All articles by Cristina Brooks
Cristina Brooks
Minicranes on the front lines
The British Ministry of Defence has purchased a fleet of Japanese Unic minicranes from Unic Cranes Europe, part of GGR Group, to do lifting for the British Forces.
Kind of a big deal
Facing rising demand for energy and infrastructure work in the US, ALL Erection and Crane Rental bought 17 Manitowoc and Grove Cranes in two packages.
New stabilizer concept lands Palfinger award
Palfinger awarded its global dealers for innovative marketing and product design at its annual sales conference, taking place this year in Salzkammergut.
Babcock expands in Africa
UK-headquartered Babcock International Group last month merged its South African crane plant rental arm with local firm Target Cranes.
Liebherr’s new highreach boom fitted for turbine work
Franz Bracht is expanding the capacities and wind turbine installation capability of its Erwitte, Germany, based fleet with a 750t lattice boom truck crane and innovative SL12D2FB boom.
Scholpp Powerattacks forklift market
Crane hire veteran turned inventor Klaus Scholpp has been awarded with a Red Dot Award in product design for his power-free skate product, Powerattack MTC 25 CC, intended to replace forklifts.
Cargotec to expand presence in China with loader truck JV
Seeking to gain a larger presence in the Chinese truck-mounted crane and load handling market, Cargotec announced new joint venture with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC).
Baldwins takes small Terex ATs
Baldwins Crane Hire now owns four 80t Terex AC80-2 all terrain cranes, as part of a four-crane fleet replacement package.
Gottwald launches new small harbour mobile range
Gottwald has launched the first of a new series of small mobile harbour cranes, the 80t Model 2. The new crane is also the first rubber-tyred portal crane built by the German firm, now part of Terex’s port solutions division.
Eastern Europe leads for Liebherr
In its latest report, privately-owned Liebherr says it is seeing its fastest growth in Eastern Europe. A new tower crane factory in Russia is helping it meet that demand.