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Sustainability Milestone: 100% Recycled Steel Used in New Compact Excavator Boom Assembly
Breakthrough metallurgical process achieves ASTM A572 Grade 50 strength with zero virgin ore—reducing embodied carbon by 74% per unit.
Apr 24th,2026
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Developed in partnership with a Tier-1 steel recycler and validated at the German Welding Institute (DVS), the recycled-steel boom undergoes ultrasonic phased-array NDT and cyclic fatigue testing exceeding ISO 10218 standards.
First deployed on the EC150R compact excavator, it sets a new benchmark for circular manufacturing in structural hydraulics.
All future compact and mid-size excavator booms will transition to this specification by Q2 2025.
