Search Results: 'Kobelco'

In our fleet: Asiagroup
10 December, 2013
Managing director Steven Poh describes how Asiagroup’s three companies offer a range of crane services across Singapore and Malaysia.

Andrew Brown: 1944-2013
25 November, 2013
Andrew Brown, a veteran British crane sales manager, has died after a long illness. His funeral will be held at St Andrews Church, Ipswich, on Thursday 28 November.

Land of the long white cloud
11 October, 2013
With a market dominated by secondhand and often smaller machines, New Zealand is often overlooked, but the country plays a leading role in training, and shows how geography can shape a lifting industry. Zak Garner-Purkis visited the local trade association's AGM in Napier, and job sites across the country.

Going underground
11 October, 2013
Ensuring the correct lifting strategy is vital to the success of any tunnelling project reports Bernadette Ballantyne.

From spring to summer?
12 June, 2013
Much of the initial euphoria of the Arab Spring has evaporated as continuing political uncertainty threatens to quell economic revival. But, the region remains increasingly significant to the crane industry. Stuart Anderson reports.

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.

All the leaves are gone, but the sky has changed
12 June, 2013
The sun was shining, but the bushes and trees were still without leaves in grounds surrounding Messe München International conference centre where Bauma 2013 was being held. It was fitting, nature it appeared, was reflecting the state of the Western European lifting industry, still bearing the marks of a tough winter, but for the time being at least, bathing in some long awaited sunshine. The majority of those in attendance from the crane business at Germany’s triennieal event agreed that the market was displaying positive signs, but few were getting carried away. Zak Garner-Purkis reports from the show.

Low capacity, high competition
17 May, 2013
The drive to modernise fleets in the wake of tightening engine emissions standards, along with a pick up in construction activity is leading to increased activity in the small crawler cranes sector. Bernadette Ballantyne reports.

Middle East and North Africa job roundup
17 May, 2013
This month, Cranes Today profiles jobs from across the Middle East & North Africa.

Bauma snapshots
15 May, 2013
Cranes Today contributor Ron van der Velpen joined the crowds at this year’s Bauma, and captured some highlights of the show. Here, we present photos from him, and others, showing some of the latest innovations in the crane industry.

Kobelco crawlers rise amidst overall sales dip in 2012
29 April, 2013
Kobe Steel the parent company of Japanese manufacturer Kobelco has released its consolidated yearly results for 2012. The company said that in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake the first half of 2012 saw domestic business on a slow increase, with greater demand due to the high levels of reconstruction work. In the second half of the year, Japan’s economy remained weaker and sale of steel, aluminum, and copper products declined. The third quarter saw sluggish overseas market for steel products and a high yen both contributing to a worsening export market

Kobelco signs Skanska deal
24 April, 2013
Kobelco has signed a deal with Cementation Skanska which saw the piling and cementation company purchase two new CKE 800G’s which are part of Kobelco’s Generation G-series.

A Mighty deal for Sin Heng
03 April, 2013
Japanese company R&B Engineering has announced the appointment of Sin Heng Heavy Machinery Limited as a distributor of its Mighty Crane minicranes in South East Asian countries including Singapore, Myanmar and Indonesia.

India on the verge
31 January, 2013
This year's show calendar kicks off in one of the world's fastest growing crane markets, India.Mumbai's bC India, from the producers of Bauma and ConExpo, promises to be one of the biggest global class construction equipment shows the country has seen.

Brown retires from Kobelco
17 January, 2013
Andrew Brown has retired from his role leading the Kobelco Cranes sales team in the UK, following 10 years with the company and 50 years in the industry.