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by Nick Drew  |  Thu 15 Nov 2018

Heavy Line KATO's coming soon...

KATO IMER have been making a big impact into the mini excavator market in the UK since launching earlier this year and it can only be a matter of time before they are able to offer the market some of their larger excavators, like the HD514 reviewed in this video by our old mate down under Ron Horner.

Heavy Line KATO's coming soon...
It may come as a surprise to some but KATO has an incredibly long history in the manufacture of hydraulic excavators, in fact the company launched its first machine back in 1967, when at the time, they were only the second manufacturer in Japan to design and build its own excavators. The company has had a fleeting romance with the UK market in the past, but dealers appointed seemed unable to make much of an impact, but with the pro-active and forward thinking KATO IMER UK set up I expect that situation to change very rapidly. Australian plant man Ron Horner has a lot of affection for the KATO brand and he used to run them in his contracting business back in the day as we have reported previously on this blog, in this video review from TradeEarthmovers he gets “hands on” with one of the manufacturers latest 14 tonne offerings the HD514 and as usual his enthusiasm spills over as he talks about all the features on this smart looking machine.
Cracking video Ron, many thanks for sharing it with us here on the Digger Man Blog.

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