The new company, EAC European Application Center GmbH, based in Stockstadt am Rhein in Hessen, combines Hitachi’s technology with Kiesel’s local market knowledge.
The venture is 49.9% owned by Hitachi Õ¥Ö¼§ Machinery and 50.1% by Kiesel Technologie Entwicklung GmbH (KTEG).
Hitachi has previously developed electric machinery and for special applications, but this represents a new push in Europe, where there are some of the strictest emissions regulations in the world.
Hitachi Õ¥Ö¼§ Machinery has delivered more than 100 wired electric excavators to date, mostly in Japan, and it has supplied wired electric ultra-large hydraulic excavators to mines.  It has also previously made battery-powered excavators, starting with the ZX70B back in 2006.
For its part, KTEG has developed large demolition specification equipment and other special application products based on Hitachi excavators.
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