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Caterpillar Chairman & CEO Jim Umpleby - many mines of a certain size , most customers now want an autonomous fleet .
30 % increase in productivity
340 autonomous mining trucks running and expect to reach 400 by the end of the year ! and integrate it into their existing fleet , and meet growing demand for autonomous haulage trucks , which are projected to grow by more than 300 percent by 2023 .
Wenco and Oxbotica both support an open and interoperable ecosystem of partners that integrate solutions alongside existing mine infrastructure . Both companies believe this provides customers with the greatest flexibility and control for integrating new solutions while reducing associated risks and costs .
This approach also notably avoids vendor lock-in and offers customers the freedom to choose preferred technologies , independent of their primary industrial systems . Furthermore , it enables highly skilled autonomy suppliers that may be new to mining to integrate with customers ’ existing operations while backed by a proven expert in the industry .
A wholly owned subsidiary company of Hitachi Construction Machinery , Wenco , has 30 years ’ experience in developing technology solutions that assist mining companies in maximising resource value from their operations . This latest advancement builds on the vision of Open Autonomy – first publicly announced by Wenco and its parent , Hitachi Construction Machinery , at the Canadian Institute of Mining , Metallurgy and Petroleum ( CIM ) Convention in Montreal in May 2019 .
Andrew Pyne , Wenco President and CEO , said it was confident that combining Oxbotica ’ s proven capability in autonomy with its 30-year experience in interoperable fleet management systems for large mining
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