HITACHI Construction Machinery is inviting startups to help shape the construction and mining sites of the future as part of the LANDCROS Innovation Studios Challenge Europe 2026.
This is the first time the challenge will be held in Europe, following earlier editions in the USA and Australia. Successful applicants will be invited to pitch their ideas at a Demo Day in Amsterdam in December in front of Hitachi and its partners.
The manufacturer is looking for startups with ‘ready-to-test and proven solutions’ that can be scaled globally and apply to one of the challenge’s three themes of autonomous operations, site intelligence/planning, and lifecycle decision intelligence.
The themes were created by Hitachi’s operational teams and validated by industry partners CRH, Ferrovial, Loxam, and Leonard (VINCI). The partners will help to promote the challenge across their networks, take part in the selection process and Demo Day, and may consider co-piloting a proof of concept.
Francesco Quaranta, president & CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) N.V., said, “We want to grow as a true solutions provider, and we believe some of the best ideas for our machines and sites are already out there. Bringing this challenge to Europe is a direct way to find the startups behind those ideas and build with them.”
Applications are open now here.
