Tyre manufacturer buys two Valla cranes

8 April 2015 by Daniel Searle

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UK-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Europe has purchased two new Manitex Valla pick and carry cranes, to use in tyre manufacturing operations.

The Valla 35ES and Valla 75E DC Electric cranes were supplied by The Hird Group and will replace existing Valla cranes that have been used at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Europe's facility at Melksham for 11 years.

The cranes will be used across the plant for changing moulds during manufacture and for lifting operations during maintenance work.

The Hird Group is the distributor in the UK and Ireland for Manitex Valla new and used cranes, and also provides training and after-sales support.

Roll with it: Carl Cooper, sales and after-sales manager for Valla cranes at Hird Group, hands over two Valla cranes to Philip Schneider, maintenance manager at Cooper Tires.