Hitachi offers preventive healthcare in China -- for excavators

Japanese industrial group builds on internet of things partnership with Tencent

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Hitachi Construction Machinery says its oil sensors monitor excavators' lifeblood, helping predict breakdowns before they happen.  © Reuters

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Hitachi Construction Machinery will bring an artificial intelligence service designed to predict excavator malfunctions to China, as the Japanese company looks to build on its group's partnership with Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings.

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