying life here in The Netherlands and feel at home with HCME,Ӕ he explains. Fortunately, I arrived here in 2005 at a time when HCMEӒs new headquarters in Amsterdam was already established and the European market was still expanding. These trends have continued to develop in this way.HCME has had a good year and we are still on target to meet our desiredmarket share...

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has opened its newproduction plant at Amsterdam. The new 19,600m > 2 facility has been built aspart of a 20million euro investment programme. As reported in the last issue of Ground Control , the factory will help Hitachito meet its production targets over the next three years. HCME is aiming to increase output to 6,000 units per annum by 2010. The work began in December 2005 and the impressive eight-month projectwas completed in August 2006.HCME Manager of Production Engineering, Robin Huijsman, oversaw thedevelopment. Each stage of the process...

HM Plant celebrates successon both tracks > There were huge celebrations for HM Plant at the finale of the 2006 BritishSuperbike Championship. The UK dealer of Hitachi Construction Machinery is the title sponsor of HM Plant Honda Racing. The teams 24-year-old rider Ryuichi Kiyonari secured overall victory for the team at the Brands Hatch circuit near London.Eleven wins and five other podium finishes over the course of the 13-leg seriesclinched Kiyo and HM Plant Honda Racing the prestigious title of British Superbike Champions.HM Plant has been the teamҒs title sponsor since 2004. We are obviouslydelighted...

The 100,000th excavator ready for delivery to HCME The popularity of mini- and midi-excavators continues to increase. As a result,manufacturers are developing new models to meet market trends and customer requirements.Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) is no exception. In 2005 it extendedits range of short-tail models with the launch of the ZX27U-2, ZX30U-2, ZX35U-2, ZX40U-2 and ZX50U-2. These models combine the benefits of a compact machine with the additional feature of zero tail-swing. Such product developments have led to a huge growth in output. Between2005 and 2006, HCM manufactured over...

auma 2007 will be the ideal place to gather information about all of the latestdevelopments in the construction industry. The event is held every threeyears, but with the addition of two extra exhibition halls, this yearҒs show is set to be the biggest yet. It will feature over 3,000 exhibitors, cover a surface area of 540,000m Although the largest Hitachi mining shovel is the EX8000, the 518-tonne modelis the largest working in Europe. Visitors will not be able to miss the giant excavator that will be the focal point of HCMEs product display for the seven-day event.The new generation of Zaxis-3...

be joined by three new mini-excavators the ZX10U-2, ZX17U-2 and ZX22U-2 ֖ and the new ZW180 wheeled loader.Another special machine will be the ZX200 excavator that Hitachi hasdeveloped specifically for clearing landmines. This is already being used in Cambodia and other war-torn countries like Afghanistan. The demining equipment will be accompanied by some new environmentally friendly concepts that have been developed with the future of the construction industry in mind.HCME will also have a covered pavilion in addition to the larger outdoor area.This will comprise of a number of other attractions...

SpecificationsZX160-3ZX180-3 SpecificationsZW180 Engine rated power (kW) DIN 627190.2 kW90.2 kW Engine maximum power (kw) ISO 9249129 121 HP121 HP Operating weight (kg) 14600 > *1 Operating weight (kg)1790022000 Bucket capacity (m > 3 ) 2.6-3.1 Bucket capacity (m > 3 ) SAE, PCSAheaped0.52-0.820.51-1.20 Tipping load, full turn (kg) 10080 > *1 Maximum digging depth (mm)5620-59806120-6570Bucket digging force (kN) ISO 7541108122 Breakout force (kN) 114.1 > *1*1 (11000Kgf)(12500Kgf) Equipped with 2.8m > 3 general purpose round bottom bucket with bolt-on cutting edge > Hitachi Construction Machinery...

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