ALSO INSIDE CONEXPO/CON-AGG® 2014

A HITACHI CONSTRUCTION & MINING PRODUCTS PUBLICATION
SECOND ISSUE 2014
CONEXPO/CON-AGG 2014
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ALSO INSIDE
Hitachi Opens New Facility in Brazil
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Keeping Safety Second to None
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Hitachi Parts Support
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CONFIDENCE
ON THE INSIDE
DOWNTIME
By not building everything, we compromise on
nothing. Hitachi leverages its excavator expertise
and
an
n legacy of meeting demanding mining
applications
appli
ications to deliver an unmatched experience
of reliability,
reliiabiili durability and efficiency.
That’s “The Power of Focus.”
In Ma
March, thousands of attendees
experienced Hitachi’s Power of
expe
Focus at CONEXPO/CON-AGG®
Focu
2014. I hope you made it out to
Las Vegas,
Ve
but if you didn’t, we have
a recap for
fo you in this issue of BREAKOUT.
You’ll also
als learn how Bravo Underground Inc.,
serviced by Blaine Equipment Company Inc.,
is keeping safety a top priority.
Our “By the Numbers” section showcases
Hitachi’s world-class reputation for producing
big iron, with an EX5500 Excavator hitting
100,000 hours! You’ll see that same reliability
and durability integrated into every inch of our
construction equipment as well.
When it comes to parts availability, Hitachi
dealers and our strategically located parts
depots across North America fully support you.
Learn more on page 14.
Our loyal customers are the cornerstone of
Hitachi Construction, and we always like hearing
from you. I hope you enjoy this issue of
BREAKOUT and will continue to share your
experiences with us.
Dan Fitzpatrick
Director, Sales, Hitachi Division
Have an article idea for BREAKOUT?
Contact Kristin Stires at [email protected]
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Contact your local Hitachi dealer.
The frst thing you want in an excavator is confdence.
The last thing? Problems. At Hitachi, we focus on
excavators, so we know how to build them to give
you what you need. More reliability. More productivity.
More confdence. THAT’S ALL.
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“Kenkijin Spirit is
soaking in all over
the world…”
“To advance localization, a true sense of unity is important. ‘Kenkijin Spirit,’ which
is our standard of values and our shared code of conduct among all Hitachi
Construction Machinery employees, is fundamental to that unity. All over the
world, we are conducting the training needed to establish this sense of unity and
value. Kenkijin Spirit is soaking in all over the world and becoming localized,
while, at the same time, it is driving the group to advance as one united body.”
Yuichi Tsujimoto
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Hitachi Construction Machinery
“It’s smoother and stronger
than anything I’ve operated.
I love it.”
CHRIS MISKIMON
Operating a ZX350LC-5
Delmarva Site Development Inc.
Crofton, Md.
Serviced by Elliott & Frantz Inc.
cab
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CONEXPO/
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WE AGREE WITH YOU Ð
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS,
STAYS IN VEGAS.
BUT WITH THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BIG IRON AND
INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS SHOWCASED THIS YEAR,
¨
CONEXPO/CON-AGG
SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION
TO THE RULE.
MACHINES REPRESENTING HITACHIÕS FOCUSED
LINE OF EQUIPMENT AT THE SHOW INCLUDED:
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ZX50U-5 COMPACT EXCAVATOR
ZX135US-5 REDUCED-TAIL-SWING
EXCAVATOR
129,364 ATTENDEES
THE POWER OF FOCUS.
2,400 EXHIBITORS
218 322 m2 (2.35 MILLION ft.2)
OF EQUIPMENT AND EXHIBITORS
170 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
AT A GLANCE
AS THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SHOW in the Western
Hemisphere, CONEXPO/CON-AGG drew more than 2,400
exhibitors and nearly 130,000 attendees ranging from contractors,
dealers and distributors to service providers, producers, engineers
and more to Las Vegas March 4-8.
Thousands of attendees stopped by the Hitachi booth and
discovered “The Power of Focus.” By leveraging our excavator
expertise and legacy of meeting demanding mining applications,
Hitachi’s focused line of products delivers an unmatched
experience of reliability, durability and effciency – that’s The
Power of Focus.
