A record number applied to take part in the LANDCROS Innovation Studios Europe Challenge – we received applications from more than 130 startups from 40 countries! Who will be selected to pitch their solutions for autonomous operations, site intelligence and planning, and lifecycle decision making on Pitch Day in December? Stay tuned to find out more and read about the challenge on Onsite. 🔗 bit.ly/47EbAsW

Your Hitachi machine doesn't work alone. Behind it are trusted dealer partners across Europe, technicians trained to Hitachi standards, parts for every machine and budget, and digital tools that keep an eye on your fleet. 🔗 Read support stories from customers and dealers across Europe: bit.ly/3SxNaK2 #TheKey #support #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS

Our dealer network across Northwest and Central West Africa is changing with a new agreement with Machinery Distribution in Africa (MDA) and Movicortes. ✅ Strengthening customer focus ✅ Expanding market coverage ✅ Supporting the continued growth of the Hitachi and LANDCROS brands 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4zK2siz

Introducing the ZX135-7EB electric excavator! Photos taken behind the scenes at a recent photo shoot in Belgium 🇧🇪

When your machines are built to last and perform reliably, your business stays competitive and ready to take on what’s next. #TheKey #reliability #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS

The name doesn't matter. What it delivers does. Reliability has always been the key. #TheKey #reliability #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS

“Quality, power, precision and reliability – built to work.” 🧡 Great to see you’re back in a Hitachi again, Matthew Urbanowicz! Thanks for sharing photos of your new ZX130LCN-7.

The name doesn't matter. What it delivers does. Precision has always been the key. #TheKey #precision #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS

Our Autumn iGC magazine is out! In this edition: 🏆 Find out who won the LANDCROS European Operator Challenge 🇭🇷 Meet our new dealer in Croatia 🧡 See amazing excavators on unique projects Take a look! bit.ly/4yGQeab

This ZX300LC-7 SLF (with a digging range of 18 metres) was on its way to Avitec, ready to create long slopes on a large nature project. We hope operator Gerwin is enjoying his new reliable orange machine (even though it’s yellow)! 🧡 💛

Will software and AI become as critical to construction equipment as steel, hydraulics and engineering have always been? Our President and CEO, Francesco Quaranta, explores this in a keynote speech: “From steel to software: AI as the future heart of construction machinery?” at the Construction Equipment Forum. 📆 13-14 October 📍 Coreum, Helmut-Kiesel-Straße 2, 64589 Stockstadt am Rhein Tickets: bit.ly/4ya72WG #CEF26 #ConstructionEquipment #ConstructionMachinery #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Digitalization #FutureOfConstruction #Networking

Call it Hitachi. Call it LANDCROS. The name was never the point. What matters is what the machine delivers and the reliability that has always come with it. That reliability won't change. It's the key that unlocks everything else: precision, dependability, the people behind it, and the power to take on the impossible. #TheKey #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS

⏳ Final call for construction-tech founders! Applications for the LANDCROS Innovation Studios Europe Challenge close on 30 September. If you have a ready-to-test solution for any of our three themes, this is your chance to apply for the opportunity to operate and scale it in Europe. The themes are autonomous site operations, site intelligence and planning, and life-cycle decision intelligence. Selected startups will be asked to pitch at Demo Day in Amsterdam, 3 December, in front of HCM experts and partners CRH Ventures, Ferrovial Construction, Leonard (VINCI), Loxam, Brick & Mortar and Zacua Ventures. 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/4fCoqeM #LANDCROSChallenge #LastCall #Startups

A special machine for a special cause – the latest excavator for UK customer Bridgebank Plant Ltd has a unique design to highlight the company’s support for The Christie Charity 🧡

What does reliability look like in real terms? It’s 7,000 working hours, in six years, with zero issues. The first EX1200 excavator performed so well at the Héming limestone quarry that a second one arrived in 2025, and a third is already being considered. Reliable orange, on repeat 🧡 🔗 Read the full story: bit.ly/4wLGTMr #TheReliableOrange #LANDCROS #Hitachi #France

🎤 We’re already counting down to 3 December, Amsterdam – Demo Day for the LANDCROS Innovation Studios Europe Challenge. Teams from HCM, CRH Ventures, Ferrovial Construction, Leonard (VINCI), Loxam, Brick & Mortar and Zacua Ventures will gather to hear pitches from selected startups, whose innovations are tackling problems on European job sites. Three themes of the challenge: Autonomous Site Operations, Site Intelligence & Planning, Lifecycle Decision Intelligence. 📅 Applications close on 30 September 2026 👉 Apply: bit.ly/4fCoqeM #LANDCROSChallenge #DemoDay #ConstructionTech

This EX2000 delivered to Aertssen in Belgium has a 40m boom, making it unique in its class. Its name is one of a kind, too – Daddy Grizzly 2.0 🧡🐻 #aertssen #TheReliableOrange

Love to see a Hitachi ZX250 travelling in style! Thanks to Martin Tebbs for sharing! 👏

How can AI shape the future of construction machinery? Our CEO Francesco Quaranta explores how AI is supporting machinery's evolution from purely mechanical equipment to connected, intelligent systems at the next edition of Construction Equipment Forum. #CEF26 #ConstructionEquipment #ConstructionMachinery #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Digitalization #FutureOfConstruction

🌍 Atlanta, Brisbane, and now Amsterdam. The LANDCROS Innovation Studios Europe Challenge is the third event run by Hitachi Construction Machinery. It invites startups to pitch their solutions to improve operations on real-life job sites. The first challenge focused on construction in the US, followed by mining in Australia. Europe 2026 brings the same format with three themes: Autonomous Site Operations, Site Intelligence & Planning, Lifecycle Decision Intelligence. Demo Day for selected startups is 3 December in Amsterdam, with a judging panel of industry experts from HCM and partners CRH Ventures, Ferrovial Construction, Leonard (VINCI), Loxam, Zacua Ventures and Brick & Mortar. 📅 Applications close on 30 September 2026. 👉 Apply: bit.ly/4fCoqeM