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Passport to Bauma NewsAnd The Winners Were…Diesel Progress Excellence In Equipment Engineering awards presented in 13 categories at Bauma ceremony  Diesel Progress magazine, which is celebrating its 75th consecutive year of regular monthly publication this year, announced the winners in the second Excellence in Equipment Engineering program. The individual awards were presented in a ceremony at Bauma hosted by ZF, the sponsor of the awards program. The Excellence in Equipment Engineering program, which was sponsored by powertrain systems supplier ZF, recognizes outstanding achievement in equipment design in 13 product categories. The individual awards were presented in a ceremony at the ZF stand at Bauma. “Too often, the efforts of engineers seem to get lost,” said Mike Brezonick, associate publisher and editor-in-chief of Diesel Progress. “All of the work that resulted in machines being more efficient, more environmentally sensitive and more productive gets overlooked. “The Excellence in Equipment Engineering awards program is a salute to the countless hours and efforts that have gone into the design of today’s mobile equipment. It’s our way to help recognize singular achievement in the engineering and design of engine-powered machinery.” More than 9200 votes were cast in all and the winners were selected from a final list of three machines in each of the following categories. Medium & Heavy Construction Equipment Wheel Loaders: The John Deere 544K. Backhoe Loaders: The Case 590 Super M-Plus. Hydraulic Excavators: The Volvo EW 160. Trucks: The Caterpillar 793F haul truck. Compact Equipment Wheel Loaders: The Caterpillar 907H. Skid-Steer Loaders/Track Loaders: The Bobcat M-Series compact track loader. Mini-Excavators: The Bobcat E35. Lift Equipment Telehandlers: The Caterpillar TH407. Cranes: The Terex AC 40 crane. IC Forklifts: The Hyundai HDF 70-7S. Roadbuilding Equipment Motor Graders: The Volvo 930. Compactors/Rollers: The Caterpillar CB64. Ag Equipment Tractors: The John Deere 8R series tractor. This was the second Excellence in Equipment Engineering awards presentation sponsored by ZF. The first was held at ConExpo in 2008. Diesel Progress and ZF also awarded iPhones to two randomly-selected voters. The winners were: Clint Jennings of RD Johnson Excavating. Co., an excavating contractor in Lawrence, Kansas and Jüri Kangilaski, manager of technical maintenance of the Baltic Region for Kuusakoski OY Baltic, a division of Kuusakoski OY, a Finnish recycling company. |
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