CBO on the Road: Komatsu 2016

This week, Editor Kathy Wells traveled to the Komatsu Customer Center in Cartersville, Georgia, to meet with product managers and learn more about the latest offerings in integrated construction equipment technology and how smart construction is reshaping the future of earthmoving. Check out the tweets below for CBO‘s coverage of the event!

1. Construction Business Owner was invited to learn more about Komatsu’s latest product rollout, featuring exclusive access to new intelligent machine control dozer and excavators.

Spending the day at @KomatsuAmerica in Cartersville, #Georgia learning about the #jobsite of the #future @CBOMagazine

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 24, 2016

2. Is your company using intelligent machine control? Komatsu is impacting the construction tech world with its latest product offerings.

#didyouknow @KomatsuAmerica has over 1,000 intelligent #machines working in #NorthAmerica today @CBOMagazine

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 24, 2016

3. Many construction companies hesitate to add technology on their jobsites, but may not realize the benefits it can provide projects and workers.

Why aren’t more #jobsites using #equipment #technology? The first step into the unknown is hard. Partner to help facilitate that #change.

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 24, 2016

4. At the event, Komatsu launched two new crawler dozers and two excavators that feature its new intelligent machine control options and also showcased six additional products on-site.

@KomatsuAmerica released 4 all new intelligent machine control products, revealed to #dealers #customers tomorrow pic.twitter.com/fzYNmmJEYU

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 24, 2016

5. Wells had the opportunity to operate and compare functionality of existing product lines to the new, inegrated smart construction options released at the event.

@KomatsuAmerica launched its smart construction equipment Tues. Integrated #technology is changing today’s #jobsite! pic.twitter.com/QxkiCQEPqC

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 26, 2016

6. According to Komatsu product manager, Sebastian Witkowski, the new intelligent machine control crawler dozer with radio control option that is ideal for jobsite applications where it might be safer to remove the operator but maintain productivity.

Watch this operator run @KomatsuAmerica‘s radio controlled #dozer like it’s a Nintendo game #WOW #construction #tech pic.twitter.com/Aiirt8iZmR

— Kathy Wells (@KathyWellsCBO) May 26, 2016

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