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9 11.26 to 12.1.2018 circumstances, he said it is the moment to “prepare for an expected growth in 2022”. And what is expected for the future market can be seen at the manufacturers stands at the event. There are more concepts than new line products in the São Paulo Expo exhibition area. Case Construction, of CNH industrial, for example, presented the 580N Accessibility and 580N Wireless backhoe loaders. The first is configured to be operated by people with reduced mobility, a concept that Iveco (another company in the group) has recently applied to a bus model. The second vehicle has the fact of having few electric wires to carry out its functions as the main novelty- many of the model’s movements are performed by wireless technology. The feature has to do with the company’s sustainable engineering vision. The vehicle, developed by a Brazilian team at the Contagem plant in Minas Gerais, can be operated remotely through mobile devices. For Roque Reis (Case’s vice president for Latin America) the models are being prepared to be on the market in the near future: “In a short time, these technologies will be part of our customer’s daily life”. JCB, which maintains local production in Sorocaba, SP, showed two concepts on the first day of the event. The first, a wheeled excavator designed for rough terrains and reduced operating space in urban areas. The second model is a land drilling built to perform its functions with more mobility: “Because it is built on an excavator chassis, the drilling vehicle can move around, a feature that few drilling vehicles on the market have”, said Alisson Brandes, director of sales and marketing. Both vehicles were built in the United Kingdom, where JCB headquarters is located.