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First for Sennebogen in Belgium
21 December, 2005
Sennebogen has delivered its first lattice boom crawler crane in Belgium – a 2200 R – to crane rental company Van Maercke of Kluisbergen.

Arcomet goes all out for growth
21 December, 2005
Following the recent announcement of its appointment as distributor for the full range of Potain self-erecting and tower cranes in England, Scotland, and Wales (the UK), Arcomet Group has announced expansion plans in the UK, Europe, and the United States.

Verticon buys Daniel Smith division
21 December, 2005
Verticon, Australia’s largest hirer of tower cranes and hoists with operations in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland has bought the crane and hoist rental division of New Zealand crawler, tower and mobile crane operator Daniel Smith Industries Ltd for NZ$41 million (23.5m Euros).

Konecranes buys Stahl division
21 December, 2005
KCI Konecranes has bought R. Stahl’s Material Handling division – R.Stahl Fördertechnik – for EUR 30.5 million.

Liebherr wins deck crane contract
21 December, 2005
Liebherr is to supply a 40t lifting capacity travelling deck crane with a maxiumum outreach of 23m for installation on the cutting dredger d’Artagnan built by IHC at het Kinderdijk shipyard in The Netherlands.

Terex gains NYSE listing extension
21 December, 2005
Terex Corporation has received an extension for continued listing and trading on the New York Stock Exchange for three months, through March 31, 2006, to complete and file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The extension is subject to review by the NYSE on an ongoing basis.

Carrydeck range expanded
21 December, 2005
The latest Carrydeck line of industrial cranes from Shuttlelift, Inc. are now available for purchase, lease, or as manned rentals in the US from Stevenson Sales & Service. The cranes are available from 8.5 to the new 22 USt capacity model in dual fuel and diesel-powered versions.

Historic dock crane to stay
21 December, 2005
Plans have been scrapped to remove the last surviving dockside crane at the King George V Graving Dock in Southampton, UK.

Kobelco announces financial results
14 December, 2005
Japan-based Kobelco Construction Machinery Co Ltd, an independent subsidiary of Kobe Steel Ltd, has announced its first half-year financial results for the period ended 30th September 2005.

Manitowoc 16000 brings wind power to South Korea
13 December, 2005
A Manitowoc Model 16000 crawler crane has helped install wind power turbines at the Gangwon Wind Power Park, Kangwondo in the northeast of South Korea. Contractors are using a 400t (440 USt) Model 16000, fitted with 84m (275.6ft) of heavy lift-boom, to erect the turbines, each capable of generating 2 MW of electricity.

Sideview
12 December, 2005
Tower cranes come under the spotlight this month, as Phil Bishop muses on Arcomet’s latest moves in the UK, and contemplates a disturbing new way of describing self-erectors

Terex sells ATs to the marines
09 December, 2005
Terex is to supply up to 130 military all-terrain cranes with a potential contract value of up to $88.6 million to the US Marine Corps (USMC) in Quantico, Virginia, USA.

Liebherr cranes out in the cold
09 December, 2005
RAO Norilsk Nickel, the Russian terminal operator at the Arctic port of Dudinka, has bought two Liebherr-Werk Nenzing LHM 250 harbour cranes with a maximum lifting capacity of 64t, and 38m maximum radius to supplement its two existing LHM 250 cranes.

Bigge to lift Oakland Bay Bridge span
09 December, 2005
The construction of the New San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge reaches a milestone in January when the first transition span, linking the concrete Skyway bridge deck section with the yet-to-be-built suspension bridge, will be lifted into place using trail-blazing alternative lifting technology.

The sun also rises
08 December, 2005
Having suffered a crippling recession in the 1990s, the Japanese crane industry is set for a dramatic resurgence, says Stuart Anderson

Energy chain for STS project
06 December, 2005
Igus (Cologne) has completed a ship-to-shore crane project with Kalmar in Antwerp (Belgium).

Variety of valves
06 December, 2005
Noshok’s latest manifold valves are available in two, three, and five-valve variations, in either hard or soft seat configurations.

Engine control sensors
06 December, 2005
Siemens VDO has launched a set of instruments – the CANcockpit – designed to access engine control information directly.

Air-operated motors
06 December, 2005
Machinefabriek EMCÉ BV has introduced a series of air-operated motors for its range of pneumatic winches. The gear motors have already been applied to various OAW and MR series winches, and they can now also be applied to all other pneumatic winches.

Remote control for switches
06 December, 2005
The MR267 Current Loop Controller (CLC) from Micronor is designed to remotely control a motorised potentiometer and/or rotary cam switch via 4-20mA current loop, 0-2.5V input or external potentiometer.