Position Partners opens new national HQ May 14, 2009 /0 Comments/in Position Partners /by admin On May 14, Position Partners – Australia’s largest distributor of precision positioning systems – opened its new national headquarters in Melbourne. Nobuo Ichiki at the opening of the new Position Partners headquarters Before a crowd of 250 customers, suppliers, OEM representatives and staff from around Australia, the company’s new purpose-built facilities […]
Exciting Times for Topcon Precision Agriculture in Australia March 23, 2009 /0 Comments/in Position Partners /by admin Press Release 14th January, 2009 The past 12 months has seen a global trend towards consolidation in the Precision Agriculture manufacturing sector, with numerous mergers and buy outs being announced throughout 2008. Due to its comparatively early acquisition in 2006 of Australian based company KEE Technologies, Topcon Positioning Systems Inc. is already in a position […]
Automating your World: Getting the last millimetre with machine control February 2, 2009 /0 Comments/in Topcon /by admin Welcome to the fourth Automating your World column, a series of advice articles by Position Partners technical experts. In this series of articles, we look at the various aspects of machine control solutions. A high-accuracy 3D grade control system showing the combined GNSS antenna and laser receiver. In the previous column, we looked at how […]
Position Partners wins Topcon global dealer awards January 29, 2009 /0 Comments/in Position Partners /by admin At the recent Topcon Positioning Systems dealer conference in San Francisco, Position Partners won four out of 20 global awards at the company’s annual global dealer awards presentation. Successful Position Partners dealer representatives and senior Topcon Positioning Systems executives with their sales awards. From left, Murray Lodge, TPS; Jamie Williamson, TPS; Matt Brown, Position Partners […]
Victoria’s Matt Brown inducted into Topcon’s President’s Club January 29, 2009 /0 Comments/in Topcon /by admin Matt Brown, Machine Control Manager with Position Partners’ Victorian branch, has been inducted into Topcon Positioning Systems’ President’s Club. From left, Jamie Williamson, Topcon Positioning Systems Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing; Matt Brown, Position Partners; and Ray O’Connor, president of TPS with Matt following his induction into Topcon’s President’s Club. This is […]
Topcon excavator system helps owner-operator double his income January 15, 2009 /0 Comments/in At work! /by admin Melbourne-based excavator owner-operator Noel Power has recently switched from hourly hire to contracting – and doubled his income – thanks to Topcon’s X63 GPS system on his Kobelco SK350-LC excavator.Noel, who carries out drainage, boxing roads and wetlands works, primarily contracts to leading Melbourne contractor Winslow Contractors. Noel Power and his excavator fitted with […]
Topcon increases productivity, cuts costs on complex highway project January 10, 2009 /0 Comments/in Topcon /by admin NSW contractor Coastwide Civil is using a range of Topcon machine control and rover systems to increase productivity and reduce costs for itself and its client on a complex highway project just north of Wollongong. Coastwide M series grader Wollongong-based Coastwide is carrying out the earthworks and pavement works on the 3.5 km Northern Distributor […]
Excavator system speeds up complex hill-climb circuit construction December 12, 2008 /0 Comments/in At work! /by admin Victorian contractor Goldsmith Civil & Environmental recently completed a complex hill-climb motor racing circuit for Tru Energy using Topcon’s X63 3D GPS excavator control system. Goldsmith Civil and Environmental’s Komatsu PC200-8LC excavator fitted with Topcon’s X63 3D GPS system. Customer: Goldsmith Civil and Environmental, Melbourne, Victoria Topcon systems: Topcon X63 3D GPS excavator control […]
Perfect trim with Topcon mmGPS on 20-year-old grader November 15, 2008 /0 Comments/in At work! /by admin A Victorian grader owner-operator has recently fitted Topcon’s Millimetre GPS™ to his 20-year-old Caterpillar 12G grader – and is getting the same millimetre accuracy and productivity as operators with the latest model graders. Grader owner-operator Ron Woodbridge is getting the same sort of accuracy and productivity from a 20-year-old grader using Topcon’s Millimetre GPS […]
Automating your World: Configuring your machine for successful 3D machine control November 3, 2008 /0 Comments/in Topcon /by admin Welcome to the third Automating your World column, a series of advice articles by Position Partners’ technical experts. In this series of articles, we look at the various aspects of machine control solutions. A single-antenna 3D grade control system on a Komatsu GD655 motor grader Look at any job site and you can immediately […]
