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Slight increase for the European tractor market in in 2019

The European tractor market makes a small but significant step forward, with an estimated growth of around 5 percent in sales for 2019. According to data provided by CEMA, the European Agricultural Machinery Association, the ‘vehicles’ registered in Europe are 191,587. Of these, tractors...

Full connectivity: ifm electronic is 4.0-ready

With Paolo Rocca, who deals with digitization in a complex sector such as mobile applications within ifm electronic, we had quite an interesting conversation about the great opportunities of the so-called Industry 4.0 solutions that for manufacturers as well as mobile equipment users. What is the po...

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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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Slight increase for the European tractor market in in 2019

The European tractor market makes a small but significant step forward, with an estimated growth of around 5 percent in sales for 2019. According to data provided by CEMA, the European Agricultural Machinery Association, the ‘vehicles’ registered in Europe are 191,587. Of these, tractors...

Full connectivity: ifm electronic is 4.0-ready

With Paolo Rocca, who deals with digitization in a complex sector such as mobile applications within ifm electronic, we had quite an interesting conversation about the great opportunities of the so-called Industry 4.0 solutions that for manufacturers as well as mobile equipment users. What is the po...

MTU and Claas, two partners for developing Stage V engines

MTU and Claas have been working closely together for more than two decades. Back in March 2018, the MTU Series 1000, 1100, 1300 and 1500 engines were awarded certificates for compliance with EU Stage V emissions standard. The groundwork leading up to certification lay in some 110,000 hours of field ...
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Fpt N67. Is natural gas an option for the future of off-highway?

In addition to the dual nature (diesel and gas) F28, Fpt N67 NG, standing of course for ‘natural gas’, was also on display at Agritechnica 2019. The latter is an engine capable of delivering 180 kilowatts of power at 1,800 rpm and 1,035 Nm at 1,500 rpm, with multipoint injection, three-w...

Harvesting in India made easier by Volvo Penta D5 engine

Volvo Penta D5 is the smallest engine in the range. It is a four-cylinder engine with almost 130 kW power and 810 Nm torque, employed by Shaktiman Tejas harvesters that have to chop the tough sugarcane at ground level on a giant sugarcane plantation in rural Gujarat, a state on the Western coast of ...

Eyes on Africa: East and Central Africa Energy to be held in September

East and Central Africa Energy, the exhibition and conference organized by Informa Markets, will take place on 1-3 September 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. The same company is in charge of organizing the next Middle East Energy, scheduled at the beginning of March in Dubai. The African event is expected to...
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