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Bauma 2025 – a look back

|Date: June 04, 2025

Bauma 2025 – a look back

There’s nothing like a Bauma. The CPN team put in the hard miles around the gigantic Messe Munchen exhibi ...

There’s nothing like a Bauma. The CPN team put in the hard miles around the gigantic Messe Munchen exhibition centre to check out some of the machinery delights on offer. Bauma, the triennial Bavarian ...

June 04, 2025
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Shannonside Civil Engineering is a big fan of Hitachi excavators

|Date: September 11, 2024

Shannonside Civil Engineering is a big fan of Hitachi excavators

Shannonside Civil Engineering is a big fan of Hitachi excavators. Over the past ten years it has used mor ...

Shannonside Civil Engineering is a big fan of Hitachi excavators. Over the past ten years it has used more than 200 and it has just bought a ZX225US-7 and ZX350-7 to add to its fleet of more than 100 ...

September 11, 2024
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Hitachi and BCS Group

|Date: February 09, 2024

Hitachi and BCS Group

Construction and safety equipment specialist BCS Group has purchased six ZX135US-7 14-tonne and four ZX22 ...

Construction and safety equipment specialist BCS Group has purchased six ZX135US-7 14-tonne and four ZX225US-7 25-tonne machines to add to its rapidly growing excavator hire fleet. In line with the co ...

February 09, 2024
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New dimension for safer working

|Date: January 02, 2024

New dimension for safer working

Plant hire companies are championing 3D avoidance for greater construction safety. CPN hears from two com ...

Plant hire companies are championing 3D avoidance for greater construction safety. CPN hears from two companies who are making it happen. In the ever-evolving landscape of British construction, Plantf ...

January 02, 2024
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Wired for continuous operation

|Date: September 21, 2023

Wired for continuous operation

The Hitachi ZX23U-6EB operates on 18kWh lithium-ion batteries or wired power, enabling continuous operati ...

The Hitachi ZX23U-6EB operates on 18kWh lithium-ion batteries or wired power, enabling continuous operation 24 hour operation – which are more feasible because it is far quieter than comparable conven ...

September 21, 2023
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Manoeuvrable and cordless

|Date: August 31, 2023

Manoeuvrable and cordless

Hitachi Construction Machinery's ZX55U-6EB is an electric five-tonne excavator that can be cordless, usin ...

Hitachi Construction Machinery's ZX55U-6EB is an electric five-tonne excavator that can be cordless, using 39kWh lithium-ion batteries, or wired so it can work while charging from a CEE 400VAC 3-phase ...

August 31, 2023
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Get ready for Plantworx 2023: the biggest showcase of construction equipment and technologies!

|Date: June 16, 2023

Get ready for Plantworx 2023: the biggest showcase of construction equipment and technologies!

Show and go! Get ready for Plantworx 2023: the biggest showcase of construction equipment and technologie ...

Show and go! Get ready for Plantworx 2023: the biggest showcase of construction equipment and technologies! CPN casts an eye over what’s what. According to the organisers Plantworx 2023 is about to h ...

June 16, 2023
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