A two axle All Terrain crane ran into a ditch on a narrow country road near Oxelaëre in northern France – between Dunkirk and Lille yesterday – Thursday. (29th Feb). … Read more
It was important to Sarens Project Manager Koen Rooms that no aspect of this lift was left to chance: “The day before the operation was scheduled, we performed a test … Read more
Versatile LTM 1230-5.1 with a long boom for Soliman Ideal for working fully raised and at great hook heights Liebherr’s reliability and after-sales service as well as the high resale … Read more
Lelieur continues its 30-year partnership with Liebherr LTM 1230-5.1 to refresh Lelieur’s fleet ready for the future Powerful Liebherr crane with a long boom ECOdrive and ECOmode reduce fuel consumption … Read more
Martinique-based Groupe Plissonneau has acquired Paris-based mobile crane rental company Montagrues. Montagrues is based in the suburb of Gennevilliers and runs a fleet of around 35 cranes, including All Terrains … Read more
Unic Cranes Europe has appointed SNM Lift (Société Nantaise de Manutention) as its spider crane distributor for France. In order to kick off the new partnership, SNM Lift has purchased … Read more
Xavier Charpentreau, the managing director at French crane service provider Cochez, a Ponticelli subsidiary, will tell you that the Tadano AC 5.220-1 continues to be the standard by which all … Read more
AS Manutention’s new Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane installs pedestrian bridge in Amiens New division – AS Manutention invests in 800 tonne heavy duty crane Job successfully completed in Amiens, … Read more
Over the last three years, Manitowoc has made considerable investments in its Potain tower crane factories in Charlieu and Moulins in France, Baltar in Portugal, and Niella Tanaro in Italy. … Read more
Potain distributors came top in three categories at the third Tower Cranes Awards, held September 23 at the Museum of Fairground Arts in Paris, France. GLI was recognised in the … Read more
Transconvoi, a company based in Burgundy, France, an expert in special and heavy haulage, is expanding its business to include lifting activities by investing in the 70 tonnes telescopic crawler … Read more
French builders merchant Chausson Matériaux has ordered 300 Hiab loader cranes. The majority of the order consists of Hiab’s 19 tonnes/metre X-HiPro 192s and 21 tonnes/metre X-HiPro 232s with the … Read more
French aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Manitou has issued its first-half revenue and operating income information, which show strong growth in sales and profits. Total first-half revenues increased 27 per … Read more
Liebherr is selling part of its French tower crane rental business to Hexagone Services. The deal will include all of the tower crane rental operation in the Ile-de-France (Greater Paris)/ … Read more
The Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) operates the French transmission network for electricity and is currently installing 4 underground power lines of 225,000 volts between the communes of Saint-Denis, Île … Read more
Sarens was commissioned by the client DFI to lift and place the 290m long heating pipeline in Normandy, France. This precision operation involved 9 cranes and careful execution by everyone … Read more
French crane rental company CNC Levage has taken delivery of a 50 tonne Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 city type All Terrain crane. The new crane replaces a 45 tonne LTC 1045-3.1 … Read more
Climate change can also be felt in the cities, which is why more and more public institutions in the city centre are operating a district cooling network. It provides cool … Read more
A Potain Igo 22 has been successfully installed on a job site in the centre of Avignon, a historic city in southeastern France’s Provence region. Access to the job site … Read more
Manitowoc has appointed French construction equipment sales company Axyom as a new distributor of Potain self-erecting cranes in northern France. Based in Normandy, Axyom will expand its offering to customers … Read more
Two Potain self-erecting cranes are in the final stages of completing a residential development in Neuvecelle, France, a commune on the bank of Lake Geneva. Sannicolo, the crane owner and … Read more
Manitowoc Cranes is showcasing some of its newest tower cranes and range of renowned support services at Intermat Paris 2018, which is taking place April 23 – 28, 2018 at … Read more
(L-R: Orlando Mota, Manitowoc; Aaron Ravenscroft, Manitowoc; Stephane Giraudo, Manitowoc; Jean-Philippe Valente, Valente; Charles Valente, Valente; Barry Pennypacker, Manitowoc; Sébastien Gaucher, Valente; and Xavier Bochet, Manitowoc) Long-term Potain partner Valente … Read more
French crane contractor Mediaco has been using its recently purchased Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom crane for work on the ‘Metropole du Grand Paris’ infrastructure modernisation project. According to Liebherr, the infrastructure project includes plans for 200 km of underground railway with 68 new stations.