WATERKING BV

Waterking, a Dutch company involved in the production of amphibious excavators, has reported a very busy 2016, filled with lots of activities and accomplishments. Enough reasons for Dredging Today to catch up with Mrs Ageeth Roelofs from Waterking to review the business highlights from 2016 and discuss the impact they project for 2017. DT: How has 2016 been for Waterking? A. Roelofs: 2016 has been a remarkable year for us. We had a variety of customers from abroad. We had the pleasure of building and exporting machines to countries like Hungary, Norway and Asia. There have been positive developments in our products which make them more efficiently and reliable. Waterking has experience growth due to new projects and our innovation. DT: Can you share some insights on new generation series named NG-5 amphibious excavators? A. Roelofs: We are always monitoring our own products. Waterking tests on performance, efficiency and safety. We desire improvement and the highest quality of our products. We designed a new generation series named NG-5 amphibious excavators. One of our biggest developments are the poly-tracks. Waterking is the first manufacturer of a second generation poly-tracks. We created them with a slightly different shape. The tracks are now build with round edges. The different shape enhances the maneuverability of the amphibious undercarriage. Also the damage of the soil is more limited then before. We adjusted the tensioning system for the chains to improve the usability therefor it's better protected. We slim the chance on damage and corrosion because of this adjustment. Another improvement is the kind of steel. Our amphibious machines are made of Cor-Ten steel and Hardox. As a result, our machines are eight times more resistant to corrosion. This year we build a WK 300 NG-5, one of a series of seven. The machine is a complete new range 30/35 ton class amphibious machine. DT: Our readers would like to find out more about the WK 300 NG-5 special features? A. Roelofs: The WK 300 NG-5 is the first ...