Demag expanding port tech business
The Demag Cranes Group is continuing to expand its business in the port technology segment in Turkey. After receiving purchase orders in the previous year for a total of nine new Gottwald mobile harbour cranes in the current year,  the company has also for the first time received an order for supply of two portal harbour cranes in Turkey. As in previous years, high performance cranes have particularly contributed to the pleasing order situation.The customers include new and existing customers of Demag Cranes, who use the cranes predominantly for container handling.The two most recently ordered Portal harbour cranes are designed for profe?ssional bulk handling and will handle coal.Thomas H Hagen, Member of the Mana?ge?ment Board of Demag Cranes AG and Chief Ope?rating Officer,  points out, ?Turkey is a strategically impor?tant inter?section between Eu?rope and Asia and a growth market for Demag Cranes. Our technology leadership is poin?ting the way on the Bosporus re?in?forced by the constantly inc?re??asing dem?and for our products.?