Booming Demand

Industrial cranes are witnessing a soaring demand as they play a crucial role in various sectors, from construction to logistics, contributing to India's infrastructural growth.

We are proactively focusing on energy efficiency and digitalisation

Dhanraj Kalbhor, Managing Director, NORD Drivesystems

Craning for Success

Advancements in technology have propelled the increased usage of tower cranes in tall buildings.

Improving Performance of Crane Manufacturers

Bonfiglioli’s HF series gear motors for hoisting application offers several features that help hoist designers to make optimised selection.

Bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 - Highlights

The trade fair for construction equipment industry garners excitement!

We are going to be country’s first manufacturer of electric CE

Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director, Action Construction Equipment, speaks on the key products on display during bauma CONEXPO.

We plan to double our production capacity

ACE, one of the largest construction equipment players in the mobile and tower crane segments in India, showcased its upgraded and new backhoe loader models in different engine horsepower categories at Excon along with award-winning products like a special crane for piling, 360-degree slew pick-n-carry crane, and manlift crane.

WOLFFKRAN first saddle jib crane

According to the European Architectural Barometre, every third construction project in Europe uses prefabricated parts. A trend with significant implications for the tower crane industry calling for higher capacity cranes.

New CTO for the WOLFF Pack

The 54-year-old holds a university degree in Electrical Engineering and has spent a significant part of his professional life in the crane industry.

Manitowoc updates its free diagnostic mobile app

Manitowoc has updated its free diagnostic app to include Crane Control System (CCS)-equipped Potain tower cranes.

Manitowoc launches new website

Manitowoc has launched a fully refreshed website with improved navigation and searchable features that make it easy to explore the company’s comprehensive portfolio of cranes and lifting solutions

Towering opportunities

Choosing a tower crane is increasingly about safety and productivity features, as customers seek to lift more with less power, upgrade to a higher capacity economically, and safely use multiple cranes at space-constrained project sites.

Mobilising Growth

Raimondi Cranes appoints new CEO

Raimondi Cranes, heritage manufacturer of tower and luffing cranes, announced the appointment of Domenico Ciano as the Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

The year of construction technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 2, 2019 declared April 2019-March 2020 as the Construction-Technology year and stressed on the use of advanced technology to meet the increasing demand of affordable housing and provision of Housing for All by 2022.

We see strong growth in infrastructure industry

As one of Asia's biggest material handling solution providing company, ElectroMech is present in more than 55 countries across the world. Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems (India) Pvt Ltd shares more on the company and the industrial cranes market.

Customer benefit is our focus area

Liebherr is a major player in the crawler cranes market in India. Ghananeel Molankar, Divisional Head - Construction Machinery, Liebherr India, elaborates on the current market scenario in India and the products and services offered bythe company in India.

Lifting up Expectations

Gone are the days of slowdown and stagnation for mobile cranes market. Many equipment were seen idle with projects not taking off as expected.

Potain celebrates 90th anniversary at Intermat Paris 2018

Manitowoc Cranes has marked the 90th anniversary of Potain by holding a celebration at its booth during Intermat Paris 2018.

Manitowoc appoints new dealer for South Australia

Manitowoc has increased its support to customers in South Australia (SA) with the appointment of WATM Crane Sales & Service as its exclusive dealer for the region.

Manitowoc releases mobile app

Manitowoc Cranes has announced a new smartphone app that will help customers to diagnose technical issues on their cranes much faster. The free app will be available on iOS and Android devices, and will enable users to understand the numeric diagnostic codes that are generated by their on-board control systems.

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.

Growth | The Way Forward

Industrial cranes are the backbone of manufacturing, infrastructure and construction in the country. In light of economy revival and Make-in-India drive in the country, the market for this equipment is expected to grow many fold in the coming decade.

Soaring SkyWARDS

Liebherr LR 11350 erects large near-shore wind farm

For around one year, the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) in the north of the Netherlands was the scene of an unusual job for a Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane.

On a Lead Role

KEF Infra is kickstarting a new era in Indian infrastructure sector, delivering prefabricated projects cost-effectively and in a shorter time frame than traditional developments.

Manitowoc showcases at CICA 2015

Manitowoc Cranes highlighted two of its most notable recent products at the 2015 CICA Conference, organised by the Crane Industry Council of Australia, and staged in Perth, Australia.

Towering the Demand Curve

What lifting capacity range of TCs will dominate the demand for free standing, external and internal climbing configurations? Say Malik ?The 5-6T capacity TCs will remain as the most dominate category.

