January 2017 Vol. 72 No. 1
Business
Vactor HXX ParaDIGm Vacuum Excavator Wins Innovation Award
The Vactor HXX ParaDIGm, a compact vacuum excavator, was named a winner at the 15th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The award was presented to Federal Signal Corporation, parent company to Vactor Manufacturing, the industry leader in vacuum excavators, sewer and catch basin cleaners and industrial vacuum loaders.
The Vactor HXX ParaDIGm compact vacuum excavator performs safe digging around sensitive buried utilities with speed, precision and safety. The user-focused design of the ParaDIGm combines all the functionality and performance of a traditional large vacuum excavator with the versatility of a multi-purpose work truck. Introduced to the marketplace in June 2016, it is the latest addition to Vactor Manufacturing’s broad product offering of water and air vacuum excavators for the industrial, utility and oil and gas markets.
“Federal Signal is very proud to have received this honor … and be a part of the Chicago Innovation Awards,” said Jennifer Sherman, president and CEO of Federal Signal Corporation. “We believe that the ParaDIGm, developed with an intensely customer-centric focus and built with features tailor-made for the utility market, is a perfect example of what the Chicago Innovation Awards celebrate.”
The compact vacuum excavator is also the first new product introduced as a result of a more collaborative approach. “Two years ago, we redesigned a portion of our new product development process with focused efforts by our Environmental Solutions Group Utility Innovation Team, the Vactor HXX ParaDIGm launch team, and valuable input from our dealership network,” Sherman continued.
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