Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has announced that it will launch its range of Zaxis-5 medium and large excavators at Intermat. Visitors to the international exhibition of equipment, machinery and techniques for the construction and materials industries – held in Paris from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 April – will be able to view three of the new machines.
The HCME stand (number 6 J 042/6 L 042) will feature the ZX250LC-5, ZX290LC-5, ZX350LC-5 and ZX470LCH-5 at the triennial event, which is expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors in 2012. Hitachi will also display: five short-tail mini excavators; four medium Zaxis-3 crawler excavators; three Zaxis-3 medium wheeled excavators; a special application machine; and six compact/medium ZW wheel loaders.
The range of Zaxis-5 models has been developed by the Design Centre at Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (HCM) in Japan. Yusuke Kajita, General Manager of HCM's Construction Equipment Development Centre, is responsible for the team of 200 engineers behind the new medium excavators (between 10 and 35 tonnes).
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