Built to tackle the toughest jobs, our durable excavators
showcased Hitachi’s attention to detail and productive design
through roomier cabs with increased visibility, serviceability and
accessibility updates.
“As a longtime Hitachi customer, I was impressed with the
equipment that was showcased,” said John T. Baldwin Jr.,
operations manager at Reliable Contracting. “Hitachi makes
powerful and reliable excavators, and the orange defnitely stood
out against all the yellow equipment.”
Hitachi’s new EH1100-5 dominated as one of the largest trucks
displayed at CONEXPO/CON-AGG this year. Incidentally,
it is the smallest of Hitachi’s line of rigid-frame haulers, known
for their advanced technology, reliability and low operating
costs. Ideally suited for large construction sites and small
to midsize quarry and mining operations, the EH1100-5 is
manufactured by Guelph, Ontario-based Hitachi Construction
Truck Manufacturing, which recently underwent a $32-million
plant expansion.
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customers outside this area. We also upgraded the transmission,
complete with new Shift Energy Management and Optimum
Shift Range software, and have integrated the parking brake
within the rear wet disc brake.”
Other highlights of the truck include an improved access system,
enhanced cab features like a 25-centimeter (10-inch) LCD screen
that doubles as a rearview camera, and an upgraded capacity to 70
nominal tons (previously 65 tons).
On Wednesday, March 5,
Hitachi dealers and customers
took a break from the show
foor to dig in and refuel at
Hitachi’s exclusive Power
Lunch. Craig Lamarque,
division manager for Hitachi
Construction and Mining; Dan
Fitzpatrick, director of sales
for the Hitachi Division; and
Mitsuhiro Tabei, vice president, executive offcer and director
of Hitachi Construction Machinery and president of the Global
Mining Division; welcomed and thanked attendees.
“We appreciate your loyalty to Hitachi,” Lamarque said. “Hitachi
will continue working to exceed your equipment expectations
by providing you with durable, effcient and reliable machines.”
After fve days and 218 322 square meters (2.35 million square
feet) of equipment and exhibitors, CONEXPO/CON-AGG
wrapped up, but planning for the next show has already begun.
We’ll see you in 2017! ■
“We have three main upgrades to the EH1100-5, which has
been updated from a previous model,” said Brian Mace, product
marketing manager for Hitachi Mining Division. “We now offer
a Cummins® engine exclusively for U.S. and Canadian customers,
and offer both Cummins® and MTU engine options for
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ZX210LC-5 UTILITY-CLASS
EXCAVATOR
EH1100-5 TRUCK
ZX470-5 PRODUCTION-CLASS
EXCAVATOR
EX1200-6 MINING/CONSTRUCTION
EXCAVATOR
HITACHI OPENS NEW FACILITY IN BRAZIL
In line with providing reliable, durable and efficient machines, Hitachi has opened a
new manufacturing facility in the Americas to better serve its customers.
Through a joint venture, Hitachi
Construction Machinery (HCM) and
John Deere have established DeereHitachi Màquinas de Construção do
Brasil S.A., a brand-new 200 000square-meter (2,152,782-square-foot)
manufacturing site in Indaiatuba, São
Paulo, Brazil. Key Hitachi and John
Deere executives, government offcials
from Brazil and more than 700 guests,
including dealers and customers,
attended the plant’s opening ceremony
held February 11, 2014.
“The opening represents great
advancements for our operations in
Brazil,” said Michijiro Kikawa, chairman
of the board, HCM. “John Deere and
Hitachi have a solid partnership, placing
us at the forefront of the hydraulic
excavator market.”
Five Hitachi excavator models – ZX160,
ZX180, ZX210, ZX250 and ZX350
– along with their comparable John
Deere medium-size excavators are being
manufactured at the facility, which has
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a production capacity of approximately
2,000 units per year. All Hitachi models
come standard with Hitachi’s ZXLink™
machine monitoring system.
