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Cristina Brooks
XCMG’s distributor in Australia appoints service manager
Australian Crane & Machinery (ACM), XCMG’s distributor in Australia, has appointed Tim O’Connor as its new service manager.
Palfinger revenues looking up
Austrian Palfinger posted a year-on-year revenue increase of 12% to EUR 465m for the first half of 2012 in the run up to the start of its two joint ventures with Chinese Sany.
Marsh’s cranes commemorate commandos
Marsh Plant Hire in the UK was recently commissioned by the COPP memorial fund to erect a memorial for WWII heros on Hayling Island, UK.
Linden Comansa’s 21 LC 660 improves its jib length
Linden Comansa has added 4m of jib to all standard versions of its new 21 LC 660 flat top, launched two weeks ago on 1 July 2012.
EU regulations: no CPC license needed for crane drivers
The EU Commission, the executive body of the EU, has said that mobile crane drivers do not necessarily need to get a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) license.
Sky Crane’s Mars landing a success
Using the Sky Crane allowed researchers to deliver a rover outfitted with extra equipment that brought the weight up to over 1t (900kg/2000lbs).
Terex luffers build skyscraper
Terex has supplied three luffers to Italian contractor Rizzani de Eccher and Swiss contractor Impleni for construction of an Italian bank for San Paolo IMI.
Hitachi uses Grove for installing stream generators
In May Hitachi contracted South African crane rental firm Vanguard to lift generator parts at the Medupi Power Station in Limpopo, South Africa.
Polish turbine installation on the rise
Viatron said it is using its Grove GTK1100 all terrain, purchased last year, for installing 105m tall 2MW Vestas wind turbines in Poland.
US stadium upgrade
Miron Construction is using its Manitowoc 14000 and Manitowoc 11000 crawler cranes to increase seating at the Lambeau Field stadium in Wisconsin in the US.