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Australian rental company Metcalf Crane Services utilized the integrated heavy-duty jib (known locally as a ‘machinery runner’) on a Grove GMK5250L to handle the delicate unloading and installation of wall panels for a new rail corridor project in Seaford Victoria. Using the machinery runner from the Grove all-terrain crane which is integrated into the crane’s swingaway jib allows the use of both main and auxiliary hoists for the operation of two hooks simultaneously.

JJ Curran (www.jjcurran.com) a Detroit Michigan-based crane rental and lifting service was recently called upon to help with a massive lifting job at the city docks. The project involved hoisting a 116.5 USt gas “scrubber ” which was 109 ft long and 19.5 ft in diameter from a barge docked on the Detroit River to the dock on Zug Island. Once landed on Zug Island it would be transported to its final destination at the steel mill. The scrubber will be set vertically in position at the mill during a plant-wide shutdown this coming spring.

General contractor Whiteport has purchased two new Potain MCT 205 tower cranes both of which will be used on a range of projects around Manila Philippines. Arthur Loscano assistant vice president for equipment at Whiteport said his company’s previous good experiences with Potain prompted these latest investments.

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.

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.

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.

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.