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Wed October 18, 2006

Hitachi Upgrades Zaxis 450LC With Dash-3 Improvements

The Zaxis 450LC-3 features the new Isuzu AH-6WG1XYSA-01 six-cylinder Tier III-certified engine, the new Hitachi HIOS III hydraulic system, a new more comfortable cab, strengthened components, and easier serviceability, according to the manufacturer....

Wed September 27, 2006

Hitachi Compact Excavator Digs More Yards Per Hour

The Zaxis 27u-2 compact excavator is ideally suited to a wide variety of applications. Productivity receives a boost from numerous improvements, including increased operating speeds, 50 percent more drawbar pull and automatic shifting between high and low travel speeds....

Fri September 01, 2006

A Search for Fuel Savings Leads Florida Contractor to Hitachis

In an industry where companies regularly tout lineages in decades, Steven Counts Inc. (SCI) definitely goes against the grain. Established just six years ago by Steven Counts and three others, what the Summerfield, FL-based company lacks in corporate history is offset by tremendous growth....

Wed August 23, 2006

Zaxis 350LC-3 Replaces Two Models

The Zaxis 350LC-3 replaces the Hitachi Zaxis 330LC and Zaxis 370 excavators. Powered by Isuzu’s new 6-cylinder Tier-III-certified engine, the 350LC-3 performs more like its larger production-sized siblings....

Tue May 23, 2006

Dozens of Bikers Make 100-Mile Journey to Deere-Hitachi Plant

R.W. Moore Equipment Company, the full-service John Deere equipment dealer serving eastern North Carolina, held its second annual Deere Run May 5. This year’s event attracted more than 100 people 65 of whom were riders....

Thu March 23, 2006

Hitachi Forester Helps Alaska Logging Firm Succeed

What does an Alaskan logging company do when the timber market does a belly flop? Well, if its name is Whitestone Logging, it just keeps moving forward. Company President Cliff Walker wouldn’t have it any other way, and said running Hitachi Foresters is a key ingredient to his recession-resistant strategy....

Tue March 07, 2006

Johansen Excavation Goes the Extra Mile With Hitachi Iron

The Johansens must have one gigantic Christmas tree to put presents under. JoAnn, one-half of the husband and wife ownership team of Johansen Excavation in Glen Head, NY, likes to buy big toys for her husband, David, for Christmas....

Tim Whitmire - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri December 09, 2005

Deere-Hitachi Welcomes President to NC Plant

KERNERSVILLE, NC (AP) In the conservative heart of North Carolina, hundreds of workers at a thriving plant that puts out hydraulic excavators for the construction industry gave President Bush a warm welcome Dec....

Angela B. Hurni - Fri December 09, 2005

Thompson Contractors Relies on Hitachi at NC Quarry

Thompson Contractors Inc., a family-owned business since the 1940s, operates two quarries in North Carolina, which mainly produce load shot granite and stone-based material for asphalt plants. The Miller Creek Quarry, the largest of the two quarries and located in Rutherfordton, NC, has been in operation since 1965....

Wed November 30, 2005

Hitachi Accompanies VA Contractor Through Years of Growth

Russell Jenkins, the president of General Excavation Inc., recalled the time he first met Don Powell, a Hitachi salesman of J.W. Burress. “It was in the early 1980s,” said Jenkins. “Don Powell came to one of my job sites, and I happened to be running the motorgrader....