MUNICH, April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ:TRMB) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) (KRX:009540) today
announced a plan to integrate, engineer and market Trimble Ready® factory fit machine
control kits to enable the installation of Trimble®
GCS900 Grade Control System components on select HHI excavators in
the aftermarket. The fast and simplified installation process
eliminates the requirement for drilling, welding, re-painting or
disassembly when installing either a Trimble GCS900 2D or GCS900 3D
machine guidance solution, which can reduce machine downtime.
The announcement was made at bauma 2016, the world's leading
trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines,
mining machines, construction vehicles and construction
equipment.
"HHI is very pleased to enter into this integration effort with
Trimble for the development of advanced machine guidance solutions
onto our excavator line," said Seung-Jai
Lee, senior vice president for HHI-CE.
"The integration of factory fit Trimble
Ready kits with HHI excavators will bring HHI customers a
proven, cutting edge solution that can be ordered right from the
factory," said Jim Green, business
area director for Trimble OEM Solutions, Civil Engineering and
Construction Division.
The Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System is a machine control
system for earthworks that makes design surfaces, grades and
alignments accessible to the operator on a display inside the cab.
The system uses GNSS, GPS, laser, sonic or total station technology
to accurately position the blade or bucket in real-time,
significantly reducing material overages and improving the
contractor's productivity and efficiency.
About Hyundai Heavy Industries
Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) Construction Equipment Division
is a leading construction equipment manufacturer and is widely
recognized for its use of advanced ergonomic engineering and
technology. The division offers hydraulic excavators, wheel
loaders, backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders as well as industrial
vehicles. Since 1985, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has delivered
more than 500,000 quality construction equipment and industrial
vehicles to customers around the world. HHI's state-of-the-art
manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, India,
and Brazil produce earth-moving
machines that are sold and serviced through a global network of
over 540 dealers in 140 countries worldwide.
For more information, visit: www.hyundai-ce.com.
About Trimble's Civil Engineering and Construction
Division
Trimble is a leading innovator of productivity solutions for the
civil engineering and construction sectors. Trimble's solutions
leverage a variety of technologies, including Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS), construction lasers, total stations,
wireless data communications, the Internet, and application
software. As part of the Trimble Connected Site®
strategy, these solutions provide a high-level of process and
workflow integration from the design phase through to the finished
project—delivering significant improvements in productivity
throughout the construction lifecycle.
For more information, visit: construction.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering
products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds.
Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data
analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety
and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise
lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are
transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture,
construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics. For more
information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit:
www.trimble.com.
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