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Doosan dealer BAU Süddeutsche Baumaschinen opens New Facility in Germany
Doosan dealer BAU Süddeutsche Baumaschinen opens New Facility in Germany The Doosan dealer for Southern Germany, BAU Süddeutsche Baumaschinen Handels GmbH, has opened a new facility at the company‘s branch in Kempten. The opening ceremony for the new building was well attended and accompanied by an...
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Brigade Electronics CarEYE brings AI Safety features to commercial vehicles
Brigade Electronics CarEYE brings AI Safety features to commercial vehicles Brigade Electronics, a leading provider of vehicles safety systems, has launched a new artificial intelligent vehicle safety system to the UK market. CarEYE® Safety Angle Turning Assistant from EYYES GmbH has been offered by...
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Trevi piles in for new Fishing Vessel Port in Montevideo Bay
Trevi piles in for new Fishing Vessel Port in Montevideo Bay Starting from 2020, Pilotes Trevi has been involved in the ambitious Works on the new Fishing Vessels Port in Montevideo bay, Capurro Port. The project consists on the construction of a Jetty for operation of fishing vessels and a steel sh...
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Hyundai launches Boston Dynamics AI Institute
Hyundai launches Boston Dynamics AI Institute Hyundai Motor Group today announced the launch of Boston Dynamics AI Institute, with the goal of making fundamental advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and intelligent machines. The Group and Boston Dynamics will make an initial investment...
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Soilmec gearing up for bauma 2022
Soilmec gearing up for bauma 2022 Bauma 2022 comes after three challenging years for the Soilmec group, which included the change of management of the Trevi Group, the difficulties in dealing with the pandemic, and the consequences of a nearby conflict have severely tested the resilience of the Roma...
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XCMG celebrates 10 years with Schwing
XCMG celebrates 10 years with Schwing XCMG, a global construction equipment manufacturer is celebrating 10 years in since the lucrative acquisition of Schwing. The Acquisition leveraged the synergies between the two parties and set new service standards. XCMG has won the most sales orders in its his...
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Meet Xiaomi’s CyberOne Humanoid Robot
Meet Xiaomi’s CyberOne Humanoid Robot CyberOne, Xiaomi’s first humanoid robot, debuted at the company’s new product launch event in Beijing on August 11, alongside other innovative products. As the newest member of Xiaomi’s Cyber series, joining last year’s quadruped ro...
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Disused Mines could surge back to life in the New Energy Economy
Disused Mines could surge back to life in the New Energy Economy The Biden administration recently announced a $500 million program to transform old mines into new clean energy hubs, and directed billions more toward related projects aimed at mine reclamation and grid modernization. Michigan Tech re...
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New MIT method boosts Wind Farm output without new equipment
New MIT method boosts Wind Farm output without new equipment Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world’s electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger wind farm installations involving doze...
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AI and Digital Twins could lower Nuclear Energy Costs
AI and Digital Twins could lower Nuclear Energy Costs Nuclear power plants provide large amounts of electricity without releasing planet-warming pollution. But the expense of running these plants has made it difficult for them to stay open. If nuclear is to play a role in the U.S. clean energy econo...
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University of Pittsburgh boasts giant Gefertec arc605 3D Metal Printer
University of Pittsburgh boasts giant Gefertec arc605 3D Metal Printer Tucked away in the sub-basement of Pitt’s Benedum Hall, past the racecar parts spilling into hallways, you’ll find a giant machine that looks like a cross between a car garage and the entry port of a sci-fi spaceship. It’s a stat...
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Porsche and Pixar unveil 911 Sally Special for a charity auction sale
Porsche unveils the 911 Sally Special supported by Pixar for a charity auction sale Porsche and Pixar Animation Studios have unveiled a very special Porsche inspired by one of the most popular 911s: Sally Carrera, the famous car from Disney and Pixar’s animated film Cars. Like Sally Carrera, the 911...
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Chery embarks on a new Energy and Intelligent Network
Chery embarks on a new Energy and Intelligent Network So far, Electric Vehicle manufacturer Chery has established a research and development system covering six research and development centres in North America, Europe and Shanghai. It has applied more than 23,000 patents and authorized more than 14...
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New York DMV awards Iteris SaaS contract for Statewide Commercial Vehicle Operations
New York DMV awards Iteris SaaS contract for Statewide Commercial Vehicle Operations Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for Ite...
