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Cianbro is the latest company to take advantage of the barge-mounted benefits that Manitowoc crawler cranes with Variable Position Counterweight (VPC) offer. The Pittsfield Maine-based construction firm is using a Manitowoc MLC650 to help replace two aging transmission towers on the James River near Charles City Virginia. The new towers will help feed energy from a nearby nuclear plant to the surrounding area when construction is completed.

Manitowoc staged promotional events in Thailand and Malaysia to celebrate the region’s first arrivals of the Hup 32-27 from the Potain range of self-erecting cranes. This innovative new model attracted a lot of attention thanks to Potain’s strong reputation in the region for its well-established top-slewing tower crane range. This strong reputation means building companies and equipment owners are keen to investigate the opportunities the advanced Hup cranes offer.

Potain présenté une nouvelle fois la richesse de sa gamme de grues à montage automatisé à Batimat en présentant du 6 au 10 novembre 2017 deux modèles de grues Igo M sur ses stands intérieur et extérieur. Les Igo M sont idéales sur des chantiers de petites entreprises ou de charpentiers : elles apportent compacité productivité de grues distributrices et surtout la mobilité à la fois pour transporter la grue d’un chantier à l’autre mais aussi sur le chantier même.

Manitowoc Cranes is celebrating a successful showing at the sixth edition of the Italian Cranes and Access and Heavy Transport Show (GIS) 2017 in Piacenza Italy. During the three-day show the company displayed a few of its industry-leading all-terrain cranes the Grove GMK4100L-1 and GMK5150 which feature new taxi configurations for more efficient road travel.

Manitowoc has appointed two new dealers for its Grove brand in Asia-Pacific to support growing demand in the region for its advanced range of mobile cranes. The appointed companies are: Rainbow Ace Ltd. of Hong Kong; and Tuyet Nga Co. Ltd. (TNC) based in Hanoi Vietnam. Both will sell the full line of Grove all-terrain rough-terrain and truck cranes and offer comprehensive Manitowoc Crane Care customer support.

When a wind turbine at the Musselroe Wind Farm in Tasmania Australia required a change of gearbox and generator a Grove GMK6400 all-terrain crane turned out to be the perfect choice for the job. Woolnorth Wind Farms owner and operator of the Musselroe location contracted turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Technology to manage the replacement work.

MDC Equipment Solutions (MEQ) the equipment supply subsidiary of Filipino construction giant Makati Development Corporation (MDC) has added a number of Manitowoc-brand cranes to its fleet. The growing MEQ fleet now includes a team of 28 Grove mobile cranes an increasingly prominent brand in the MEQ equipment mix. The most recent arrivals are four RT530E-2 rough-terrain cranes; while two TMS700E truck cranes and a GMK5220 all-terrain crane have also been added in recent months.

Alanoca has taken delivery of its first Grove GMK6300L all-terrain crane. The El Alto-based rental company added the GMK6300L to its fleet to keep up with the increased demand for lifting solutions in Bolivia where a large number of construction projects are underway. The new Grove will arrive in October at Alanoca’s facilities and will see immediate use by contractors on numerous large-scale projects.

Manitowoc et ses partenaires (Foucherans la société Obrent Grue basée en France pour les grues à montage automatisé et Belley la société Valente Grue Assistance basée en France) ont collaboré pour exposer une vaste gamme de grues et technologies aux Journées du Levage 2017 (JDL 2017) à Beaune France.

The Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong is undergoing a series of improvements which include upgrading vehicular access to the site. On the job is a Grove RT550E rough-terrain crane which Yee Hop Engineering Co. Ltd. has positioned on the station roof to hoist up construction materials including steel bars and cement with loads weighing up to 14 t.

The Forrestfield-Airport Link will be a new subway system linking downtown Perth with the Western Australian city’s airport. Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift & Shift provided the lifting power to build one of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) units and sent its 650 t capacity Manitowoc MLC650 to handle the task.

Deux grues à tour Potain spécialement adaptées une MD 1100 et une MD 1600 sont utilisées pour charger des plaques d'acier d'un poids compris entre 15 et 50 t sur les camions d'une aciérie à Vallese di Oppeano en Italie. En collaboration avec Techind le distributeur de grues Potain à Bergame Manitowoc a fourni ces grues à l’entreprise de gestion d’installations industrielles et d'aciéries Ecoenergy. Cette entreprise est responsable de la logistique interne et externe de l’aciérie qui appartient à l’une des plus grandes entreprises sidérurgiques de Russie.