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CONEXPO 2026: The Biggest Excavator News from Las Vegas
If there was one category that dominated the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 show floor, it was excavators. From 56-ton crawler debuts to nine-model next-gen rollouts, nearly every major OEM arrived in Las Vegas with something new to dig with. Here's what actually happened.
THIS WEEK'S STORY
Komatsu brings an electric swing to the mainstream
Komatsu showed up with one of its strongest equipment lineups in years, and the star of its excavator story was the PC365LC-11 — a machine it bills as the only excavator in its class with a fully electric swing system.