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GMC introduces the 2023 Canyon AT4X off-road midsize Pickup Truck
GMC introduces the 2023 Canyon AT4X off-road midsize Pickup Truck The official vehicle of nowhere is here: the 2023 GMC Canyon midsize truck. Boasting a fully redesigned exterior with a standard factory lift and widened track across the line-up, a new premium suite of advanced technology and an all-...
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MIT 3D Programmable Materials can sense their own movements
MIT 3D Programmable Materials can sense their own movements MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, which can sense how they are moving and interacting with the environment. The researchers create these sensing structures using just one m...
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Mathematicians improve 5G reliability for Vehicular Networks
Mathematicians improve 5G reliability for Vehicular Networks Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RUDN) mathematicians in collaboration with scientists from Egypt have improved the 5G protocol for communication between cars or between a car and a road. The new scheme allowed increasing the reliabi...
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REE debuts P7-B Electric Class 3 Delivery Truck
REE debuts P7-B Electric Class 3 Delivery Truck REE Automotive Ltd., an automotive technology company and provider of electric vehicle (EV) platforms, today announced P7-B, a class 3 delivery truck built on a P7 cab chassis, following intensive customer evaluations at REE’s UK Engineering Centre. Th...
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Teledyne Thermal Technology helps Electrical Inspections for Oil and Gas Industry
Teledyne Thermal Technology helps Electrical Inspections for Oil and Gas Industry When electrical connections and components break down unexpectedly, the result may be unplanned downtime, costly repairs, and production loss. There’s also an increased risk of fire due to electrical short-circuits or...
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Wirtgen Slipform Pavers bringing innovation and a world premiere to bauma 2022
Wirtgen Slipform Pavers bringing innovation and a world premiere to bauma 2022 In addition to the SP 15(i) and SP 20(i) offset pavers at this year’s Bauma, Wirtgen is also showing a complete paving train for fully reinforced concrete paving. This consists of a WPS 102(i) placer/spreader, an SP 94(i)...
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EPC 35A GaN ePower Stage IC boosts power and simplifies design
EPC 35A GaN ePower Stage IC boosts power and simplifies design EPC announces the introduction of a 100 V, 35 A integrated circuit designed for 48 V DC-DC conversion used in high-density computing applications and in 48 V BLDC motor drives for e-mobility, robotics, and drones. The EPC23102 eGaN IC is...
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Harmful wood adhesives could be replaced with Finnish Eco-glue
Harmful wood adhesives could be replaced with Finnish Eco-glue A fast and energy-efficient manufacturing process results in a strong, non-toxic and fire-resistant adhesive—and a great opportunity for the Finnish bioeconomy. Researchers at Aalto University have developed a bio-based adhesive that can...
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Researchers explore creating a resilient Power Grid in Puerto Rico
Researchers explore creating a resilient Power Grid in Puerto Rico When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in U.S. history. Maria left many residents without power...
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Scientists uncover how rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries work
Scientists uncover how rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries work While scientists have hoped that rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries could be developed into a viable alternative for grid storage applications, engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and their colleagues identified t...
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The hidden dangers of Electric Vehicle battery fires
The hidden dangers of Electric Vehicle battery fires Like a fire in a wall, fires in electric vehicle (EV) batteries burn unseen. Firefighters can squelch the visible flames in an EV fire, but chemicals inside the battery continue to burn because firefighters cannot reach the source. Researchers at...
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Drone performance improved by Anemometer research
Drone performance improved by Anemometer research Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. These wind sensors – called anemometers – are used to monitor wind speed and direction. As demand for autonomous a...
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Digital models unlocking South Africa’s clean energy future
Digital models unlocking South Africa’s clean energy future The economy of Southern Africa is rapidly developing, driving a growing demand for electricity. Efficiently meeting this demand will require balancing social, economic, geographic, technological and environmental considerations. Resea...
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Sandia testing cutting-edge Brayton Cycle technology to power the local grid
Sandia testing cutting-edge Brayton Cycle technology to power the local grid For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon...
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Self-healing Automotive Coating could allow scratches to disappear in sunlight
Self-healing Automotive Coating could allow scratches to disappear in sunlight A transparent protective coating material that can be self-healed in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight has been developed. Excellent durability of automotive coatings is the most important issue in protecting a vehicle...
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US Public Safety Agencies rely on Motorola rugged APX NEXT Smart Radios
US Public Safety Agencies rely on Motorola rugged APX NEXT Smart Radios As the nature of public safety work and technology become more complex, there is a growing need for radios that provide both mission-critical voice communications, as well as advanced data-sharing capabilities. The Motorola Solu...
