All Mini-excavator Articles

Kubota unveiled a concept all-electric mini excavator on the opening morning of the Intermat show. The company has yet to set a launch date and said it was showing the machine to get feedback from dealers and customers.

Japanese manufacturer Yanmar is celebrating 100 years in business in 2012 with the development of a learning centre and a museum dedicated to its founder.

Komatsu is now offering customers the option of adding factory-fitted double auxiliary circuits to its MR-3 mini excavators.

After the bumper crop of 2011, this year looks set to see more compact machines launched, partly in response to new engine emission regulations in Europe and North America. As well as being greener, versatility is also a feature of the latest offerings.

Terex Construction is launching three micro excavators in the 1 t, 1.5 t and 1.9 t sizes under a badging agreement with Italy’s Sampierana, which markets its minis under the Eurocomach brand.

Speedy has just completed an order for £3.3 million worth of JCB 8018 Mini Excavators

Kubota Tractor Corp has teamed up with Compact Power Equipment Centers (CPEC) to supply excavators and compact backhoe loaders for its Home Depot rental locations.

Sales of mini excavators are starting to recover from the lows of 2009 and 2010, and as they do, so the flow of new models has started to resume. Murray Pollok reports.

Compact Power Equipment Services (CPES), which offers rental services at 280 Home Depot sites in North America, has partnered with Terex Construction to add tracked loaders, skid steers and mini excavators to its product range.

Bobcat has introduced a new zero tailswing mini-excavator to its range - the 2.6 tonne E26

Mini crawler excavator powered by both diesel and electric engines unveiled at IRE

Several UK rental companies have recently announced significant investments in their fleets, including A-Plant, Jewson Tool Hire and L Lynch.

GAP Group in the UK is to invest £25 million on new equipment during 2011, with £10 million of that earmarked for expansion of the fleet rather than renewal.

Kubota has unveiled two mini excavators in the 1 - 2 t class at the Samoter exhibition in Verona, Italy this week. This size is a popular one for the equipment rental sector where Kubota has a very strong position.

Travis Perkins (TP) has ordered 505 JCB mini excavators for its tool and equipment rental business in the UK.

Komatsu has introduced a new 5.2 tonne mini excavator into the European market in the shape of the PC55MR-3

Alongside reliability, serviceability is a key requirement for any equipment in rental fleets. This applies in particular to ‘bread and butter’ items such as mini excavators. So what are manufacturers doing to make their latest machines easy to maintain? IRN reports

Komatsu is now offering optional fingertip controls on several of its MR-3 mini- and midi-excavators.

Chinese compact equipment manufacturer Zhejiang Hero Time Machinery Co Ltd (Hero Time) is planning to significantly boost its production capacity with a RMB 136 million (€16.2 million) investment in a new 35000 m2 production facility next to its main production plant in the town of Zhuji, south of Shanghai.

Hitachi is strengthening its range of mini excavators with the European launch of 1.6 and 1.8 t models, the Zaxis ZX16-3 and ZX18-3.