This new facility serves as a dynamic
joint venture, with HCM contributing
the world’s leading technologies for
hydraulic excavators and John Deere
marketing the manufactured machines.
The facility’s location is important
as Brazil serves as one of the fastest
growing construction equipment
markets in the world.
This facility is just one example of
Hitachi’s signifcant investments in
manufacturing plants to boost future
production capacity and effciency. The
Deere-Hitachi plant in Kernersville,
Hitachi Construction Machinery executives
Michijiro Kikawa and Yuichi Tsujimoto with John
Deere executives Samuel R. Allen, Michael J. Mack
and Paulo Herrmann
N.C., is undergoing a $97-million plant
expansion. Additionally, Hitachi
Construction Truck Manufacturing in
Guelph, Ontario, recently underwent a
$32-million plant expansion and will be a
major player in achieving HCM’s goal to
gain 30 percent of world market share for
mining trucks by 2018. ■
BY THE
NUMB3RS
Hitachi maintains a world-class reputation for producing big iron. Our massive mining
excavators move tons of the world’s hardest rock day after day. That reliability, durability
and efficiency comes from our engineering and technological expertise, which is also
integrated into every inch of our construction excavators. Add it all up, and you get extreme
productivity across Hitachi’s focused product lines.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS EX5500-5 AND EX450LC-5 THAT REFUSE TO QUIT.
EX5500-5
as of
October 2013
100,000
7,000
Newmont Mining
Corporation from
ZAMine, Peru
2000
5,100+
EX450LC-5
Hours of operation
Avg. hours of operation per year
Purchased new
Days of reliability,
durability and efficiency
Have a Hitachi machine with an incredible number of hours? Tell us about it!
Contact Kristin Stires at [email protected] or 855.646.3347.
19,507
as of
January 2014
1,300
1999
Reliable Contracting
Company Inc.
from Elliott & Frantz Inc.,
Jessup, Md.
5,475+
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BRAVO UNDERGROUND INC.’S
SAFETY PROGRAM HELPS SET
INDUSTRY STANDARDS
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JOSE M. LEDON WAS GIVEN ADVICE FROM HIS FATHER
THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH HIM:
“THE NAIL HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER,
BUT THE HAMMER PUTS THE NAIL IN.
I ALWAYS WANT YOU
TO BE THE HAMMER.”
Ledon has been the hammer
for 19 years as president and CEO of
Bravo Underground Inc., a Henderson,
Nevada-based company he started that
specializes in underground, wet and dry
utilities; concrete; paving; and grading.
Bravo’s ZX380LC-3 showcases
its durability by hammering
away basalt for a residential
development.
Originally from Cuba, Ledon was frst
introduced to the construction industry
through his father’s work as an electrical
contractor, and he credits his dealer, Blaine
Equipment Company Inc., as being a big
part of Bravo Underground’s success.
“I started this company with one
backhoe from Dayton Blaine at Blaine
Equipment,” Ledon said. “Dayton has
supported this company from day one.
He runs his company so that service
comes frst. Downtime costs you money,
and Blaine Equipment makes sure the
contractor is never down.”
“WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY,
WE’RE SECOND
TO NONE.
THERE’S NO BUDGET
FOR SAVING LIVES.”
JOSE M. LEDON,
PRESIDENT AND CEO
OF BRAVO UNDERGROUND
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Ledon learned frsthand on the jobsite
about the durability and reliability of
Hitachi machines.
“Hitachi was not the frst excavator we
bought – we started with a different
brand,” Ledon said. “We switched to
Hitachi after working on a deep sewer
line with hard material. I needed two
machines and put a Hitachi and the
other brand to work. The Hitachi was
the only one that could do the job. From
that point on, we’ve gone with Hitachi.
They’re easy to run. I like the design,
and they’re safe machines.”
And safety is top priority at Bravo
Underground, which has been a driving
force for industry safety standards within
the Las Vegas region and the state.
“When it comes to safety, we’re second
to none,” Ledon said. “There’s no budget
for saving lives.”