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OMNIVISION 50MP Smartphone Image Sensor delivers low-light dynamic video
OMNIVISION 50MP Smartphone Image Sensor delivers low-light dynamic video OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor solutions, including advanced digital imaging, analogue and touch & display technology, announced today the OV50E image sensor, providing the industry’s best low light...
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Injecting fluids to enhanced Oil Recovery yield
Injecting fluids to enhanced Oil Recovery yield In enhanced oil recovery, a fluid — typically water with various additives — is pumped into an injection well to force additional oil out of the reservoir. This technique can double the amount of oil extracted from a well, increasing oil availability a...
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FedEx pilots Ford E-Transit Vans in various road and weather conditions
FedEx pilots Ford E-Transit Vans in various road and weather conditions FedEx Office in collaboration with Ford Pro, announced it is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its FedEx SameDay City network. The pilot is part of the goal to transition its entire pickup and delivery fleet to zero tailpi...
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Hon Hai and Monarch Tractor partner to build next-generation AgTech Equipment
Hon Hai and Monarch Tractor partner to build next-generation AgTech Equipment Hon Hai Technology Group today announced the signing of a contract manufacturing agreement (CMA) with Zimeno Inc. DBA Monarch Tractor to build next-generation agricultural equipment and battery packs at the Foxconn Ohio fa...
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Renesas RZ/N2L MPU simplify Network functionality in Industrial Equipment
Renesas RZ/N2L MPU simplify Network functionality in Industrial Equipment Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the RZ/N2L microprocessor units (MPUs) for Industrial Ethernet communication that make it easy to add network functionali...
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Chevron Lubricants introduces Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 for Mining Equipment
Chevron Lubricants introduces Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 for Mining Equipment Chevron Lubricants introduced its Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 high performance, fully synthetic lubricant designed for use in final drives and axles of large mining haul trucks and other support equipment. Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1...
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Lightning eMotors launches Lightning Insights Telematics and Charger Software
Lightning eMotors launches Lightning Insights Telematics and Charger Software Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles and charging solutions for fleets, announced today the launch of Lightning Insights™, a significant extension of its st...
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viAct announces strategic partnership with Innocom in Singapore
viAct announces strategic partnership with Innocom in Singapore viAct and Innocom Technologies Pte Ltd., have entered into a strategic partnership to meet the ever increasing demand in Singapore Construction Industry for solutions to improve safety and productivity and in turn make the sector more s...
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The Future of Digital Roads in the UK
The Future of Digital Roads in the UK Technology is becoming a big talking point when buying a car. This ranges from parking assistance that helps guide the car into a space to new plug-in hybrid technologies that many cars such as used mazda cx5 have. But are these digital evolutions only happening...
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Powering through challenges with Hydrodemolition
Powering through challenges with Hydrodemolition In Europe, some of the first signs of infrastructure date back to the late Middle Ages. Early roads, bridges and canals were made with logs driven into mud or mixtures of large stone and gravel. By the time the first paved roads were created in the 18...
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Momentum IoT invents Toolie™ Tool and Workforce Activity Tracker
Momentum IoT invents Toolie™ Tool and Workforce Activity Tracker Momentum IoT today launched the Toolie™, a revolutionary tool tracking technology that tracks both equipment and worker productivity. Unlike other tracking products, the Toolie enables managers to visualize employee activ...
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Smart Lighting based on Quantum Dots reproduce daylight more accurately
Smart Lighting based on Quantum Dots reproduce daylight more accurately Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard...
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How AI Technology is making our Roads Safer
How AI Technology is making our Roads Safer Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now all around us – on your phone, analysing your financial prospects, and selecting what films to recommend on Netflix. It’s still early days in AI’s journey to make the same changes to our streets, but progress is be...
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Japanese researchers study how roads affect the development of cities
Japanese researchers study how roads affect the development of cities The phrase “All roads lead to Rome” captures in five words how important roads are for important cities. Yet, when we think of what made some towns last and grow and others shrink and be forgotten, we often think first of cultural...
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Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce headline speakers
Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM announce headline speakers Cenex, the organisers of the UK’s leading low carbon vehicle event, has officially announced the headline speakers ahead of this year’s Cenex-LCV and Cenex-CAM. Incorporating high calibre delegates from both UK and globally renowned organisations, t...
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Tread Audio System from Garmin amplifies off-road audio experience
Tread Audio System from Garmin amplifies off-road audio experience Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced the all-in-one Tread® Audio System with LED Controller featuring audio sources for AM/FM, AUX and Bluetooth® technology. Designed to withstand the rigors of any off-ro...
