SaMoTer Innovation Award winners announced

The winners of the 23^rd SaMoTer Innovation Awards have been announced following an award ceremony held in Verona, Italy.

Accolades for the International Technical Innovation Competition were awarded in eight categories to a total of 13 companies.

HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS

MINI – Wacker Neuson – EZ17e model

MIDI – Kobelco – SK75SR-7 model

CONSTRUCTION – Hidromek – HMK230LC -H4 model. In addition, the company also received SaMoTec’s Design Award for the construction category excavator.

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS – Bobcat – Advanced Selectable Auxiliary Control (A-SAC) system

WHEELED LOADERS

MEDIUM – Hyundai Construction Equipment – HL960A model

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS – Liebherr – active personnel detection for accident prevention system

TELEHANDLERS

COMPACT – Merlo – E-Worker model

HIGH CAPACITY – Magni telescopic handlers – RTH 6.51 model

ATTACHMENTS

Simex – TFC 400 continuous milling-cutting machine

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

Doosan – X-Centre system

PLANTS

Blend – robo levelling vehicle

CRANES

JMG – MC50000RE articulated crane

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

OilSafe – clean cabinet equipment

Organised by VeronaFiere in partnership with the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE), SaMoTer also gave Special Mentions to three other companies.

Asalift for its accessory Zainomotore in the industrial applications category, Edilmag for its software application I-Link 4.0 and, in the attachments category, and Trevi Benne for its back-dump excavator bucket.