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Rotar International B.V. joins Open-S Alliance

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Rotar International B.V. joins Open-S Alliance

Rotar International B. V., a manufacturer of premium hydraulic attachments for excavators in the demolition, recycling and scrap metal industry, becomes a member of the Open-S Alliance.

Open-S is the open standard for fully automatic quick couplers for excavators. The goal with the standard is to give machine operators and contractors around the world the freedom to combine machine couplers, tiltrotators and work tools from manufacturers that are in compliance with the standard, and to promote continued technological development. The Open-S Alliance is open to all manufacturers in the industry who believe in the benefits of a common standard. The organization now welcomes Rotar International B.V. as a member.

Rotar International is a manufacturer with an extensive product line for hydraulic excavators for the demolition and recycling industry. Based in the Netherlands, the company has over the years become a full service supplier for the demolition and recycling market. Rotar International joins the Open-S Alliance as a Supporting Member.

“We at Rotar International, manufacturer of hydraulic attachments, are delighted to be a member of the Open-S Alliance. We supported the Open-S philosophy from day one. With our joint knowledge we have developed a perfect solution for the demolition and recycling industry. Today, a lot of our equipment is factory fitted with original OEM integrated fully automatic quick coupler adapters. Our customers experience the many advantages that the plug and play system is offering. Such as safety, weight, compactness and service friendliness”, says Louis Broekhuizen, Commercial Director, Rotar International B. V.

“We are very happy that yet another quality manufacturer of excavator work tools joins the alliance. The Rotar customer can benefit greatly from the Open-S standard as high value work tools now with ease can be shared between different excavators in order to increase the utilization ratio and improve profitability. As more excavator brands can mount Open-S compliant products from factories this will make it even easier in the future”, says Stefan Stockhaus, Chairman of the Open-S Alliance.

The Open-S standard has its own website with complete information: opens.org

For more information contact:


Stefan Stockhaus, Chairman of Open-S Alliance,

stefan.stockhaus@opens.org, +46 70 998 13 21


Anders Jonsson, Board member of Open-S Alliance,

anders.jonsson@opens.org, +46 70 590 09 49


Louis Broekhuizen, Commercial Director, Rotar International B.V.

l.broekhuizen@rotar.com, +31 6 53 40 47 67

Topics


Open-S is the open standard for fully automatic quick couplers for excavators. The goal is to give machine operators and contractors around the world the freedom to combine machine couplers, tiltrotators and tools from manufacturers that are in compliance with the standard, and to promote continued technological development.

Open-S builds on the established symmetrical quick coupler standard, the S Standard, and welcomes industry manufacturers to take an active part in this technology agreement.

Contacts

Anders Jonsson

Anders Jonsson

Press contact CEO Rototilt Group AB +46 70 590 09 49
Stefan Stockhaus

Stefan Stockhaus

Press contact CEO Steelwrist +46 70 998 13 21

The future is open.

Open-S is the open standard for fully automatic quick couplers for excavators. The goal is to give machine operators and contractors around the world the freedom to combine machine couplers, tiltrotators and tools from manufacturers that are in compliance with the standard, and to promote continued technological development.

Open-S Alliance