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Terex Comedil and Peiner join forces on Cincinnati hospital project
US hire firm Maxim Crane Works is using Terex Cranes’ new Transfer Masts with two newly purchased SK575-32 hammerhead tower cranes for construction work on a hospital expansion project.
Daguin replaces Wheeler as EVP for Manitowoc China
Manitowoc Cranes has promoted its controller for the Asia-Pacific region, Jean-Noel Daguin, to the role of executive vice president for the company’s operations in China.
China builds for growth
Stuart Anderson recently toured a selection of Chinese cranebuilders on behalf of Cranes Today. He reports on the staggering growth in capacity, and what it will mean for the worldwide industry.
Yousef Mousa Cranes
Jordan’s Yousef Mousa talks about almost three decades of work providing cranes for use across Jordan, and the importance of quality testing and certifcation.
Winners sell at home, heroes sell overseas
Exhibitors at BICES, once seen by many as China’s ‘domestic’ construction equipment show, are increasingly setting their sights on export markets. Kevin Walsh reports from Beijing
Built for speed
Industrial cranes are made to travel a long way fast on a smooth floor, making them popular for maintenance and industrial pick and carry up to 30t. But their potential for construction remains unexplored, says Fabio Vercelli Galizia, president of the crane manufacturer Galizia, in Italy, tells Cristina Brooks.
Lifting in the dark
German crane hire company Breuer and Wasel has debuted their latest acquisition, a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane, on a nighttime lift replacing an outdated railway bridge in Hürth-Fischenich, Germany.
Make it mini
Contractors are sizing up minicranes for saving time and money. Flexible, small fold-up lifters get inside buildings, up lifts, inside crannies, and helicopter to remote places to provide up to 6t of lifting power. Cristina Brooks reports.
Sany America appoints distributor DC Bates Equipment
Sany America has appointed a new dealer in the Eastern US, DC Bates Equipment of Hopedale, Massachusetts.