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Whilst I was up in the North East recently I was lucky to be invited for a look around the Komatsu UK factory in Birtley. And I also got a chance to get hands on with the latest Dash-8 machines.

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Continuing our look at the next generation of articulated haulers from Caterpillar, the B Series, which was the focus of last week’s press reveal in Peterlee, in the North East of England, which is the spiritual home of Cat ADT production.

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Caterpillar UK, who are major sponsors of Aviva Premiership rugby team Leicester Tigers, are sending reinforcements to Twickenham this weekend, in the shape of a Cat 259B-3 Compact Tracked Loader.

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During my recent visit to the Komatsu UK factory, I was delighted to see a fully restored Komatsu 21 ton machine, which first left the factory 22 years ago.

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At the recent Caterpillar press reveal event in Peterlee, County Durham, we were treated to some news of the latest H Series motor scrapers, which feature new designs and technology for high productivity and operator comfort. The Digger Blog will be getting hands on with these new machines later in the year, in the meantime here is all the information you need to know about these exciting new models.

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During my recent visit to the Caterpillar facility in Peterlee, County Durham, I was very lucky to talk to former employees of DJB Ltd, whose machines were the forerunners to future Cat articulated haulers.

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A modified Case loading shovel has replaced a telehandler in a vital production capacity at a tile-manufacturing facility near Stoke in the UK.

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Global construction equipment giant Volvo CE, is currently holding its exciting Volvo Days event at company’s impressive customer/visitor centre in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

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During my recent visit to Komatsu UK’s facility, I was given an excellent tour around the impressive factory and as you will see in this report, I was delighted to be given full access including photos.

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I have recently been in touch with a young reader & machinery enthusiast from Belgium, whom I only know as Thibaut. He has kindly sent in some photos from his own website to share with us.

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