Sumitomo is a large Japanese industrial group known in Europe, among professionals, especially for the crawler excavators marketed under the Case Construction brand. In reality, it’s a large family business that has over 400 years of history in the banking and metal construction sector. Today the Group ranges from steel mills to the construction of hydraulic excavators and pavers. With a presence on the market, in the East, as a real leader.

Sumitomo is also a well-known manufacturer of pavers whose paving quality is highly regarded. The J-Paver screed is the foundation of the paving quality of these machines.

In recent years, Sumitomo, in collaboration with O.M.S. srl, an Italian company specialized in road pavers and responsible for the European market of Sumitomo and Hanta brands (www.omsbressan.com), and together with Mr. Franky Verhoye, is offering its machines and innovative technologies to the Belgian market.

The regulatory evolution that leads to Stage V engines was also an opportunity for the Japanese manufacturer to increase the already proverbial efficiency of its machines and to bring the features of its machines even closer to the needs of flexibility, manageability and energy saving of Europeans countries.

The details that Sumitomo has developed with the new HA60W-11 (Wheeled) and HA60C-11 (Tracked) are many, but the changes under the hoods do not overshadow the Sumitomo exclusive J-Paver2360 screed. The Sumitomo J-Paver2360 screed, with low energy consumption, has allowed Sumitomo to continue on the path of limiting power levels by optimizing the operation of the whole machine and offering unrivaled working flexibility by switching continuously from a pave width of 2, 30 m to 6.00 m, without having to install any manual extension.

Furthermore, once completely closed, the JP2360 screed remains in the transport width of 2.50 m without the need to remove any side plate. The presence of the Strike-off device pre-compacts the mix and reduces the hydraulic load on the tamper. The rear screeds high hydraulic adjustment also allows for easier and always perfectly flat paving.