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Fiddler Crab Eye inspires research into novel Artificial Vision solution
Fiddler Crab Eye inspires research into novel Artificial Vision solution Artificial vision systems are implemented in motion sensing, object detection, and self-driving vehicles. However, they are not suitable for changing external environments and are limited to a hemispherical field-of-view (FOV)....
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Korea Int’l Construction and Industrial Safety Expo to showcase Smart Safety Solutions
Korea Int’l Construction and Industrial Safety Expo to showcase Smart Safety Solutions Korea International Construction & Industrial Safety Expo 2022, where you can experience the world of cutting-edge construction safety solutions in one place, will be held at KINTEX, in Goyang, Korea, fr...
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Quanergy announces first 2D 360 degree PoE LiDAR Sensor
Quanergy announces first 2D 360 degree PoE LiDAR Sensor Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR sensors and smart 3D solutions, announced the M1 Edge PoE LiDAR sensor, building on the company’s M1 Edge™ solution. This new IoT sensor expands Quanergy’s presence in the security Peri...
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Databases can run up to 7 times faster and at scale with Pavilion Technology
Databases can run up to 7 times faster and at scale with Pavilion Technology Pavilion™ Data Systems, a leading data analytics acceleration platform provider and pioneer of NVMe-Over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF), today announced that Pavilion’s industry-leading platform with unified high performance, sub...
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Samsung unveils next-generation Memory Solutions at Flash Memory Summit 2022
Samsung unveils next-generation Memory Solutions at Flash Memory Summit 2022 Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled an array of next-generation memory and storage technologies during Flash Memory Summit 2022, held at the Santa Clara (California) Conventio...
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Hytera Global Manufacturing Centre adopts Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing
Hytera Global Manufacturing Centre adopts Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing The smart factory transformation is beginning to take place in many different manufacturing sectors and the Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) industry is no exception. The new Hytera Global Manufacturing Centre, a 110,000m² Ind...
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Komatsu opens a hands-on store for the PC01E-1 electric micro-excavator in Japan
Komatsu opens a hands-on store for the PC01E-1 electric micro-excavator in Japan Komatsu has announced they will be showcasing their electric micro-excavator for one month from August 10 to September 9 this year in Kaze AEON Laketown. The PC01E-1 micro-excavator is an electric machine jointly develo...
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SulNOx fuel tech lands another big deal in the UK construction industry
SulNOx fuel tech lands another big deal in the UK construction industry Allsafe Scaffolding Ltd, based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, has partnered with fuel technology expert SulNOx Group Plc to run and evaluate its innovative fuel additive with a view to reducing harmful emissions and improving fuel eff...
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CEMCO celebrates its 60th Anniversary in the Mining and Aggregate industry
CEMCO celebrates its 60th Anniversary in the Mining and Aggregate industry CEMCO Inc., an industry leader in manufacturing portable and stationary VSI crushing systems, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The third-generation, family-owned company provides a holistic approach to mineral processing by e...
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VÖGELE screeds bring quality to road paving
VÖGELE screeds bring quality to road paving The VÖGELE product portfolio of road pavers enables users to cover practically any application in asphalt paving. The range of screeds is correspondingly broad, covering twelve models in up to five different compaction variants. They manage pave widths bet...
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Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey made safer with Teledyne FLIR camera technology
Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey made safer with Teledyne FLIR camera technology Teledyne FLIR recently installed its dual thermal AID camera technology for use on the new 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Turkey, which was constructed in a joint venture between DL E&C (formerly Daelim), Limak, SK Ecoplant and...
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Liebherr crane reaches for the heights on 182 metre skyscraper project in Canada
Liebherr crane reaches for the heights on 182 metre skyscraper project in Canada Fast working speed, simple operation and reliable service – these are the key factors that prompted Liebherr customer Cambie Forming Ltd. to opt for another Liebherr 280 HC-L 12/24 Litronic. The new luffing jib crane is...
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GM Future Roads and INRIX supporting Safer Roads with Safety View
GM Future Roads and INRIX supporting Safer Roads with Safety View General Motors and INRIX Inc., a world leader in mobility analytics and connected car services, announced that Safety View by GM Future Roads & INRIX is now widely available to transportation planners nationwide. The cloud-based a...
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CASE introduces new CASE Minotaur™ DL550 Compact Dozer Loader
CASE introduces new CASE Minotaur™ DL550 Compact Dozer Loader CASE Construction Equipment is launching an all-new, industry-first equipment category with the introduction of the CASE Minotaur™ DL550 compact dozer loader. Weighing in at more than 18,000 pounds and working with 114 horse...
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