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 announces the appointment of Giuseppe Pompeo to the European team as Director Key Accounts. In this newly created and important role, Giuseppe Pompeo will be reporting directly to Klaus Kröppel, Senior Vice President Sales of Tadano Europe. “We are excited to welcome back Giuseppe in Zweibrücken. Back indeed, as he has already made his … 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. The investments include new buildings and extended production areas, new production lines with automated welding, custom tooling, and redesigned processes. Implemented under The Manitowoc Way business operating … Read more
This time the traditional German miners‘ greeting “Glückauf” (“Good luck”) is the motto for the 16 t telescopic crane from Sennebogen, because, in Europe’s largest rock-salt mine in Heilbronn, the mobile crane is going underground to support the miners in their work in the underground chambers. Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG has already purchased 12 Sennebogen cranes … Read more
At the annual Manitowoc Crane Care Awards, Paterson Simons scooped the honor for the highest parts sales in the Europe and Africa region. This year’s ceremony took place virtually and was attended by both the parts and logistics team based in Brighton, UK, and the mobile crane engineering team based in Takoradi, Ghana. Paterson Simons was bestowed … Read more
In the mid of last month, Chinese group Zoomlion Heavy Industry has increased its European presence with a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Solferino, northern Italy. The new plant will manufacture mobile cranes, assemble tower cranes, and act as a distribution hub for forklifts and aerial work platforms. Italian concrete machinery manufacturing sector company CIFA, … Read more
The first new 70 tonne Tadano GR-700EX-4 Rough Terrain crane has arrived in Europe from Japan! Launched in April by Tadano, the new crane was delivered to Tadano Nederland in Purmerend, North of Amsterdam. The GR-700EX-4 is rated at three metres and features a five section 47 metre rounded profile main boom which utilises two … Read more
Following the exit of its European companies from administration, Tadano has announced the next steps in its plans, with the long term aim to become the leading mobile crane manufacturer. The announcements come shortly after Koichi Tadano handed over the chief executive’s role to Toshiaki Ujiie, to become group chairman. Roughters to penetrate European market … Read more
Japanese crane manufacturer Hitachi Sumitomo has launched a 350-tonne capacity SCX3500-3 lattice boom crawler crane in Bauma 2016. The 350-tonne SCX3500-3 crawler crane is designed to occupy a minimum amount of space on site. In short tail swing radius specification, the live mast will never exceed the counterweight back radius of 6.8 metres, the manufacturer … Read more