Mobile crane sales revenue reached ¥74.4bn ($680m), marking an increase of ¥9.3bn (14.4%) compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year.
The majority of the revenue increase was generated outside Japan, where sales rose by ¥8bn (19.1%) year-on-year to ¥50bn. The upward trend was also witnessed in Japan were revenue increased by ¥1.3bn (5.7%) to ¥24.4bn.
Sales of truck loader cranes amounted to ¥14.9bn, up 3.2% from the same period in the previous year.
During the same period Tadano’s aerial work platform revenue dropped by 26.8% to ¥12.6bn, while other products by the manufacturer generated 0.5% more year-on-year at ¥23.3bn.
As a group, Tadano’s net sales revenue grew by ¥5.3bn to ¥125.3bn, despite a 2.9% drop in the domestic market. In North America—the manufacturer’s biggest market outside Japan—sales rose by an impressive 37.6% to ¥40.5bn. In Europe sales revenue stood at ¥19.1bn, up 13.4%. The only region where the group’s sales dropped was the Middle East, a 41.2% decline.
