For a relative newcomer such as JCB, hitting the half-million mark is a significant milestone. The producer of Loadall farm telehandlers, Fastrac tractors, wheeled loaders and other vehicles used in agriculture is also the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment, so it has a big appetite for engines.
Engine manufacturers have started unveiling technical solutions to meet a further step in off-highway diesel engine emissions regulation planned by the European Union.
Further evidence of a change in engine policy at the Same Deutz-Fahr Group comes with the unveiling of a new in-house engine family comprising 2.9-5.8-liter 3-, 4- and 6-cylinder diesels.
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