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Manitowoc launches new TMS9000-2 truck crane

Grove has unveiled the TMS9000-2 truck crane with new features. The new 100 t (115 USt) capacity truck crane features a number of improvements over previous models that will enable owners to increase their utilisation and lifting capabilities.

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Linden Comansa introduces new luffing-jib crane

Linden Comansa has launched the LCL700, the largest in its range of luffing-jib tower cranes to date. Two versions of the LCL700 are launched on the global market, with maximum load capacities of 64 and 50 tonne (141,090 and 110,230 lb).

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SDLG posts double-digit growth in wheel loader sales in India

With double-digit growth in its wheel loader sales in India, last year was yet another record-breaking year for SDLG, a company release said. Nine years into its operations in India, SDLG?s sales volumes reached seven times from its first year of sales. According to the company, such impressive growth is a result of the increasing popularity of the brand?s machines which offer excellent reliability and efficiency.

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APM Terminals Pipavav implements e-SMTP

APM Terminals Pipavav has successfully implemented e-SMTP (electronic sub-manifest transshipment permit) at its port beginning 2017.

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MTU engines to power JCB excavators

Rolls-Royce has won an order from JCB to supply MTU engines for use in excavators. MTU?s Series 1000 engines are compliant with EU-Stage IV and EPA Tier 4f emissions legislation and are to be used to power new excavators in JCB?s JS 300, JS 330 and JS 370 series. The construction machinery manufacturer is choosing MTU for its excavators for the first time.

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JNK Lifters buys Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane

Crane rental company JNK Lifters based in Mumbai took delivery of a new LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane at the Bauma Conexpo India construction machinery trade show.

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MSG Krandienst expands fleet with 7 new Grove cranes

The Kehl, Germany-based MSG Krandienst has expanded its fleet with seven Grove all-terrain cranes. The company took delivery of the first six of these cranes?four GMK3060s and two GMK4080-1s?from Manitowoc?s Wilhelmshaven plant. In April, the company will add the seventh, a Grove GMK5150L.

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T?V Rheinland launches new data management portal

T?V Rheinland, a global testing, inspection, certification and consultancy corporation headquartered in Germany with locations in over 65 countries worldwide, has announced the launch of its new, stand-alone mobile digital solution for the management, analysis and tracking of asset integrity data.

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Lambertsson Kran to use K-100 synthetic rope with Grove all-terrain crane

Sweden?s Lambertsson Kran is taking delivery of a Grove GMK4100L-1 and Samson K-100 synthetic rope. The company will use the crane and K-100 together, which not only marks its first foray into synthetic rope, but also the first time that a company has paired the product with an all-terrain crane globally.

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Liebherr mobile crane relocates massive construction crane in Barcelona

Spanish crane contractor Gr?as Rigar used a Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 telescopic crane to relocate one of the three massive construction cranes at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

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