Kubota Celebrates Award Double for Wheeled Models
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Kubota Corporation and Liebherr Group have been recognised twice for the design of their new series of wheeled excavators. The two machines have picked up the iF Design Award and the highest accolade of the Red Dot Design Award.
For more than 70 years the iF Design Awards has set the standard for outstanding global design, celebrating designers who challenge convention, rethink systems and transform design leadership.
The wheeled excavator series was recognised for bringing together powerful technology in limited space, through a holistic design approach.
The result is a range of powerful machines designed for a variety of applications in the construction sector.
The two excavators, the 9-tonne KW095 and the 11-tonne KW115, are built in cooperation with Liebherr, at the company’s production site in Kirchdorf, Germany.
The facility produces four machines, the two Kubota’s and Liebherr’s own A909 Compact and 911 Compact wheeled excavators.
These are the first Liebherr models to be powered by the latest Kubota diesel engines.
Through this strategic partnership, the two companies are combining their expertise to create forward-looking solutions, that set new standards and offer added value to their customers.
With the two companies benefiting from each other’s expertise: the proven quality of Liebherr’s wheeled excavators and the high-performance engine from the Japanese Kubota Corporation.
This collaboration is a first for both companies. For the first time, Liebherr is offering two wheeled excavators in the 9- and 11-tonne classes, whilst Kubota has for the first time added wheeled excavators to its range.
Hironori Watanabe, Deputy General Manager Construction Equipment Division Kubota Corporation Japan and Keigo Okamoto President Construction Equipment Business Unit Kubota Europe, recently visited the site in Kirchdorf to see the first Kubota machines in production.
To mark the occasion, they were provided with a symbolic key and the two design certificates, by two Liebherr Managing Directors, Rudolf Arnold, Sales and Service, and Matthias Zettler, Finance and Admin.
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