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Small crawler cranes blossom at Bauma China
11 December, 2008
At least eight differerent manufacturers exhibited small crawler cranes at Bauma China. Although many may never be sold outside of China, and not all of the manufacturers might survive in the long term, still the variety of new crane manufacturers might pose a threat to more established Asian, European and US crawler crane manufacturers.

Manitowoc shows off first Chinese truck cranes and Asian operations at Bauma China
10 December, 2008
Manitowoc has shown 18t and 25t truck cranes, due to launch in early 2009, from its new truck crane joint venture, Manitowoc-Dongyue, and emphasised its manufacturing and customer service developments in China and India.

Liebherr predicts 'consolidation phase' in 2009
10 December, 2008
Although German construction equipment manufacturer Liebherr predicts that its total sales in 2008 will reach EUR 8.4bn, an increase of 10% over 2007, it has hinted that sales will fall in 2009. In particular, tower crane sales have already begun to weaken.

Review of the year, 2008
08 December, 2008
At the start of 2008, it looked like the crane industry was set for a sustained boom. Despite a little local difficulty in the US residential construction market, company results for crane builders and rental firms pointed ever upwards. However, a January poll of Cranes Today readers found that almost half of respondents only expected the boom to last one more year. After twelve months of economic turmoil, it looks like those readers may have been right to have doubts. Will North reports

Kobelco used crane business moves away from Japan
08 December, 2008
A trading business for used mobile cranes set up by Japanese crane manufacturer Kobelco is moving away from exporting Japanese cranes, according to global sales and marketing manager Yukinori Okagaki.

XCMG launches Asia's biggest ATs at Bauma China
08 December, 2008
The QAY500 all terrain crane has a seven-section, 84m main boom with single-cylinder pinning system. The crane can be fitted with 63m fixed jib or 95m luffing jib. What the company calls an 'improved' superlift system increases jib lengths by 7-12m and increases lifting capacity by 12-60%. There is also an auxiliary winch available.

XCMG recognises crane customers at Bauma China
08 December, 2008
Although crane handover ceremonies are a common event at every trade show, perhaps as a result of the turbulent economic climate Bauma China had relatively few. This handover was one of the first of the show, just after XCMG CEO Wang Min opened the stand.

Zoomlion: 35 branches by 2010 and goal of 60% revenue from exports
05 December, 2008
Executives at Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion underlined the importance of export in public comments at the Bauma China show.

Bauma China draws 113,000 visitors
02 December, 2008
Visitors, exhibition space and numbers of exhibitors at Shanghai's Bauma China show were all up 40% compared with two years ago.

Towers tower over Bauma China
28 November, 2008
Tower crane manufacturers at Bauma China have set their sights beyond the boundaries of China. Most of these exhibitors have export managers and have already sold some cranes outside of China, although rarely to the USA or Europe. There were large luffing-jib, flat-top and saddle-jib towers.

Chinese makers show large crawlers at Bauma China
27 November, 2008
Four Chinese manufacturers have launched new crawler cranes with lifting capacities greater than 250t at the Bauma China show in Shanghai this week. In addition to the show's largest crane, the 1,000t Sany SCC 10000 and Sany's 280t SCC2800WE crawler, there is a 650t crawler from XCMG, a 500-tonner from FUWA (previously known as Fushun), 320t crawler from Foton Lovol and a 260t crawler from Zoomlion.

Sany shows off Bauma China's biggest crane
26 November, 2008
Chinese construction equipment machinery manufacturer Sany has shown off the prototype of China's largest crane at the Bauma China fair, the 1,000t-capacity SCC 10000. Testing will be finished in three months, according to assistant director of Sany's crawler crane research institute, Zhang Ge.

Kato and Tadano show matching truck cranes and RTs in Shanghai
26 November, 2008
At the Bauma China show in Shanghai, rival Japanese crane manufacturers Kato and Tadano are both showing 70t rough terrain cranes and new traditional truck cranes mounted on Chinese-made carriers.

Asian crane makers acknowledge damage from global crisis, but remain upbeat
25 November, 2008
Leading Asian crane manufacturers have admitted that the global financial crisis has hurt crane sales in 2008, but in speeches on the first day of Bauma China have remained positive.

Sany launches China's first five-axle, 220t AT
25 November, 2008
Chinese crawler crane and truck crane manufacturer Sany has shown a prototype of its first all-terrain crane, the QAY 220, at Bauma China. Unlike similar ATs made by rivals Zoomlion and XCMG, the crane runs on five, not six, axles.

Twelve Linden-Comansas working on Singapore's Marina Sands
09 October, 2008
The Spanish factory of tower crane manufacturer Linden-Comansa has delivered 12 cranes now working on Singapore's first casino, Marina Bay Sands. Five are the latest LCL 500 luffing jib cranes which have a free-standing height of 68.3m.

Liebherr-Bauma China 2008
16 September, 2008
The 500t capacity, eight-axle LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane is on show. With a seven-section 84 m telescopic boom this crane provides outstanding lifting height and outreach. First introduced at Bauma 1998, the LTM 1500 has become a very successful crane for customers throughout the world and still represents a state-of-the-art lifting machine. In September 2008, Liebherr delivered the 200th unit of the LTM 1500-8.1 to a German customer. The crane relies on a wide, oval boom to resist buckling. The Tele-matik telescoping system developed by Liebherr, which is based on internal locking of the telescopic sections, allows the boom to be extended fully automatically to any length.

Zoomlion-Bauma China 2008
15 September, 2008
Five mobile cranes are on show, including all terrain cranes, truck cranes and crawler cranes.

ZF-Bauma China 2008
15 September, 2008
On show is a version of the TC Tronic crane and heavy vehicle transmission called TC Tronic HD (heavy duty). The TC Tronic transmission is particularly intended for crane trucks and heavy trucks with trailers. It combines the 12-speed AS Tronic automatic transmission with a torque converter clutch (WSK).

XCMG-Bauma China 2008
15 September, 2008
With 16 factories and 16,000 employees, Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd. (XCMG) has been the largest company that produces construction equipment in China since it was integrated in 1989.