Soima

Soima was founded in Viseu, Portugal, in 1977 by Manuel Morais and his business partners Agostinho Almeida and Serafim Faro, initially to manufacture a variety of construction equipment, including plate rolling machines, presses, overhead travelling cranes, bricklayers and concrete mixers.

In 1980 SOIMA began to manufacture tower cranes exclusively, including hammerhead, flat top and self-erecting cranes. It soon established itself as a leader in the southwestern European tower crane market with sales throughout Portugal, Spain and France.