In 2007, Motovilikha Plants manufactured 100 truck cranes and set a target of 200 truck cranes for 2008. All cranes are bought, it said.

Company sales grew 61% in 2007, and the revenue of road-machinery division that makes excavators and truck cranes grew by 190%, according to a report on the company’s consolidated financial results by Finam Investment Company. “The plant is practically a monopoly producer of 35-ton truck-mounted cranes,” it said.