Autocar Displays Xpeditor Trucks
Autocar LLC, Union City, Ind., has debuted the Autocar Xpeditor, a Class Eight low-cab-over-engine (LCOE) truck series used in waste and recycling collection and hauling applications at the 2002 WasteExpo show. WasteExpo took place May 21-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Models displayed included the WX, which can be used in waste and recycling applications, and the WXLL, which features a low step-in height that is particularly useful in residential pick up. Both models are noted for their driver-friendly environment, ease of maintenance and safety, according to the company.
In an exclusive interview with Recycling Today, Autocar president Bob Enright says the company’s focus on its core waste and recycling market will help it appeal to those industry segments. "Our customers are going to receive a lot more ‘tender loving care’ than other manufacturers can give," says Enright. "We’re closer to them by virtue of understanding the market. We’re smaller and there are fewer layers to go through to get communication to the customer and to listen to the customer."
Autocar LLC was formed in July 2001 when parent company Grand Vehicle Works Corp. purchased the Autocar name and the Xpeditor line from Volvo Trucks North America.
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Terex Bolsters Lifting Division |
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Fuchs scrap handlers are among the product lines that have been added to the Lifting Division of Terex Corp., Westport, Conn. The German-made scrap handlers were acquired by Terex as part of the acquisition of Atlas Weyhausen and the Schaeff Group earlier this year. “The acquisitions are an excellent fit with Terex’s strategy of diversifying both the products and geographic range of our customer offerings,” says Terex chair and CEO Ronald M. DeFeo. “The combination of Atlas and Schaeff will increase our penetration into Germany by adding approximately $250 million in annual German revenues and 60 independent dealers in a market where today we have limited presence, while also adding new products to the Terex portfolio.” In addition to the Fuchs line of scrap handlers, the Schaeff Group also makes mini and midi-excavators and wheel loaders, while Atlas makes larger excavators and truck-mounted cranes. In May, Terex announced another acquisition that will grow its Lifting Division, this time adding Germany-based Demag Mobil Cranes GmbH & Co. KG. DeMag makes and distributes telescopic and lattice boom cranes, and with $360 million in annual sales is one of the world’s leading mobile crane producers. “Demag has a leading market position in the 300-ton to 1,600-ton lattice-boom crane category, which compliments our existing product offering nicely and enables us to offer our customers a full line of lattice boom cranes with lifting capacities from 60 tons to 1,600 tons,” states DeFeo. |
LUNDELL SHIPS PELLET SYSTEM TO NORWAY
Lundell Enterprises, Cherokee, Iowa, has shipped a Model 1860 pellet system to a customer in Norway.
The system is designed to take scrap paper along with some plastic film to produce a 1-3/4-inch diameter pellet. The pellets are used as fuel in 2,000 to 3,000 kilowatt boilers for centralized hot water heat systems used by communities in northern Norway.
Lundell has been making pellet systems for more than 40 years. The company reports that another pellet system will be shipped to Oslo, Norway, this summer for a similar project.
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Balemaster Upgrades Web Site |
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Balemaster, Crown Point, Ind., has upgraded the information available at its Web site, found at www.balemaster.com. The site provides information on the more than 100 balers, shredders and hoggers offered by the company, including its PT70 shredder and its new auto-tie baler with touch screen controls. Also on the site is the latest company news and information on markets served by the company. Owners of Balemaster equipment can also find information on the company’s training program, its parts replacement program and additional technical information. Balemaster is a 50-year-old company manufacturing horizontal balers as well as shredding equipment for scrap paper, plastics and metals. |
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