Category: Trimble News

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo) announced today that Trimble has been chosen as Sumitomo’s preferred technology provider for machine control solutions. Working closely with Trimble, Sumitomo will offer the Trimble® Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Excavators as a factory-fit machine control solution for the Japanese market.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 26, 2017—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Trimble® Penmap® for Android™, a cloud-connected application for field surveying and high-accuracy Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection that works on mobile handhelds, smartphones and tablets.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today the release of Trimble® LOADRITE® L3180 SmartScale for wheel loaders. With the next generation of loader scales, Trimble is significantly improving aggregates payload management. The LOADRITE L3180 SmartScale uses weighing intelligence to analyze the load, machine and its environment using solid state sensors for more accurate, precise and faster loading.

Trimble has unveiled Trimble Earthworks for Excavators and Trimble Earthworks for Dozers.Reengineered from the ground up, Trimble’s innovative next generation grade control platform features modern, intuitive software on an Android operating system, and state-of-the-art technology that allows operators of all skill levels to work faster and more productively than ever before.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today Trimble® Earthworks for Excavators and Trimble Earthworks for Dozers. Trimble Earthworks is transforming machine control with the industry’s first integrated 3D aftermarket excavator automatics capability

In the civil engineering and construction industries, 2016 saw capital spending decrease – this decline was in response to reduced oil prices, which caused many energy companies globally to delay projects. This market contraction had some impacts upon the construction technology industry, while manufactures of heavy equipment felt the effects most.

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Woburn, Mass. -based ThingMagic RFID business to Novanta Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVT) for $20 million in cash. Novanta is a global leader and supplier of photonics, precision motion and vision technologies to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the medical and advanced industrial markets. The transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017.

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