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Visitors to CONEXPO 2017 will be the first in North America to see the groundbreaking Potain Hup 40-30. This self-erecting crane was first previewed as a prototype at bauma 2016 in Munich Germany and officially launched at the Manitowoc factory in Niella Tanaro Italy in September 2016.

For the first time in North America Manitowoc will feature the GMK5150L and GMK5250L at a tradeshow. The two new all-terrain cranes will be a major highlight for CONEXPO 2017 and are sure to draw a crowd to the company’s booth.

The Potain MDT 219 tower crane will be showcased at a North American trade show for the first time at CONEXPO 2017 giving customers there an opportunity to see first-hand the features and benefits that have made the crane a hit in the region. The MDT 219 has the highest capacity of all models in the MDT CCS City tower crane range making it ideal for North American construction where buildings are increasingly becoming taller and more complex.

National Crane will be debuting its new generation of boom truck cranes at CONEXPO 2017. The company will show one model from its new NBT40-1 series for the first time at a tradeshow highlighting the years of technological and user advancements that have made this new crane series a significant step forward in the evolution of boom trucks.

Merkel Autokrane recently faced a special challenge at Bamberg port. Its job was to lift a port crane and laterally load it onto a ship. The port crane weighed 92 t and was 18 m in height and was installed on a 3.5 m quay wall which limited the available space for another crane to lift it as it would have to be positioned between the quay wall and the Main-Danube canal.

One of Vietnam’s fastest growing construction companies Coteccons Group is using its fleet of Potain tower cranes to support its expansion plans. The company which has its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City is looking to extend its scope of operations not only across Vietnam but into the surrounding nations of South East Asia.

A massive project to transport power plant components through the Erie Canal is underway in Schenectady New York and a Manitowoc 18000 crawler crane is at the center of the action.

When Shinui Petra one of South Korea’s largest construction equipment rental companies was asked to supply a crane for a complex and compact assembly project for Young-gwang Yak-su Wind Power there was only ever one choice—the MLC650 from Manitowoc the new rising star of its fleet.

Grove Dealer CLT (Crane Load Technology) will host an open house at its Johannesburg location on January 27 2017 to launch the 100 t capacity Grove GMK4100L-1 in South Africa. The event is open to all and will also feature a 250 t capacity Grove GMK5250L.

Manitowoc used bauma China 2016 to highlight its industry-leading innovation with the presentation of two new tower crane models: the prototype MCH 120 which is still in development and the MCR 295 which is now commercially available. The company will release further details on the striking new MCH 120 a topless luffing jib crane in due course.

Leading UK construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine has secured a contract to install a retractable roof for No.1 Court at the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament Wimbledon. To help complete the project the company acquired four new Potain MR 608 cranes at the beginning of August with work for the units starting in September.

A Potain MDT 98 tower crane was used at the famed Verona Arena in Italy to change theatrical sets between productions for its entire 2016 opera season. Verona Italy-based Toffoli Macchine rented the 6 t crane for the project which had the crane use its 55 m jib radius to reach over the arena’s walls and assemble sets during the day. By night the crane helped dismantle the scenery. The MDT 98 replaced a Potain GTMR 386 B that was formerly used for this job for 15 years.