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Im Januar dieses Jahres war es für die Mitarbeiter von der Firma Wiemann Autokrane endlich soweit und sie konnten nach Wilhelmshaven reisen, um ihren zweiten Grove 400 t Kran in Empfang zu nehmen.

• The Manitowoc plant in Niella Tanaro, Italy is expanding production, adding the Grove GRT8120 rough-terrain crane to its manufacturing line
• Niella Tanaro is strategically positioned to serve customers across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific
• In addition to adding GRT8120 production, the plant will also build GRT8100-1 cranes

• After comparing similar cranes, Willift Lifting Engineering decided to use the GMK5250XL-1 to dismantle an old lime plant, a job that would require the machine to hold heavy metal parts up high while they were being cut off. 
• The crane’s 78.5-m (257.5 ft) long boom and high-load capacity were crucial features in the contractor’s decision to rent it; the work went very smoothly, and the project was completed within the schedule.

Das Kran- und Schwertransportunternehmen Schuch vergrößert seinen Fuhrpark und investiert in verschiedene Mobilkrane der Marke Grove. Acht neue Mobilkrane zwischen 60 und 450 Tonnen Tragkraft wurden ab Mitte 2022 ausgeliefert.

• Das Consorzio Stabile SIS hat sich bei der Renovierung eines der ältesten Krankenhäuser Italiens, des Policlinico di Milano (auch bekannt als Ospedale Maggiore di Milano), das 1456 gegründet wurde, für Krane von Potain entschieden.
• Das italienische Bauunternehmen kaufte zwei MDT 269 J12 und zwei MDT 389 L16 Obendreherkrane, um die Schwierigkeiten der Baustelle zu überwinden, zu denen eine schmale Zufahrtsstraße und ein Mangel an Platz für das Manövrieren schwerer Fahrzeuge gehören.

• Long-time Grove dealer for Kazakhstan expands its market coverage responsibilities. 
• The company will now also represent Grove mobile cranes in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

Since its arrival in Peru, a new Grove GMK3060L-1 all-terrain crane has been taking challenging jobs and delivering excellent performance in a mine in the South of the country for over a year. Because of its long reach, high capacity, and compact size, the crane has been performing difficult lifts in constrained spaces of the mine, handling jobs that previously had to be outsourced.

• A new Grove 450-USt all-terrain crane equips the Maritimes contractor to compete for wind farm maintenance jobs.
• The company initially considered 500-650 USt models, but the GMK6400-1’s MAXbase and MegaWingLift™ features, giving it seven- or eight-axle performance, proved the right choice.
• The crane has been constantly in demand since it left its Dartmouth base in early January.

• BKL investierte in zwei Grove GMK5150XL-Krane, die ihre GMK5150L-Krane der Vorgängergeneration ersetzen sollen.
• Einer der neuen Krane wurde letztes Jahr auf der bauma 2022 in München ausgestellt, bevor er an den großen deutschen Komplettanbieter für Kranlösungen ausgeliefert wurde. 
• Die Mietflotte von BKL beinhaltet jetzt schon Dutzende von Grove-Mobilkranen und Potain-Turmdrehkranen.

• The long-time customer worked with Manitowoc Lift Solutions to develop the GMK6450-1 from the GMK6400-1 design, expanding its ability to supply large all-terrain cranes
• The crane becomes the 14th Grove model in the company’s fleet and has been on the road almost constantly since its delivery in October 2022.

• Additional inserts expand the successful MLC300 Wide Boom kit to increase boom length and capacity.
• Using the VPC-MAX® attachment, this new configuration offers the capacity of much larger cranes with the logistics and site benefits of the MLC300.
• Manitowoc developed the solution based on Voice of the Customer feedback, and it’s already proving highly successful.

• Bruno Roni-Damond, Potain vice president of engineering, and Emmanuel Kirchner, Potain Top slewing crane product manager, delivered presentations.
• Approximately 800 delegates attended the annual WSH Symposium on Cranes.