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From left: Jim Umpleby, Caterpillar CEO; Michael Heidemann, vice-chairman
of the Management Board of Zeppelin GmbH; and Bob De Lange, Caterpillar
group president. Wacker Neuson Dual Vision site dumper on display at the C&O
Construction Come and Drive event held at High Corner Inn in
Ringwood, UK.
Zeppelin Group best Caterpillar dealer
in Europe Flannery introduces innovative
safety-enhanced dumpers
Zeppelin received the Zeppelin Group, at the P Flannery Plant Hire has six-tonne and nine-tonne
Caterpillar Global Dealer ceremony in the Vienna announced the introduction dumpers, with the first
Excellence Award for the Hofburg in the second half of an innovative new due to enter service early
third time in 2018, for special of 2018. The company’s dumper to the UK that is in 2019.
recognition for services in achievements in the Czech designed to prevent site the Czech Republic and and Slovak republics were deaths from blind spots range was launched at
Slovak Republic. singled out for particular around the skip. Hillhead earlier this year,
Caterpillar introduced the
recognition: Zeppelin gained
The revolutionary dual-
“When the dual-view
it was clear to us that
award in 2013, and presents additional market share in view dumper developed it offers considerable
it in recognition of its best these areas and set itself by Wacker Neuson safety advantages on
sales and service partners apart from the competition features a new swivel seat site. The fact that these
worldwide. The winner is by providing excellent and operator console. machines offer 90% more
decided based on partners’ service. This allows the dual-view visibility in the operator’s
achievements in terms of
Zeppelin also received the
dumper to be driven in a field of vision than is
market share, profitability, coveted award in Mexico in traditional forward-tipping required to comply with
and customer satisfaction. 2013 and in Dubai in 2015. mode as well as a truck ISO 5006:2017, is an
Caterpillar CEO Jim “It is a great honour for me mode, with the skip at the obvious advantage,”
Umpleby and Caterpillar to bring home the award for rear once the operator’s Flannery added.
group president Bob De Zeppelin as Europe’s best seat and the console Lange named the Zeppelin Caterpillar dealer for the is rotated through the operator station also
Group as the best Caterpillar third time. Our employees’ 180 degrees. avoids time-consuming
dealer in Europe, at the focus on solutions and their Caterpillar Global Dealer passion are key elements Patrick Flannery said, “We on site, increasing
Excellence Award 2018 of our success,” enthused are committed to phasing efficiency and productivity.
ceremony. Heidemann. “We have out standard forward-
Michael Heidemann,
Managing director
The ability to rotate
turning and manoeuvring
The DV60 and DV90
successfully translated the tipping larger dumpers dumpers come with
vice-chairman of the strategy that we developed and see this innovation as operator cabs and
Management Board of jointly with Caterpillar into the start of that process.” features that are more
Zeppelin GmbH, accepted targets and numbers,” he He said the company the award on behalf of the concluded.
www.plantonline.co.za
had placed an order for 60
commonplace on diggers
and loaders.
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