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Iveco Group will soon have a new CEO. Olof Persson to replace Gerrit Marx
As Gerrit Marx will leave the Group to take up his appointment as the CEO of CNH Industrial, Persson, who is currently an Iveco Group Board Independent Director, will step in to the role of CEO on 1st July, 2024.
AS and FPT also arm in arm with industrial engines
AS Labruna, with sister company LF, and FPT Industrial have extended distribution agreement to industrial engines for Southern Italy, Middle East and North Africa
Middle East Energy in Dubai cancelled
The Middle East Energy (MEE) has been cancelled. The event was earlier rescheduled to start today (April 17) in Dubai, but the adverse weather conditions did not allow it.
Is Yamaha about to divest its industrial engine asset?
Yamaha Motor, acquisition of Torqeedo and divestment of industrial engine business
José Cuadrado is the new Global CEO of Yanmar Compact Equipment
José Cuadrado has been appointed Global Chief Executive Officer at Yanmar Compact Equipment (Yanmar CE), and Chairman of the Board at Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. Cuadrado replaces Giuliano Parodi, who is now transferring to manage the Yanmar Group’s Strategy Division, as Chief Strategy Officer.
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AS Labruna at the DPE Rimini with LF and start-up MOVe
AS Labruna was present at the DPE - International Electricity Expo in Rimini with LF, FPT Industrial dealer for North Africa, and MOVe, startup for the electrification of on-road vehicles, such as the Metrocab of Fresia
FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13
The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...
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Himoinsa gensets in Algiers Airport: 6.3 MW of emergency power
Himoinsa gensets in Algiers supply emergency power to more than 400,000 square meters macro-complex in the city’s main airport for an overall power of 6.3 MW. The airport consists of three terminals: Hall 1, dedicated to international traffic; Hall 2, used for local traffic, and the Château d’Eau, w...
There’s FPT behind the first gas-powered firefighting vehicle
The first gas-powered firefighting vehicle. The rush to sustainable and environmentally-friendly solutions for vehicles employed by municipalities and public organizations has started. Some manufacturers are working on it and important results have arisen in the last few years in different sectors. ...
Perkins hybrid engines. Our interview to Ajay Prasher, Part 2
Perkins hybrid engines Here we continue the journey started in the latest weeks with the first part of the interview with Ajay Prasher, Perkins Product Marketing Manager about Perkins hybrid engines idea. Let’s start with the advantages of the solutions developed and proposed by the Peterborou...
EIMA 2020, the premises are quite good
EIMA 2020. The overlap with the Sima, due to the shift of dates of the French exhibition, which will take place from 8 to 12 November, had generated quite a few perplexities among the stakeholders who are interested in the future of EIMA. The traditional Italian exhibition, instead, seems to reaffir...
John Deere and the marine engines: what we saw at Mets
John Deere and the marine engines. The Illinois-based manufacturer wants to be a primary brand not only in the agricultural field, but also in marine applications, according to a path that started quite a long time ago. For this reason, the company put on display at the latest edition of Mets severa...
Castrol and the importance of testing
Castrol and the mission of continous improvement At Castrol headquarters in Berkshire, UK, they are aware of the importance of testing, whether it is lubricating oil or fuel. In Pangbourne some preliminary laboratory tests are carried out on minimum volumes of oil, e.g. 100 ml, and then moved on to ...
FPT N67 450 N engine broadens the NEF family
FPT N67 450 N. During the MetsTrade exhibition, held last November in Amsterdam, the long-awaited C16 600 marine engine from FPT Industrial was officially launched. Nevertheless, another new product was introduced at the Dutch trade fair for pleasure craft. We are talking about the versatile N67 450...
JCB and Kubota. Japanese power for vibratory tandem rollers
JCB and Kubota made a deal to power vibratory tandem rollers CT160 and CT260. Compact engines for compact machinery. An equation which for JCB often means Kohler (for 1.9 and 2.5 liters engines) and which in this case led to Osaka, Japan. JCB and Kubota, some specifications The ratings are those for...
Diemax, proudly ‘orange’
The Dutch manufacturer Diemax truly played home-field at Mets 2019. We talked about the Dutch trade fair in this post. Already two years ago we saw the 12-cylinder model with power from 388 kilowatts at 4,000 rpm and 447 kW at 4,500 rpm, designed specifically for marine applications. During last yea...
ConExpo Las Vegas. What’s new?
LAS VEGAS? WHERE CONEXPO AND IFPE WILL TAKE PLACE ConExpo Las Vegas, we take the stock of the event. Still no confirmation of the rumors circulating about engine previews, we briefly remind you what we saw in the previous editions. In 2011 and 2014 MTU previewed and introduced the Tier 4 Final engin...
