Down to Earth Magazine | Issue 42

01 October 2006

Inside this issue

New IT General Manager, new focus on customer solutions
New generation engines: less fuel, longer life
Seeing is believing
New Komatsu facilities Wodonga
Apprenticeship Empowering Rohan
Suceessful Dash 8 launches in Australia
NZ Quarry Sucess
Major upgrade to safety management program
Vale: Barry Potter, former national training manager

Revolutionary PC600-8 excavator is a winner for Hanson
Dozers on the busfire front line
Sucess for Ernest Henry Mine
New loaders for landscaping supplier
Overnight WA65-3 delivery makes Komatsu converts
SA Quarry opts for all-Komatsu fleet
Two Komatsu machines for massive outback water storage system
Remarkable achievements in Huntly
Major Komatsu order from Hazell Bros
"Best excavtor I've ever seen"
Technology impresses Road Metals
New Dash 8 burns less fuel; has more power
Elliotts recognise loyal service

New WA100-5 provides performance and productivity
Two more Dash 8 quarry loaders
Dash 8 heavy construction and quarry excavators dig more with less fuel

Tips for extending undercarriage life

Komatsu Comments
Hall of Fame: "Costs so little to run"
Kids Corner