Fuelonomics Drive Developments

A humble beginning

A Diploma holder from Saboo Siddique Polytechnic, Mohamed Anis Ansari has more that 25 years of experience in construction equipment industry.

Lifting Solutions

The future trend in material handling systems will be towards lighter, higher-efficiency equipment. The power consumption, material of construction, operating noise levels and eco-friendly features of this equipment will play a big role while introducing

Annual demand for industrial cranes should touch 12,000 by 2015

Growth in various sectors such as power, infrastructure, construction and heavy engineering will drive the growth of the Indian cranes industry, says Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems.

Annual demand for industrial cranes should touch 12,000 by 2015

Growth in various sectors such as power, infrastructure, construction and heavy engineering will drive the growth of the Indian cranes industry, says Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems.

Up & Moving

STILL Number One

The focused thrust on infrastructure, manufacturing and agricultural sectors is expected to boost the demand for pick-n-carry cranes, which dominate the mobile crane market with over 80 per cent of total sales.

Achieving Cost Efficiency

Cost efficiency is not only achieved through cleaner engines, but also through optimising the man-machine interface with a variety of machine control technologies, 'correcting' the usage patterns, and packaging solutions that take care of clients' business needs around project costs.

Our cranes have some of the best safety features.

Demag is probably the only company among crane manufacturers with the largest field force. Our services include installation and commissioning, warranty and post warranty services and support through parts, says Vidyakant Miraje, Business Head - Process Cranes, Demag Cranes and Components (I). Excerpts from the interview.

An upward trend

Over the years, the manufacturing sectors have made remarkable progress in integrating the latest and most advanced systems of material handling into the manufacturing process. There is a perceptible shift towards third-party logistics providers, increased focus on integrated supply chain

The Zoomlion-Electromech JV offers frequency control across its tower cranes

Zoomlion has the second biggest population of installed tower cranes in the country across all segments. Over 550 Zoomlion tower cranes are working on various sites across India.

We offer well-engineered hoisting solutions keeping safety in full focus.

The Indian industrial cranes sector lacks a structured after sales service infrastructure. This is why we have set up Cranedge, a subsidiary company with focus on maintenance and service for industrial cranes of all makes.

Specially for India

Zoomlion-ElectroMech JV launches the TC 5013?5 and TC 5013?5G tower cranes, India-specific products for the construction and real estate sector. The new models have been developed after consultation with several developers and contractors,

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.

There has been substantial scope of improvement in safety standards

Offering customised and opti?mised specifications at the most competitive prices and with the shortest delivery period makes us preferred choice of customers. We focus on continuous enhancement of manu?facturing and manpower resources,

We partner with our customers to deliver world-class innovative crane solutions

Konecranes invests heavily in R&D to bring new techn?ologies and inno?vations to the market. World??wide, we service close to 400,000 equipment and have developed a rich knowledge base of crane operations and maintenance,

Poised for Major Growth

The crane manufacturing industry has witnessed a phase of restructuring with several acquisitions and joint ventures resulting in considerable international influence in the quality and use of better technology in the industry.

Big Crane Deal for Konecranes

WMI Konecranes bags an order from JSW Steel worth Rs 58 crore. WMI Konecranes has bagged the order to supply total 21 heavy-duty cranes to JSW steel worth Rs 58 crore.

Manitowoc contact centre in India

Manitowoc Cranes is expanding its high-level customer support in India with a new contact centre at the company?s facility in Pune. Customers simply call a toll-free number (000 800 852 1345) to get instant access to the centre, which is also connected to Manitowoc?s international telephone network.

Manitowoc rebuilds Oz team

Manitowoc has made changes to their sales team and regional coverage in Australia. Andy Chambers was appointed Sales Manager for Victoria and Tasmania, and Ben Masters will now manage Queensland in addition to his existing sales areas of South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Konecranes Acquires WMI Cranes

Konecranes Plc, Finland, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in WMI Cranes, India. Post acquisition, the company has been renamed as WMI Konecranes India.

Manitowoc Crane Care is a huge differentiator

We focus on cost of ownership for our customers and onsite productivity. That means high quality manufacturing, backed up with the best customer support to ensure our cranes can keep working at their optimum productivity for as long as possible,? says Prem Naithani, National Sales Manager, Mobile and Crawler Cranes, Manitowoc Cranes India.

A New World Record

The world's largest crawler crane, the Sany SCC86000TM (3,600T), successfully rolled off the assembly line on May 18, 2011.

ElectroMech pact with Shuttlelift

Pune-based ElectroMech has entered into an agreement with the US- based manufacturer Shuttlelift to extend its offerings to the construction and material handling industry.