| Here a small overview of the worlds leading brands of | | | | wheel and crawler excavator, wheel loader, skid steer |
| heavy construction equipment, the kind of equipment | | | | loader and of course as well forklift of all kind. |
| they produce and a little company history: | | | | JCB (according to its founder Joseph Cyril Bamford) it |
| The Case Corporation was created 1842 in America | | | | is the forth biggest machinery manufacturer in the |
| and manufactured threshing machines in its beginning. | | | | world. JCB produces among others backhoe loaders |
| From 1912 the production was extended to the sector | | | | (the 3 CX is the most successful product ), tele |
| of farm equipment and road construction machinery. In | | | | handler, crawler excavators and wheel excavators |
| 1957, Case acquires American Tractor Corporation - | | | | and under the name JCB Vibromax even rollers for |
| manufacturer of excavators and establishes like this to | | | | compaction. |
| a internationally well-known company in the | | | | JCB is active as well in the agriculture field with their |
| construction machinery sector. The Case Corporation | | | | Fastrac tractors. It is one of the few enterprises in this |
| with its machinery brands Case CE (Case | | | | sector of machines manufacturer that still has got a |
| Construction Equipment) for construction machines and | | | | family conduction. |
| Case IH (Case Internationally Harvester, since 1985) for | | | | Komatsu Ltd is the second largest construction |
| agricultural machinery fused in November 1999 | | | | equipment manufacturer world wide after Caterpillar. |
| together with New Holland to the CNH Group. Apart | | | | Apart from construction machinery, the Japanese |
| from Case and New Holland, O&K, Fiat Kobelco | | | | company with head quarters in Tokyo produces: |
| and Kobelco belong to the CNH Group as well.. | | | | electronics, fork-lifts, generators, compressors and |
| Caterpillar Inc. (Illinois, USA) is the world's biggest | | | | industrial robots. As a full-liner, Komatsu sells over 100 |
| manufacturer of construction machines. Caterpillar's | | | | different construction machine types, from mini |
| Product ranges comprehend Earth moving Machinery | | | | excavator to telehandler up to mobile crushers. In 1995 |
| and Road Construction Equipment as well as Engines: | | | | Hanomag, the German machinery manufacturer |
| for instance: Excavators of all types, wheel loaders | | | | became part of the Komatsu Group and now |
| and crawler loaders, scrapers, graders, dozers, etc. | | | | produces under the name Komatsu Hanomag AG |
| Worth knowing: One of the founders of Caterpillar, Mr. | | | | wheel loaders in Hanover. Interesting: Komatsu |
| Benjamin Holt, is considered to be the inventor of the | | | | produces the largest bulldozer of the world (Komatsu |
| chain drive assembly for crawler machines. | | | | D 575) with 132 tons. |
| The machinery production's sector of the South | | | | Liebherr AG is an international company that produces |
| Korean multinational Daewoo was sold in 2005 to | | | | apart from construction equipment also aero space |
| Doosan Infracore. Since then construction equipment, | | | | equipment and household appliances. The machinery |
| trucks and trailer are sold by the name | | | | product line of Liebherr includes excavators, Bulldozers, |
| Doosan-Daewoo. Doosan has a sales network all | | | | Wheel loaders, Off High-Way Trucks and Mining |
| around the world and distributes through it the whole | | | | Equipment. Remarkable: At the Bauma fair in Munich in |
| range of crawler excavators, wheeled excavators, | | | | 2004 Liebherr presented the world's largest dump |
| wheel loaders and skid steer loaders. | | | | truck - the Liebherr T282.The new Liebherr wheel |
| The Japanese Hitachi Ltd. Corporation is among the 50 | | | | loader series are meant to be very economical in fuel |
| biggest enterprises in the world. Known as an | | | | consumption. Apart, Liebherr is Specialist for Cranes of |
| electronic enterprise, they produce as well construction | | | | all kinds. By the way, a Liebherr Tower Crane was |
| equipment under the name Hitachi Construction | | | | their first product launched in 1949. Nowadays Liebherr |
| Machinery: crawler and wheeled excavators of all | | | | cranes product range goes from mobile cranes to |
| sizes, telescopic working platforms, wheel loaders, off | | | | quay cranes. |
| highway and since the uptake of Euclid as well | | | | New Holland belongs since 1999 to the corporation |
| off-highway trucks for plant and building. Hitachi | | | | CNH. Previously they were producing farm equipment |
| became, little by little, a full line manufacturer for | | | | but today, a part from tractor, they sell many other |
| machinery, after ending the cooperation with Fiat | | | | types of machinery. |
| (Fiat-Hitachi). | | | | The heavy equipment line includes bulldozers, |
| Hyundai Heavy Industries Co.Ltd. is part of the | | | | excavators, grader and wheel loader. In the light line |
| South-Korean Hyundai and produces construction | | | | production you can find all sizes of skid steer |
| equipment and boat equipment. The machines are | | | | excavator and skid steer loader as well as telehandler. |
| distributed in the network franchised Hyundai | | | | Under the name appear New Holland the previously |
| Construction Equipment around the world. The | | | | named brand of Fiat-Kobelco, Kobelco y O&K. |
| machines productions includes Skid steer excavators, | | | | |