Search Results: 'Cranes Asia'

Heavy hydraulics
18 December, 2018
In the second of two articles, Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr, assesses current demand for heavy duty crawler cranes, and looks at the important innovations made by Japanese manufacturers.

NFT - Specialised in tower cranes
14 December, 2018
Award winning and resilient to economic changes, NFT has come a long way since its establishment in the 1980s. Starting out as the first supplier of tower cranes in the GCC region, it has now become Potain’s number one dealer in the world and the world’s number one tower crane supplier in terms of lifting capacity.

Sarilar - Beyond transport
14 December, 2018
Turkish company Sarilar has its roots in transporting heavy loads but now it is a leader not only in transport, but in heavy lifting and assembling too.

Truly heavy
13 November, 2018
In the first of two articles, Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr, looks at the development of heavy duty crawlers. In part two, next month, he looks in more detail at the Japanese industry, and a variety of attachments and applications for these machines

The new sweet spot
08 October, 2018
Rough terrain cranes are getting bigger. With 100USt models now the ‘sweet spot’ in the USA, 100t and 90t models are finding new markets around the world. Julian Champkin reports.

Luffing further
13 July, 2018
There is a small but increasingly competitive market for 700tm luffing cranes able to lift as much as 64t to great heights. Originating in the needs of cities like New York for cranes that can operate in confined spaces, they are now spreading worldwide, and finding uses beyond city-centre skyscrapers. Julian Champkin reports.

Pre-owned, pre-loved, still valuable
17 May, 2018
The market in second-hand cranes is buoyant. We investigate the regions that want them and the types that sell well.

Italian-American
25 April, 2018
This year the Crespellano plant, where Terex’s rough terrains are designed and manufactured, celebrates 50 years in operation. Established by the Bendini family in 1968, it was the home of the Bendini brand, which Terex acquired from PPM Group in 1999.

A history of heavyweights
19 March, 2018
While VP of product development and marketing at Grove, Stuart Anderson was intimately involved in the development of Grove and America’s first fully-hydraulic lattice boom cranes. Here he offers a history of the development of heavy crawlers and capacity-boosting systems, and summarises the options for modern buyers.

The struggle to hold the crown
12 February, 2018
Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr, offers his analysis of the Japanese crane manufacturing sector, and the challenges faced as the country aims to maintain its leading position in crane exports.

A crane for any gap
22 January, 2018
Heinz-Gert Kessel gives his personal view of the development of luffing jib tower cranes, and shows how crane designers have worked to fit increasing lifting power into smaller spaces.