Bitelli Paving Equipment / Asphalt Paver @Kowloon Bay (2013) #香港 #九龍 #九龍灣 #派安瀝青混合土 #PIONEER ASPHALTS |
Bitelli was an engineering company located in Bologna, Italy - the largest and, perhaps best known, Italian construction machinery firm. Beppino Bitelli produced his first three wheel roller in 1933 although it was not until 1957 that the Bitelli Road Mechanics company was formed. Tandem rollers were soon added and In 1969 the first single drum rollers were manufactured. In 1978 Bitelli built its first paving machine and, during the 1980s, road profilers and soil stabilizers were added to the line of road machines.
On 2 May 2000 Bitelli was sold to Caterpillar and the Bitelli name disappeared from construction machinery. Some models were continued in the Caterpillar line such as the 200LE Cold Planer. But most others were discontinued including the road rollers and most of the asphalt pavers.