Search Results: 'Cranes Marketplace'

Mini cranes break big
27 December, 2023
Mini cranes are becoming established at last – even in the USA, where size traditionally matters most. Julian Champkin reports.

Critical components
19 June, 2023
The area between the hook and the load is crucial to lifting safety and efficiency. Latest innovations underpin a sector that is booming. Cranes Today reports.

Digital disruptors!
24 May, 2023
The benefits of digitisation, backed by a tight team with a passion for cranes and extensive crane industry expertise, is the approach to crane procurement being pioneered by online crane rental platform MyCrane.

Support systems
16 January, 2023
At the heart of a crane is the operator and there is an array of devices to help them do their job safely and efficiently. The fast-moving nature of the sector, however, sees companies innovating to remain ahead of the game. Christian Shelton reports.

Stars of the show
16 January, 2023
Tower crane manufacturers are back with a bang, as seen at Bauma 2022.

Turning point
14 July, 2020
With a number of new entrants, the small market for hydraulic luffers has become crowded in the last few years. Is the evolution of this market posing a threat to traditional luffers? Sotiris Kanaris 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.

Vertikal Days moves to Donington
25 April, 2018
The UK’s premier exhibition for cranes and the lifting industry will be held at Castle Donington, Leicestershire on 16 and 17 May 2018. Here is a taste of what to expect.

Ready for the boom
17 August, 2017
The boom truck crane market was negatively affected by the recent fall in oil prices, but spirits are high. Sotiris Kanaris reports.

Small and powerful
17 April, 2017
Minicranes and larger compact and pick-and-carry cranes are becoming popular all over the world, offering innovative solutions for work in confined spaces. Paola De Pascali reports

Time to shine
17 April, 2017
High-strength synthetic ropes are now being used in multiple crane applications and approval for use by crane companies is growing. Bernadette Ballantyne reports

Money talks
21 December, 2016
Cranes’ high price leads potential buyers to seek finance, but is everyone going for the same product? Sotiris Kanaris investigates.

Getting over the bust
29 April, 2016
In recent years the US construction sector has taken some big knocks, but as the economy recovers, new opportunities in rising sectors are driving construction in 2016 and beyond. Rhian Owen investigates what lessons crane providers have learnt from the struggling upstream oil and gas sector and how the shortage of labour has affected business.

Champion class cranes
23 March, 2016
Hiab will display at several new products at Bauma, including the Hiab X-HiPro 1058 and Hiab X-HiPro 858 and the Hiab XS 177K. It will also hold another round of its World Crane Championship operator challenge.

ConExpo heads south
07 September, 2015
ConExpo, the biggest US construction equipment trade show, is launching a new event in Santiago, Chile, targeting equipment buyers in Latin America. ConExpo Latin America takes place from 21–24 October.

Barge crawl
29 October, 2014
At this year’s ConExpo, Manitowoc pitched its new MLC crawlers with variable positioning counterweight to contractors working from barges. The cranes are entering a competitive marketplace, with both Manitowoc’s existing crawlers and rivals well established for these sorts of jobs. Bernadette Ballantyne looks at the challenges posed by working from barges, and the options available to users.

King of the road
31 July, 2014
Particularly popular in North America, truck mounted cranes are versatile low tonnage machines capable of working in a wide range of industries. Recently, the market for these cranes has been expanding with more demand coming from the energy sector. Zak Garner-Purkis looks at what’s making news in this market segment.

Cranes and lifting in Las Vegas
16 January, 2014
This year's ConExpo will feature exhibits from 2,400 companies, over 2.1m sq ft of floor space.

Proceed with caution
09 December, 2013
The US crane market has been through some lean times in recent years, but now thanks to a growing energy sector and a focus on value added services the US lifting industry can start looking ahead with more confidence. Zak Garner-Purkis examines the reasons behind the cautious optimism.

Operators and drivers
12 June, 2013
It’s long been traditional to think of Munich’s Bauma as the ‘European leg’ of the trienniale trade show cycle. With Western Europe’s economy still in the doldrums after a half decade of debt and austerity, this year’s show only highlighted the increasingly global nature of the crane industry. Will North spoke to industry leaders, from the USA, Europe, China, and Japan, about the drivers of international demand, and how they are shaping their businesses’ multinational production, distribution and service operations.