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Tower of power
13 November, 2014
Soaring demand for electricity around the world, particularly in emerging markets, is prompting a boom in power plant construction. As prefabricated concrete sections and other components get bigger, to allow for faster construction, so does the need for high capacity tower cranes. Steve Powney reports

Untapped market
13 November, 2014
Next month, bC India—the Bauma ConExpo International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles—will take place at Delhi, with the show’s organisers targeting the untapped market in the north of India.

Big plans, big projects
29 October, 2014
Between November 25 to 28, 2014 it will be time for the seventh edition of bauma China, the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Construction Vehicles and Equipment, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Despite the current downturn in the Chinese economy, there are still many building projects in the People’s Republic which have an enormous investment value. Here are some examples of these gigantic projects.

A bright day dawns in the east
18 September, 2014
It’s been at least ten years since Cranes Today last visited Japan. This summer, Will North made up for that with visits to four of the country’s leading international crane builders, Tadano, Kobelco, Hitachi-Sumitomo (HSC) and Maeda. The four companies discuss the state of the market, at home and abroad. We visit each of them in turn, starting with Maeda in Nagano, then heading south to HSC in Nagoya, Kobelco in Akashi, and ending up with Tadano in Takamatsu.

From the seaside, to the ocean
17 September, 2014
The final stage of Cranes Today’s tour of Japan took Will North to the southerly island of Takamatsu. On first seeing its location in one of the country’s more rural regions, or folding stiff Western knees under a tatami table in one of the island’s traditional restaurants, it would be easy to think the company is, like its home, Japanese of the old school.

Cutting costs, keeping quality
17 September, 2014
The next stop on Cranes Today’s Japan Tour was at Kobelco’s plant in Akashi, close to Kobe, home of parent company Kobe Steel. Earlier in the week, at the company’s Tokyo head office, CEO Akihiko Tsukamoto has been working to cut procurement costs and improve production efficiency.

Developing together
17 September, 2014
Cranes Today’s Japan tour continued south, with a visit to Hitachi-Sumitomo’s factory in Nagoya.

Rising above the ruins
31 July, 2014
Italy has a long and proud history of crane-building and was for many years one of the world’s leading markets for both rough terrains and tower cranes. Today though, it’s domestic market is decimated and crane builders are having to look for new opportunities. Will North visited some of these and Samoter in Verona.

Competing on the global stage
26 June, 2014
At this year’s ConExpo, Will North spoke to senior staff of crane manufacturers around the world, about the market for their products, and their strategy for the coming year. From Terex, Manitowoc and Link-Belt in the US, via Liebherr in Europe, to Zoomlion in China and Tadano in Japan, all our looking to increase the global spread of their sales, and often production, as individual regional markets remain unreliable.

Under the Sennebogen pyramid
26 June, 2014
The German crane manufacturer Sennebogen has over 60 years worth of experience in the industry. Recently, it opened a new training facility in Staubing, Germany. Zak Garner-Purkis went to the launch of the new company’s new centre to hear about Sennebogen’s plans for the future.

Bigger booms, larger lifts
18 March, 2014
As North America leans towards larger rough terrain cranes manufacturers are improving their offerings at the higher capacity end. Bernadette Ballantyne reports.

Bridging the Red River
18 March, 2014
Five Linden Comansa 21LC550 18t tower cranes worked on a bridge across the Red River in Hanoi, Vietnam. The cranes have been working on the construction of five A-shaped concrete pylons, to which clamping cables will be tied. The Linden Comansas were supplied to the Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Company by Asia-Ted, a dealer of Linden Comansas in Singapore.

The warring cranes period
16 January, 2014
For a long time the Chinese lifting industry appeared to be an unstoppable force, and even a global financial crisis couldn’t halt its progress. However, in the last two years the market has begun to contract forcing many in the crane business to change their approach. The decline of the construction sector has caused problems for crane firms, whilst collapsed JVs, legal disputes and allegations of corruption involving some of China’s major manufacturers have reinforced previous criticisms of the economic environment. Zak Garner-Purkis went to this years BICES in Beijing to discover what’s really happening in the Chinese crane business.