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UK rental company Lynch Plant Hire
has become the first to take delivery of
Komatsu’s new PW118MR-11 wheeled
excavator. The excavator is billed as
Komatsu’s first fully zero tail-swing
wheeled excavator.
Lynch says that its compactness, coupled
with its lifting performance, make it “the
ideal wheeled excavator for working in
areas where space is at a premium”.
It comes with a three-piece arm
and an offset boom, offering a larger
working radius. It is also fitted with
Komatsu’s Komvision camera system,
along with the joystick neutral detection
system. Lynch has also opted for height
and slew restrictors and a safe load
indicator.
The first job for the machine is Kier’s
M23 smart motorway project in Sussex.
Lynch’s head of key accounts, Chris Gill,
said that the lack of tail swing made the
PW118MR-11 well suited for such projects,
working in proximity to live traffic.
According to a survey by
MarketsAndMarkets, the heavy
construction equipment market
is projected to witness significant
growth in the next few years
with the increase in government
investments in infrastructure in
developing nations and the rise in
construction and mining activities.
Factors such as rapid
urbanisation, increase in
investments in the construction
industry and demand for
infrastructural development from
developing economies, increase
in population, and increase in level
of spending of people around the
globe, are driving the growth of
the heavy construction equipment
market.
The major players in the global
heavy construction equipment
market include Caterpillar Inc.
(US), Liebherr AG (Switzerland),
Terex (US), Volvo Construction
Equipment AB (Sweden), Komatsu
(Japan), Doosan (South Korea),
Hitachi Machinery Construction
(Japan), JCB (UK), Sany (China),
and CNH (UK).
The earth-moving segment
dominated the market in 2015
and is projected to be the fastest-
growing equipment type sector
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The earth-moving segment dominated the market in 2015 and is projected to be the fastest-growing equipment type
sector in the next five years.
in the next five years, as a
result of the rise in demand for
infrastructural development. The
earth-moving equipment market
is driven by the increase in
investments in the infrastructure
industry to improve facilities in
governments and the private
sector. This has proven as an
opportunity for manufacturers
in the earth-moving equipment
market.
China contributes a major
market share in the global as well
as Asia-Pacific heavy construction
equipment market. Increase in
investments in infrastructure,
and countries adopting new
technologies in residential and
non-residential infrastructure,
owing to the rise in population
and increase in standard of
living, are some of the factors
driving the heavy construction
equipment market in Asia-Pacific
— where market growth can
be attributed to the presence of
numerous leading players in
the region.
Source: Construction Global
NOVEMBER 2018
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