Having placed a $29m order with Liebherr in May for 61 all- terrains over the next 18 months, Mediaco has put in an order for a further 50 cranes from Terex PPM.
Mediaco is France’s biggest crane hire company, and with about 400 telescopic cranes it is four times bigger than any of its rivals.
The PPM order is for the 35t capacity, two-axle ATT 400 model. Ten of the current series will be delivered this year, and 20 of the new series 3 models will be delivered in each of 2001 and 2002.
The new series 3 model features a new boom and chassis to get the gross vehicle weight down to less than 24t, or 12t per axle, to make it comply with European road regulations.
A prototype of this new ATT 400-3 will be shown to customers at an open house at Terex PPM’s Montceau-les-Mines factory in France next month.
PPM also plans to show a prototype of the second evolution of its 50t-rated ATT 600 model. The ATT 600-2 has also been redesigned to get axle weights down to 12t. Sales of PPM cranes have been hit hard in markets where 12t per axle limits are strictly enforced.
Mediaco, 90% owned by Christian-Jacques Vernazza, also ordered seven cranes from Tadano Faun in May (CT Jul00, p43).
