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ITC makes Olympic record
08 December, 2008
For contractors ITC Construction Group and MetroCan Construction, a project to build 12 apartment blocks for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was a race against the clock. The project also saw Canada's first tower crane anticollision system, reports Will Dalrymple

Leader: Eat my black smoke
08 December, 2008
I have to confess something. Now that the price of fuel has come down, there is nothing better I like to do than opening up the throttle on my Subaru Impreza and screaming down the motorway.

Boom trucks spread their wings
06 November, 2008
Boom trucks are the sturdy, reliable, workhorse of the US crane industry. Now, manufacturers are seeing new opportunities for the cranes, both by expanding their use domestically, and by finding new markets for export. Will North spoke to three companies who are doing both.

Manitowoc shows Niella expansion
28 October, 2008
Manitowoc has held an open day to show customers and dealers its recent expansion of its Niella Tanaro plant in Italy. The company has transferred all production of two and three axle ATs to the plant, freeing up capacity for bigger cranes at its Wilhelmshaven plant.

Progressive Media launches Rigging Yearbook
02 October, 2008
The publishers of Cranes Today magazine and Hoist magazine have launched an all-new, digital-only magazine, the Rigging Yearbook.

Manitowoc opens expanded Shady Grove
01 October, 2008
Manitowoc officially introduced the new expansions to its Shady Grove crane manufacturing plant during a special ceremony for employees and management in Pennsylvania on September 29. The expansion includes two new additions: a 4,600 sq m area in the final assembly building and a 920 sq m addition in the boom assembly area.

Dockside hammerhead lowered in one piece
01 October, 2008
A major engineering project to remove a 1,450 deadweight dockside crane, used to refuel Royal Navy submarines, was successfully completed in Plymouth, UK on September 28.

Palfinger acquires US manufacturer
26 September, 2008
An acquisition of established taillift and truck body manufacturer Omaha Standard will make Palfinger's distribution network in the USA five times bigger.

Terex's African union
15 September, 2008
?Terex sells cranes alongside mining equipment in sub-Saharan Africa through a single dealer. This may provide a blueprint for its distribution in other emerging markets, Will North reports??

?Crane hire in the Maghreb
09 September, 2008
?There are two sides to the crane hire industry in North Africa. On the one hand there are international oil and gas companies requiring modern equipment to be managed and operated to international standards. On the other, there are small, but possibly developing, taxi crane rental operations using older equipment. Phil Bishop reports.??

The Soviet crane hangover
09 September, 2008
Over supply of old Russian cranes is putting pressure on rental rates in the Baltic states. Arturas Piulskis, managing director of P&P Ltd, explains

Maeda helps graveyard restoration
02 September, 2008
Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery is the largest graveyard in Ireland. Since it opened in 1832 more than 1.5 million burials have taken place there.

The political storm
19 August, 2008
In 2007, Manitowoc's Glen Tellock remarked that the crane industry was experiencing'a perfect storm' of markets around the world all booming at once. Now, in 2008, the US industry has suffered many crane accidents, and with them heard accusations and recriminations. As a delayed federal rule is about to be released, and some individual states are deciding to go their own way, election-year politics has taken up the issue of crane safety. It remains unclear who wins and who loses when the dust settles, reports Will Dalrymple

Nichols: Fantuzzi will add to Terex global infrastructure portfolio
14 August, 2008
Speaking to Cranes Today, Terex cranes president Rick Nichols explained that the US group views its latest acquisition, Fantuzzi, not merely as a match for its PPM reachstacker business, but more importantly as a new element in a global infrastructure portfolio, alongside Terex's mining and construction divisions. Will North reports.

Self-erectors outside Italy
24 July, 2008
There are more self-erector manufacturers in Italy than anywhere else in the world. SAIE, in Bologna, this autumn will provide a great chance to see more from the Italians. In the meantime, non-Italian manufacturers continue to improve transport, and introduce telescoping elements in relatively low-capacity cranes, report Phil Bishop and Will Dalrymple.

Wolffkran opens components plant
11 July, 2008
Wolffkran has begun tower crane component assembly at its new factory in Luckau, eastern Germany, and will increase production to 4,000 crane components per year.

Check those bolts
08 July, 2008
Terry McGettigan is an OSHA licensed tower crane inspector and certifier, with more than 30 years experience operating tower cranes. He wrote to Cranes Today to describe the alarming results of checks he carried out the day of the Kodiak tower crane collapse in New York City.

Inside Fassi
26 June, 2008
A tour of Fassi's network of factories around Albino, close to Bergamo, gave visitors a chance to see how new technology will improve delivery times for both cranes and parts. Will North reports. A full photo tour is available on Cranes Today's video page.

American service comes to Europe
25 June, 2008
Service trucks have been a popular tool for construction equipment technicians in the US for many years, but have not yet found a market in Europe. At ConExpo this year, however, some manufacturers said they were looking to bring the trucks across the Atlantic.Will North reports.

Manitowoc opens tower crane factory in Slovakia
12 June, 2008
Manitowoc has started crane production at its new plant in Velky Saris, Slovakia building tower cranes from Manitowoc’s Potain brand for customers in Russia, the C.I.S. and Eastern Europe.