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Manitowoc Cranes hat eine neue Smartphone-App für iOS- und Android-Geräte angekündigt mit der Kranführer und Kranbesitzer die für einen Hub erforderliche Haupt- und Hilfsauslegerlängen-Kombination rasch und einfach ermitteln können.

Manitowoc wird auf der bauma 2019 in München sechs neue Kranmodelle aus seinen Grove- und Potain-Reihen vorstellen. Zudem bekommen die Besucher Gelegenheit anhand zusätzlicher Modelle insgesamt mehr als zehn neue Krane zu sehen. Außerdem wird das Unternehmen in einem Technologiepavillon zahlreiche kundenorientierte Innovationen präsentieren.

MK Builders a framing contractor company based in Paradise Pennsylvania has seen great improvements in its residential homebuilding operations since making a switch to Potain self-erecting cranes. In the past the company had used mobile cranes for these applications but with a fleet of self-erecting cranes it has increased efficiency on the jobsite improved visibility optimized its crew’s operations and yielded a higher return on investment.

Manitowoc Cranes will exhibit its Shuttlelift SCD15 crane at The Rental Show 2019 which will take place from February 17 – 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California.

National Crane has announced a new Rapid Attach Platform for its NBT boom truck series previously unveiled at Crane Days 2018. The completely redesigned platform will replace previous iterations and comes in two styles: yoke style (Y-RAP2) and rotating style (R-RAP2). The yoke style is available now and the rotating style will be available this year.

Inside you’ll find a wide array of stories from around the world that showcase the range of Manitowoc brands: Manitowoc Grove Potain National Crane and Shuttlelift.

UK-based crane supplier HTC WOLFFKRAN has recently taken delivery of a brand-new GMK6300L-1; its second Grove all-terrain crane of 2018. The crane joins the company’s GMK5250L which was purchased earlier this year and displayed at Vertikal Days 2018.

Manitowoc Cranes attended the 4th National Congress of Industrial Cranes in Mexico which took place in the town of Irapuato Guanajuato. The company displayed four models of its most popular brands in the country and presented new technologies that will help customers in Latin America reduce their cost of ownership and increase efficiency on the job site.

Manitowoc Cranes has marked 50 years of trust and collaboration with Israeli dealer Levinson Brothers Engineers. Levinson was established in 1930 and since 1968 has imported and sold Grove all-terrain cranes as well as provided aftersales support to Grove customers across Israel.

Manitowoc hat offiziell einen mastinternen Kranführeraufzug für Potain-Obendreherkrane eingeführt. Der Potain Cab-IN ermöglicht einen schnellen einfachen und sicheren Ein- und Ausstieg in die bzw. aus der Kabine während der gewöhnliche Zugang über die Mastleitern weiterhin zur Verfügung steht. Er passt in alle K-Mastsysteme mit 1.6 m 2 m und 2.45 m großen Turmstücken. Das System ist ebenso mit allen Potain-Basisbaugruppen/-Unterwagen kombinierbar und kann also sowohl bestehenden als auch neuen Krantypen hinzugefügt werden.

Manitowoc has officially launched the Potain MCT 565 currently its largest topless crane at this year’s bauma China 2018. The company invited customers dealers end users and media to a specially-arranged event inside the Shanghai trade fair to present the crane. The following day a group of special guests were welcomed to the Manitowoc factory in nearby Zhangjiagang where the MCT 565 was shown fully assembled complete with its full 80 m jib.