Cranes Today Magazine


LATEST NEWS

EU backs harmonisation of abnormal transport rules
15 March, 2024 European Parliament supports harmonisation of rules on indivisible loads.
  • Evans heads Liebherrtowercranes.ie
    Industry figure Mark Evans is now MD of Armorum (Liebherrtowercranes.ie) – the official distributor of Liebherr tower cranes in Ireland.
  • 2023 record year for Palfinger
    The company announces consolidated revenue in 2023 of EUR 2.45 billion and EBIT up by 39.8 percent to EUR 210.2 million.

LATEST FEATURES

Towering above
24 January, 2024 High-rise buildings need high-rise cranes. Julian Champkin looks at flat-tops and new designs of luffers.
  • Great gusto
    Felbermayr replaces a wind turbine gearbox atop a mountain ridge despite increasing wind speeds.
  • The way ahead
    You would think a safe and secure place to park for the night would be a given when transporting abnormal loads across Europe. You’d be wrong. ESTA and ESPORG, however, are looking to change things. Christian Shelton reports.
  • Shaping the future
    German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr might be approaching 80-years-old but it’s at the cutting edge of the digital era and actively shaping the future. Christian Shelton reports.
  • Mini cranes break big
    Mini cranes are becoming established at last – even in the USA, where size traditionally matters most. Julian Champkin reports.


LATEST COMMENTS

Listen and learn
24 January, 2024 In my comment last month I wrote about how, on Liebherr's international construction trade press information tour, discussions of the future went hand-in-hand with one of man's oldest traditions: sitting down to eat and communicate together.
  • Breathtaking builds
    Sometimes I don't know which is more impressive: the various items of incredible infrastructure being designed and built by engineers and construction companies around the world, or the cranes and transport equipment used to build these feats of modern progress.
  • A passion for engineering
    "Who wouldn’t want to travel to Italy for an exhibition?" asks Fabio Potestà, director of Mediapoint & Exhibitions, the company responsible for organising the forthcoming GIS 2023 lifting trade show (see News page 18). "We have some of the best scenery, food, and hospitality in the whole world.”
  • Forward Thinking
    Diversity. Technological development. Resilience. And investment. These are just four of the many positive attributes of the lifting industry that can are present in this month's issue.
  • Sustaining the green revolution
    Incredible lifting and transport work is happening all around the world (see page 34 for a snapshot of just some of the awardwinning work being carried out in Europe alone). This issue, however, underscores a recurrent theme that, month on month, is growing in momentum across our industry: sustainability.
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LATEST EQUIPMENT NEWS

Sponsored: Lifting The Same Load With A Lighter Wire
17 May, 2017 Green Pin® introduces the Power Sling® Shackle in action!
  • Sponsored: The History of Åkerströms Björbo AB
    Founded in 1918, Akerstroms Bjorbo AB develops, produces, markets and services robust products to a global market for radio remote control of industrial cranes, mobile applications, door-opening systems and locomotives.
  • Sponsored: Kobelco celebrates order of Mammoet for 17 units Kobelco cranes at Bauma
    On Thursday 14th April 2016, the 4th day of BAUMA 2016, KOBELCO celebrated the order of MAMMOET for 17 units KOBELCO cranes with a speech and handshake followed by a traditional Japanese sake ceremony with the MAMMOET team and the KOBELCO team dressed in MAMMOET red Japanese happi coats. Ceremonial hammers were used to break open the sake barrel, after which the sake was shared with the gathered crowd in typical Japanese square wooden cups with the logos of MAMMOET and KOBELCO branded on opposite sides. KOBELCO also handed over to MAMMOET: a Kabuko samourai helmet, sword and bow with arrows.
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