Burkhard Janssen

European department head special application machinery and new technologies

Burkhard Janssen has more than 30 years of global experience in the construction equipment industry. He has worked for Komatsu-Europe, Volvo Construction Equipment, Kiesel (Hitachi’s distributor in Germany) and (since 2015) Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) in both commercial and product-related roles. His previous positions include area manager, vice president, product marketing manager and general manager PM and engineering. Burkhard is the European department head, based at Hitachi's Germany office. Burkhard's background includes significant national and international experience, particularly on excavators, demolition and special applications machinery. He holds a diploma in mechanical engineering as well as degrees in sports and geography.

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Presentation

Electrification and autonomy: challenges for special application construction machinery

Experience has been available in the electrification of construction machinery for systems for many years. Global product strategy and standardization of electric components for minimum cost are essential as electrification is a major trend in Europe, the US and China. In-house production of key components is a key point to realize standardization and differentiation. In addition, demand and supply of electricity to the site, predicting peak time and urban network stability are all essential. Autonomous driving technology on the construction site is already available for large machinery, and the transfer to small and medium machinery is possible. Electrified, autonomous construction machinery is just one of several solutions.