Open-S Alliance welcomes three new members

Story Highlights

• Open-S Alliance
• A&D Equipment
• Nishio Rent All
• Zijtveld Grijpers
• open industry standard for automatic couplers for excavators

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A&D Equipment (USA), Nishio Rent All (Japan) and Zijtveld Grijpers (Netherlands) join the Open-S Alliance, further strengthening the initiative to create an open industry standard for automatic couplers for excavators. With these new members from North America, Asia and Europe, it demonstrates that the idea of an open standard continues to gain ground globally, as more and more manufacturers are seeing the value of offering the customers products with a standardized interface. With the addition of these three companies the Open-S Alliance now has 20 members.

A&D Equipment
A&D Equipment, Inc., based in Guilford, CT, USA, serves the construction industry with high performance excavator attachments, tiltrotators and work tools. The company is committed to continually researching and testing the most advanced excavation and demolition attachments available on the market, and offers customers innovative products designed to enhance material recycling, excavator performance and operator efficiency. A&D Equipment joins the Open-S Alliance as a Supporting member.

Nishio Rent All
The Open-S organization welcomes its first member from Japan, as Nishio Rent All joins. Nishio Rent All was established in 1959 and is a pioneer in the rental industry, serving the construction and event sectors. Today, it operates across Japan, Oceania, and Southeast Asia. Since the 1990s it has engaged in the rental of ICT-enabled (Information and Communication Technology) construction machinery to improve productivity and quality in the industry. The company also developed ICT systems, taking an advanced and comprehensive approach to supporting contractors. Nishio All Rent joins the Open-S Alliance as a Supporting member.

Zijtveld Grijpers
Zijtveld Grijpers is a Dutch manufacturer offering a wide range of demolition and sorting grabs for excavators. Built on 30 years of expertise in sorting and demolition grabs, the company provides varied models tailored to construction, demolition, and recycling industries. Known for robust design and Dutch quality craftsmanship, Zijtveld Grijpers delivers durable, safe, and efficient solutions. Zijtveld Grijpers joins the Open-S Alliance as an Associate member.

Open-S is an initiative created in 2020 by industry leaders Steelwrist and Rototilt, with the sole purpose of developing a global standard for automatic couplers. The objective is to give machine owners and contractors the freedom to combine couplers, tiltrotators and work tools for excavators from different manufacturers following the Open-S standard. With an open standard the utilization increases and profitability improves on all types of job sites, as work tools can be shared easily between different excavators. During the past year, the interest for joining the alliance has increased significantly, with members joining from all parts of the world.