Liebherr crawler cranes are building wind farms to the south of Vienna An LR 11000 and LR 1750/2 from Felbermayr are erecting 30 wind turbines The speed delivered by V-Frame and VarioTray when short time frames are available is key to this process Ten months ago, Austrian group Felbermayer started operations with its third Liebherr … Read more
Tadano launched the new HK 4.050-1 as the follow-up to the successful HK 40 model. And the new crane manages to surpass its excellent predecessor in almost all disciplines. This is what convinced Franz Pichler, a truck-mounted crane rental company from Lower Austria, who secured one of the first models of the new generation. Tadano … Read more
As of January 1, 2022, Stirnimann is responsible for the distribution of Potain top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes, as well as offering rental, servicing, and spare parts, across Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. Stirnimann already enjoys a close relationship with Manitowoc, having served as Potain dealer for Switzerland since 1986 and for Austria since … Read more
Never change a winning team. That’s certainly the motto of Austrian crane service provider, Kran Mitterhauser GmbH. The company has been counting on Tadano cranes for almost 30 years now and has worked with every model released by the manufacturer in this time. So when the time came for the regular customer to add to … Read more
Wasel and Felbermayr take delivery of the first compact cranes with rope pull technology First unveiled at the end of 2020, the first cranes have now been delivered Rope pull is the new alternative for crane contractors who chiefly use the compact crane inside buildings Liebherr first unveiled the LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane with a … Read more
LTM 1160-5.2 working on an important power line on the edge of the Austrian Alps – Three Liebherr mobile cranes operated by Prangl GmbH in action at altitudes of up to 1800 metres Cranes have to ascend site roads with gradients of up to 26 percent In Austria, work is currently proceeding at full speed … Read more
Austrian crane, access and heavy transport company Felbermayr have taken delivery of its third 1,000 tonnes Liebherr LR 11000 lattice boom crawler crane. It has also ordered an 800 tonne LR 1800-1.0 lattice crawler crane, scheduled for delivery later this year. Felbermayr was the first company to order an LR 11000 back in 2014 and was also … Read more
Exact planning and custom engineering ensure on-time delivery with minimum disruption in Vienna, Austria More than 30 years ago, a freeway junction on the Vienna southeast tangent in Austria was built but never put into operation. As part of a recent redevelopment program, the last bridge section of this “closed exit” would be demolished. Due … Read more
Austrian crane, access rental and heavy transport company Felbermayr have moved into new headquarters in Wels, Austria, 18 months after work on the facility began. Located 30km from Linz, the new facility features three large halls covering a total of 18,000 square metres. The first will be house the company’s transport and lifting equipment, while … Read more
Loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer Palfinger has reported a strong second quarter and a half year, bouncing back stronger than pre-Covid levels. Total revenues for the six months to the end of June were €884.1 million, close to the company’s half-year record of €893 million sets in 2019. Both geographically and by sector, growth … Read more
As COVID-19 situation continues, the entire market has been slow. However, the crane industry big brother, Mammoet, is still busy with some of the mega projects that is going on around the world. I cannot wait till June to release this post hence I will write it now to see what they are doing at … Read more