Tom Hollis, Bravo Underground’s safety
director and risk management administrator of 11 years, conducts training
sessions such as OSHA 10- and 30-hour
construction training and competent
person training, confned spaces training,
defensive driving, and frst-aid/CPR
training for all the company’s employees
as well as every vendor on its jobsites.
Almost all of these training sessions take
place at Blaine Equipment.
KEEPING SAFETY SECOND TO NONE
Bravo Underground’s safety program is
built on collaboration and alliances with
organizations such as the National Utility
Contractors Association (NUCA), the
Association of General Contractors
(AGC), Nevada OSHA and the Region
IX OSHA offce and the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department
(LVMPD), to name a few.
“If you don’t have support from ownership, your safety program is worthless,”
Hollis said. “We’ve blazed a trail and
initiated many safety programs, but that’s
only been possible with Jose’s support
and by working closely with other
organizations.”
For example, Bravo Underground
partnered with the LVMPD to establish
a traffc safety plan to cut down on
speeding in construction zones. The
company also initiated the frst operator
accountability program through the
AGC in 2006. It’s a tracking system that
provides accident records of operators
throughout the valley. But Bravo takes
safety a step further by also feld-testing
operators before hiring them.
“The frst thing we check when feldtesting operators is not their production
or capabilities; safety comes frst,”
Hollis said. “Are they putting their seat
belt on? Are they checking the horn and
the lights before they even start to grab
the controls?”
For its safe excavation record and work
with locators, Bravo Underground is the
only company in the state to earn three
Silver Shovel Awards (in 2005, 2008
and 2013) from the Nevada Regional
Common Ground Alliance (NRCGA) and
the Southern Nevada Utility Committee
(SNUC). But it’s Ledon’s tenacity and
passion, not awards, that continue to
drive him each day.
“You have to love what you do, or you’ll
never be good at it,” he said. “After I got
into the underground business, I never
‘worked’ another day in my life. It’s
tough, but it’s been a lot of fun. I get up
in the morning and think, ‘What’s the
challenge today?’” ■
Bravo Underground Inc. is serviced
by Blaine Equipment Company Inc.,
Las Vegas, Nev.
Jose M. Ledon, president and CEO of Bravo
Underground, talks with James Burkett, Blaine
Equipment sales representative.
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HITACHI PARTS SUPPORT
What you need, when you need it
here’s enough stress in
day-to-day operations
without worrying
about unpredictable
machine repairs. That’s
why Hitachi dealers and a comprehensive
parts distribution network support you to
make sure you get what you need, when
you need it.
Depots stock parts to provide support for
the products in their geographic areas and
offer same-day shipment of emergency
parts. All depots and our primary parts
distribution center in Milan, Ill., are
connected by an online
inventory system, giving
you a superior level of
product support.
Hitachi also operates a state-of -the-art
reman facility in North America that
provides high-quality, cost-effective
solutions for your machine-maintenance
needs. Remanufactured components can
extend the productive and economic lives
of equipment, avoiding the cost of new
replacements or downtime from rebuilds.
Whether parts are new or remanufactured, Hitachi has what you need,
when you need it – so rest easy, and
contact your local Hitachi dealer for
more information. ■
In most cases, your dealer will have the
replacement part you need. However,
if a dealer does not have a certain part,
several Hitachi regional parts depots
across North America stand ready to
assist with construction and mining
excavator parts:
Atlanta, Georgia
■ Dallas, Texas
■ Denver, Colorado
■ Portland, Oregon
■ Lathrop, California*
■ Grimsby, Ontario
■ Regina, Saskatchewan
■ Edmonton, Alberta*
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*Mining excavator parts only.
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NOT EXCUSES.
You’ve probably heard all kinds of excuses about poor reliability
with some excavators. But not from Hitachi. We focus on building
excavators—not every other kind of machine. The results? More
reliability. Higher productivity. No excuses. THAT’S ALL.
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NEVER SIDETRACKED.
A “jack-of-all-trades” is good at some things, but great at nothing.
That’s why at Hitachi, we stay on course specializing in excavators.
By not getting sidetracked, we make exactly what you want.
Great, reliable excavators. THAT’S ALL.
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