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Steel Centre Philippines a specialist in the design fabrication and erection of steel structures used a Grove GMK4100L all-terrain crane to install a 28 m footbridge in the Philippines. Working for Metropolitan Manila Development Authority a government agency the company positioned the 20 t bridge in just 30 minutes. The new footbridge sits in Ortigas Avenue a major thoroughfare in Pasig City located in Eastern Manila where it serves as a walkway for pedestrians to cross the busy streets.

Digital versions of Looking UP are available in seven languages! 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.

Manitowoc showed its most innovative technologies and modern cranes at the 15th National Congress of Infrastructure in Cartagena Colombia the country’s largest infrastructure event. Visitors to Manitowoc’s booth learned about the benefits provided by some of the newest Grove crane models for jobs that require high capacity and compact maneuverability.

Sur le modèle des régions Amériques et Asie-Pacifique Manitowoc fusionne son organisation des grues à tour et des grues mobiles en Europe. Ces deux activités resteront indépendantes en termes industriels et de gestion des produits mais auront désormais un seul directeur pour les ventes le marketing et les service l’après-vente Crane Care.

A Potain MR 618 is building a new private hospital in downtown Hong Kong. Constructing any high-rise building in central Hong Kong poses challenges in terms of space limitations. So main contractor Yau Lee Building Construction and Decoration opted for the Potain luffing jib which has both the compact operating capabilities and capacity to handle the work.

C’est à l’occasion du salon Bauma 2019 à Munich en Allemagne que Manitowoc lancera six tout nouveaux modèles de grues dans les gammes Potain et Grove. Elle présentera également un pavillon technologique destiné à mettre en avant de nombreuses innovations axées sur le client. Six nouvelles grues seront dévoilées à l’occasion de ce salon mais pas uniquement : les visiteurs auront la possibilité de découvrir plus de 10 nouvelles grues.

Manitowoc Cranes présentera une nouvelle version de la grue tout-terrain à trois essieux Grove GMK3060 au salon bauma 2019 à Munich. La conception de la nouvelle GMK3060L est basée sur le modèle antérieur la GMK3060 mais dispose d’une flèche plus longue (48 m/157 5 pi au lieu de 43 m/141 pi) et offre les meilleures capacités de levage dans sa catégorie en configuration taxi.

Manitowoc Cranes a annoncé le lancement d'une nouvelle appli pour smartphone destinée aux appareils iOS et Android qui aidera les grutiers et les propriétaires de grues à déterminer rapidement et facilement la combinaison de longueur de flèche et de fléchette requise pour un levage.

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.