Novità

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.

Manitowoc and its partners — Foucherans France-based OBrent Grue for self-erecting cranes and Belley France-based Valente Grue Assistance — worked together to exhibit a wide range of cranes and technologies at Journées du Levage 2017 (JDL 2017) in Beaune France.

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.

Una delle più importanti acciaierie in Italia utilizza due gru a torre Potain con uno allestimento speciale personalizzato per le esigenze del cliente una MD 1100 e una MD 1600 queste gru caricano sui camion lastre in acciaio dal peso variabile da 15 a 50 t. In collaborazione con il distributore di gru Potain Techind con sede a Bergamo Manitowoc ha fornito le gru a Ecoenergy società che opera nel settore della gestione di impianti industriali e acciaierie.

Shawmut Equipment one of Manitowoc Cranes’ leading distributors is celebrating its 60th year in the cranes and lifting business. Over the last six decades the Manchester Connecticut-based company has been an integral part of Manitowoc’s expansion into the northeastern United States as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. Shawmut offers a full range of Manitowoc Grove Potain and National Crane-branded cranes in addition to a variety of utility equipment.

Kokar WIKA has purchased a further four Potain MCT 205 tower cranes over the past 12 months to strengthen its growing rental fleet. The cranes were all ordered through Multicrane Perkasa Manitowoc’s exclusive dealer for Potain cranes in Indonesia. Prior to this latest order Kokar WIKA had 20 Potain machines including a further two MCT 205 units. The MCT 205 is a topless tower crane with a maximum capacity of 10 t and up to 65 m of jib.

Six Potain cranes are working to construct a record-breaking bridge: the Yangsigang Bridge in Wuhan Hubei Province China. The gigantic project involves the construction of a 4 134 m double-deck suspension bridge with a main span that stretches 1 700 m across the Yangtze River the longest river in Asia.

Cranes help to build three storage tanks with a capacity of 200 million liters each.

Indonesia’s PT. Tanjungsari Prima Sentosa (RIMASA) has placed a second order for Potain cranes after receiving its first cranes from the company last year. This latest order was placed through Multicrane Perkasa Manitowoc’s exclusive dealer for Potain cranes in the country. The order for four new MCT 205 cranes means RIMASA has now ordered 10 new Potain cranes over the past 12 months all MCT 205 or MC 310 K12 models.

Manitowoc has strengthened its operations in Southeast Asia with the appointment of Multicrane Perkasa as its new dealer for Potain cranes in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta the crane and construction equipment distributor has invested in comprehensive Manitowoc Crane Care training for five of its employees to ensure customers receive the fast and effective service that backs up each Potain purchase.

The www.Manitowoc-used.biz used cranes website offers new functionality for customers and an ever-growing range of used cranes for sale. It puts particular focus on enabling dealers and customers to quickly get informed and purchase used cranes that fit their needs.

Manitowoc Cranes will showcase a trio of cranes that thrive in utilities applications at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition 2017 (ICUEE). At outdoor booth N2021 the company will highlight the Grove GHC30 telescoping crawler crane and a pair of National Crane boom trucks: the NBT45-1 and 890D. All three machines will be outfitted with special attachments to better show their effectiveness in the utilities market and two of them — the GHC30 and NBT45-1 — will be shown at ICUEE for the first time.