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• Potain dealer for the Rhône-Alpes region Valente Grue Assistance has assembled two Potain MDT 109 top-slewing tower cranes on France’s largest glacier, the Mer de Glace “Sea of Ice” near Chamonix in the French Alps.
• The respective cranes will be used to help construct a logistics base and a cable car station and, due to the remote location, had to be assembled by helicopter.
• In each instance, it took less than four days to carry out the entire operation, from the delivery of the elements to the commissioning of the cranes.

• A prospective new crane operator for Van Gestel Montage had one condition for joining the company: he had to have an original Grove GMK3050 
• Van Gestel Montage called the team at Manitowoc’s Breda facility in The Netherlands to source and then refurbish a used GMK3050 through its EnCORE™ program. 

• The Potain hydraulic luffing jib cranes are helping to transform District 1’s landscape with the construction of a new Grade A office complex called The Nexus. 
• The project consists of five basement levels and two towers with a total building area of 114,000 m2.

• Spanish rental company Tinlohi deployed its Grove cranes in tandem on a wind farm and then at an industrial plant. Both projects were completed without a hitch. 
• To dismantle the wind turbine, the cranes completed the job in less than a day — including all set-up and tear down. 
• At the industrial plant, the cranes delivered dependable control to move fragile components to a staging area inside a working facility.

• Investing in Potain tower cranes has helped leading Indian construction company S. J. Contracts boost its business. 
• The Company’s current projects include the Amar TechPark and Malpani Agile in Pune where MCR 160 and MC 310 K12 cranes are deployed.

The Top Crane Brasil Award, one of the most prestigious in the industry, has recognized two Brazilian crane rental companies for completing successful jobs last year using Manitowoc cranes.

• The Grove GMK5250XL-1 delivered to Gustav Seeland in Hamburg, northern Germany is the company’s strongest crane with the longest boom.
• The delivery comes around the time of Seeland’s 90th company anniversary.

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• New GMK6400 and GMK5250XL-1 arrivals joined an eight-strong Grove fleet to support an LNG plant shutdown close to Darwin, NT. Equipment supplier Tutt Bryant selected the cranes for their reliability and performance. 
• The original fleet of eight cranes handled the first stage of the shutdown in 2021 and then new arrivals provided added lifting power for the second stage in 2022. 
• A mix of four-, five- and six-axle cranes covered multiple tasks, with Manitowoc providing two on-site technicians to ensure maximum uptime.

• Sicilian rental company Mandalà Noleggi adds Italy’s first Grove GMK6400-1 all-terrain crane to its fleet
• The crane is also the company’s first Grove mobile crane, and it was immediately put to work servicing local wind farm developments 
• The GMK6400-1 offers competitive advantages that Mandalà Noleggi sees as key to its future success

• The compact and portable GRT655L features Manitowoc’s CCS (Crane Control System), enabling operations to be easily adjusted to suit individual preferences, making it the perfect rental crane.
• The 60 t capacity crane has a 43 m boom, tilting cab, and a removable counterweight — all features usually only found on larger rough-terrain cranes. 
 

• Austrian contractor and crane rental company Engl has received a new Grove GMK4100L-2, citing its superior taxi load charts, compact size, and comfortable cabs as reasons for purchasing.
• The four-axle crane has best-in-class taxi load charts plus a 60 m main boom. It can travel with up to 6.8 t of counterweight in taxi configuration.
• The new generation carrier cab on the GMK4100L-2 offers exceptional levels of comfort so drivers remain relaxed and refreshed.