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Towering Ahead!

The rapid expansion of the real-estate sector and the emergence of high-end infrastructure projects are driving the demand for tower cranes.

Towering over

Tower cranes are expected to a see a surge in demand with the spurt in infrastructure development projects.

We have 200 cranes working only in South India alone

Almost 200 cranes working only in the South India overall. We can say more than 500 cranes in the last couple of years in South India. There is a good growth rate we have seen amidst this pandemic.

Tadano completes acquisition of Demag Mobile Cranes business

Tadano completed its $215-million acquisition of the Demag Mobile Cranes business on August 1, 2019. The transaction brings together two of the top names in the lifting equipment industry.

"Customers NOW prefer higher capacity equipment"

With the impending revival of infrastructure sector and the government's definitive focus on growth, sales are expected to rise in the coming days.

Kobelco to use Scania engine

Scania is all set to offer Kobelco with low-emission industrial engines for Kobelco?s new 300 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler cranes: the CK3300G-2 model (for North America), the CKE3000G (for Europe), and the CKS3000 (for other markets).

Hawks adds new lattice cranes from Kobelco

The UK-based crane rental company, Hawks Crane Hire expanded its crawler fleet withthe addition of new Kobelco lattice boom cranes.

Sanghvi to add Demag cranes

Sanghvi Movers has signed an order to buy seven units of the 650 tonne capacity Demag CC 3800-1 lattice boom crawler crane from Terex Cranes.

Vario-Superlift helps on congested site

Sterett Crane and Rigging used a Terex CC 2400-1 lattice boom crawler crane to replace lids on eight anaerobic digester tanks at the East and West Evansville wastewater treatment plants

Global crane market to grow in 2017

According to a new report from Off-Highway Research, the worldwide demand for mobile cranes is expected to bottom-out this year.

Global crane market to grow in 2017

According to a new report from Off-Highway Research, the worldwide demand for mobile cranes is expected to bottom-out this year. Sales of all terrain, lattice boom crawler, rough terrain and truck cranes are expected to total 17,077 units in 2016, an 11 per cent fall from the previous year.

Manitowoc plans to relocate crane operations to Pennsylvania

The Manitowoc Company, Inc announced its intent to relocate crawler crane manufacturing operations from Manitowoc

Manitowoc plans to relocate crane operations to Pennsylvania

The Manitowoc Company, Inc announced its intent to relocate crawler crane manufacturing operations from Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, to optimise its manufacturing footprint, reduce costs and expand margins.

Safety is a major issue in crawlers segment

Ajay Kumar Somani, Director-Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr India: We have redesigned our cranes drastically to increase its capacity without any change in basic machine. We have also come out with ?P? boom in 1,000T and 1,350T capacity cranes, new boom configuration like SL 10 in our 600T cranes.

New record for XGC88000

A 4,000 tonne capacity class crawler crane from XCMG has broken a lifting record at a coal liquefaction project in Shenhua Ningxia, China. The XGC88000 heavy lift lattice boom crawler, built in China, lifted a Fischer-Tropsch oil synthesis reactor into place. The reactor had a diameter of 9.6 m and a height of 54.4 m. It weighed 2,155 tonnes and took 2.5 hours to install into position.

Sennebogen 5500 on Neeb wind farm

A new Sennebogen 5500 crawler crane has been put to work at a wind farm in Westphalia, Germany.

Sennebogen 5500 on Neeb wind farm

A new Sennebogen 5500 crawler crane has been put to work at a wind farm in Westphalia, Germany.

Our products set a benchmark by way of enhancing safety and fuel efficiency

Our fully integrated and purpose built manufacturing facility at Kolkata delivers state-of-the-art design, manufacturing and product technologies. TIL distribution network offers mobile cranes: industrial cranes, truck- mounted canes, rough terrain cranes, and all terrain cranes, lattice boom crawler cranes, and lorry loaders

Liebherr cranes are designed and manufactured according the highest safety norms

It will be much sensible to ask for a crane functional test and load test certification from a reputed third-party inspector before import. This will restrict the number of junk cranes coming into India. Also, the project people should have very strict controls on quality, selection of suitable equipment and timely completion of the job, says Ajay Kumar Somani, Director, Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr India.

Lifting major part of the burden

Transdata provides key assistance at the new Brasilia Stadium with a Terex? CC 2800-1 crawler crane. Lifting specialist Transdata is making a major contribution to the renovation of the National Mane Garrincha Football Stadium in Brasilia,

At TIL, safety is a key priority

The trend of the future is likely to focus more on better technology with world class safety standards. Usage of telematics and electronic fault diagnostic systems is also likely to become a trend in crane design and usage. Over the next few years, the Indian market is likely to follow global best practices and specification standards for

Surging ahead

In the long term, we see high demand worldwide for mobile cranes, supported by the sectors of infrastructure, refineries, chemicals, and energy, with wind power playing a particularly important part. The Liebherr Mobile Crane Division is based in Ehingen, Germany, where it operates manufacturing facilities covering a built-over area of 220,000 sq m on a total surface of 840,000 sq m,

The new class leader

Terex Cranes launches the Superlift 3800, A650 T capacity crawler crane. Terex Cranes announces the launch of the Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane. As the successor to the Terex? CC 2800-1, it has big shoes to fill. When the CC 2800-1 was launched, it established a new benchmark in the crane industry, and became the reference in its class.

Built to Perform

Terex Cranes showcased a total of five crane models in the recently concluded Bauma China.

Mobile Cranes: TIL is known for its quality, reliability and product support

Constant technology upgradation, greater focus on safety and delivering superior product support are the key trends that will be growth drivers for crane segment.

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