Actualités

• Schuch Heavylift received the custom-built Grove GMK6450-1 after working with Manitowoc’s Lift Solutions team to get an updated version of the GMK6400-1 with increased capacity
• There were seven other Grove mobile cranes delivered to the company in the past year.

• Consorzio Stabile SIS a choisi les grues Potain pour participer à la rénovation de l'un des plus anciens hôpitaux d'Italie, le Policlinico di Milano (également connu sous le nom d'Ospedale Maggiore di Milano), fondé en 1456. 
• L'entreprise de construction italienne a acheté deux grues MDT 269 J12 et deux MDT 389 L16 pour surmonter les difficultés du chantier, notamment une route d'accès étroite et le manque d'espace pour manœuvrer avec les grues mobiles sur site. 

• 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 has invested in two Grove GMK5150XL cranes to replace its previous generation GMK5150L cranes 
• One of the new cranes was displayed at bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany last year, before delivery to the German rental giant 
• BKL is a long-standing Manitowoc customer and already has dozens of Grove mobile cranes and Potain tower cranes in its rental fleet.

• 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, vice-président Ingénierie de Potain, et Emmanuel Kirchner, Responsable Produits de la gamme des grues à montage par éléments de Potain, ont été invités à intervenir lors de cette manifestation.
• Environ 800 délégués ont participé au symposium annuel WSH (Workplace Safety & Health) dédié aux grues.

• Work Truck Week 2023 will be held March 7–10, 2023, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
• National Crane is partnering with Peterbilt to exhibit an NBT45-2 boom truck that does not require a single front outrigger. 
• The boom truck highlights the role that Manitowoc’s engineers play in developing customized solutions to meet the industry’s evolving needs.
• The extended torsion box model is one example of the endless configurations that can be developed to ensure a boom truck that is field-ready directly from the factory.

• An Awards Ceremony recognized many of the top-performing dealers from the region
• Presentations also covered that latest product and service offerings from Manitowoc that help customers get more from their cranes.

• The largest rough-terrain crane on two axles will take pride of place at the top of the Indonesian rental company’s RT inventory.
• Adding the optional 17.6 m jib produces a maximum tip height of 80.8 m and will help the company exploit additional opportunities.