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Hatfield, PA (Vocus) February 18, 2010

K?NEX fans can now add new coasters, construction machinery and cool mini-robots to their collections. This year, K?NEX will introduce Construction Crew Series 1 & 2, Amusement Park Series 2 and Micro-Bots to join the hugely popular Collect & Build Series. Building enthusiasts can collect all the sets in each series!

Construction Crew Series

Create vehicles that will make the earth move with the Collect & Build Construction Crew Series?! Construction Crew 1 includes an excavator, front loader, steam roller and backhoe. Each set comes with approximately 120 K’NEX parts that build a working construction vehicle, a K’NEXman, and accessories to add to the fun! By combining all four sets young builders can create their own construction site! Suggested retail price $ 11.99. Available January 2010

Crazy about construction? Construction Crew Series 2 adds even more fun builds including a bulldozer, giant excavator and dump truck to round out the series! Each set comes with over 200 parts to build a heavy-duty vehicle and a K’NEXman driver. Bring the bulldozer and dump truck to life with realistic motorized movement, and listen as the giant excavator makes real construction sounds. Combining the three sets lets kids build a giant house on their construction site! Recommended for builders ages 5+. Suggested retail price $ 24.99. Available August 2010.

Each Collect and Build series, like each individual set, provides a complete building experience which can be enjoyed alone or together by combining the series and the sets.

Amusement Park Series

Introduced in 2008, the K?NEX Amusement Park Series? has quickly become one of the most popular assortments in K?NEX history. Now the series is expanding with the addition of three new rides: the Corkscrew Coaster, Wonder Wheel, and Vertical Viper Coaster. All three are motorized for exciting, realistic performance! Each set comes with over 300 parts and everything kids need to build a working thrill ride. Combine all three for a complete amusement park at home! Recommended for builders ages 7 and up. Suggested retail price: $ 20.99. Available August 2010.

Micro-Bots Series

On the heels of last year?s popular Moto-Bots Series? new Micro-Bots are here. Each mini-robot ? Scooter?, Hopper?, Speedy? and Crawler? ? has over 100 parts and a motor that allows for unique mechanical motion features as each robot’s name suggests! Scooter scoots along, Hopper jumps, Speedy is lightning-quick on wheels, and Crawler creeps along on four legs! Collect all four and combine sets to build 2 larger robots ? then turn them on for head-to-head battling action! Recommended for builders ages 7 and up. Suggested retail price: $ 11.99. Available January 2010.

K?NEX Collect & Build series feature uniquely shaped packaging specific to each theme, and include step-by-step instructions to make building easy. All the Collect and Build series and sets work together and provide even more building fun as kids collect them all They are available at major retailers nationwide.

About K?NEX Brands

Founded in 1992, K?NEX Brands, the world?s most innovative construction toy company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world?s leading integrated construction systems for children. Winner of over 200 international awards and recognitions, American-made K?NEX encourages youngsters to ?imagine, build and play.? For more information, please visit http://www.knex.com.

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Guangxi, PR China (PRWEB) December 13, 2011

LiuGong Machinery Co., a premier global construction equipment manufacturer, is expanding its customer leasing and financing program to Europe in a move that builds upon the introduction of the program in North America earlier this year, company executives announced.

LiuGong has selected France-based BNP Paribas Lease Group S.A. as its financing partner after the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation, SINOSURE, helped bring the two parties together. The program will be administered by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, which is one of four firms in the BNP Paribas Lease Group. Executives from both companies signed the agreement at a conference in Paris in mid-December.

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions specializes in leasing solutions for professional construction equipment. Its offers a full-range of services from lease financing to outsourcing, and includes flexible and long-term leasing. Its parent company, BNP Paribas, is consistently one of the highest rated banks in the world on a number of measures. In 2011, it was named the best bank in developed Europe by Global Finance magazine.

?When we announced the first phase of our global financing program in March, we knew we also wanted a strong partner in Europe,? said LiuGong Vice-Chairman and President Mr. Zeng Guang?an.

?BNP Paribas is the number one leasing firm in Europe. It covers all the major LiuGong markets, and they have been extremely cooperative and enthusiastic about this partnership,? added Zeng.

Through the agreement, LiuGong will offer a unified platform to provide high quality financial leasing services which in turn give customers better flexibility and more diversified financial products to meet their financing needs. The program helps LiuGong dealers manage their cash flow more effectively, promoting easier investment into their dealership and product line.

The financial products include loans, financial lease/hire purchase, operating leases, and full service lease/contract hire, among other things. Under the agreement, LiuGong is not liable for loss in a customer default and it does not participate in a risk pool, thus limiting financial exposure.

?Leasing is very common in the European market, so this alliance provides our current and any potential dealer?s access to a strong, well-capitalized and highly rated financial firm for the financial products they need,? Zeng said.

BNP Paribas, with its deep knowledge of the construction equipment segment, can also provide financial consulting regarding the most beneficial finance options for any given customer, or lease or contract scenario.

LiuGong Machinery Corp., headquartered in Liuzhou, China has produced high quality construction equipment for more than 50 years and is growing throughout the world. The company has been named one of the top 100 brands in China, ranking 60th. With US$ 2.32 billion in sales in 2010, China?s premier heavy equipment manufacturing firm is within the top 20 largest construction machinery companies globally.

The firm employs over 13,000 including more than 750 R&D engineers, and produces more than 60,000 machinery units annually. It offers a full line of machines, including wheel loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, skid steers, forklifts, graders, excavators, rollers, truck mounted and crawler cranes, and pavers.

LiuGong equipment is easy to own and easy to operate, and the company excels in providing features that customers demand, focusing on using only well-proven technologies that are easy to service.

The result is highly durable machines that stand up to the rigors of the tough operating environments customers face. To learn more about LiuGong, visit http://www.liugong.com

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