Capital Equipment News June 2016

COVER STORY: Doosan’s new DX340LCA excavator: advanced specifications

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS 26 BKT shows its latest product line 28 New Chief Executive Officer for Isuzu Truck South Africa 30 Volvo Truck Range gears up for tough conditions 32 Clinigen South Africa acquires new Iveco daily vans 36 Sizanani Bulk chooses DAF Trucks 37 Combimax: number one in payload capacity EXHIBITIONS 38 Nampo Harvest Day breaks all records 39 166 th Royal Show CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications cc Editor: Pierre Sanson (outgoing) capnews@crown.co.za Advertising manager: Claudia Bertschy claudiab@crown.co.za Layout and design: Anoonashe Shumba Circulation: Karen Smith Publisher: Karen Grant Deputy Publisher: Wilhelm du Plessis PO Box 140 Bedfordview 2008 Total circulation Q1 2016: 3 740

2 EDITOR’S COMMENT COVER STORY 4 DOOSAN'S NEW DX340LCA EXCAVATOR WITH ADVANCED SPECIFICATIONS MATERIALS HANDLING 6 Introduction to materials handling 8 How to meet forklift training regulation 10 Eqstra delivers versatile crane to KSN Electrical 12 Johnson Crane Hire raises bar 14 Quality in focus: VÖGELE RoadScan 15 Standard three year warranty for Bobcat telehandlers 16 Bell introduces Mercedes-Benz engines to haulage tractors 18 bauma 2016 show a success for Case COMPRESSED AIR 21 Atlas Copco launches 8 Series 22 Latest air compressors deliver improvement 24 Gardner Denver Compair gets closer to customers with industry symposium

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