Search Results: 'Cranes Asia'

Booming market
04 December, 2020
The mobile crane market in Australia and New Zealand performed well in 2020, despite the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic. In the case of Australia, the government has played a key role. Sotiris Kanaris reports.

Simple can be beautiful
16 November, 2020
Julian Champkin looks at the knuckleboom market and finds that though sophistication can be sought-after, and increasing size brings new roles, there is still a demand for the basic and simple.

NFT deploys Potains in Hong Kong
27 October, 2020
Tower crane specialist NFT is using five Potain tower cranes cranes, two MCT 565 and three MCT 385, to construct public housing in Hong Kong. All the cranes belong to the range of Potain topless cranes built in Zhangjiagang, China.

1,000t on 800t Liebherr
21 September, 2020
A 1,000 tonne test load was suspended from the hook of the LR 1800-1.0 at the Liebherr test site in Ehingen, Germany using the new 800t heavy duty head and a new hook block.

Winners and losers
16 September, 2020
Lattice boom crawler manufacturers have recently updated and enhanced their portfolio, but for classes that competition from telecrawlers is lower. Sotiris Kanaris focuses on the market for capacities of 300t and lower.

Big Asian orders for PM
16 June, 2020
Cranes and specialised industrial equipment manufacturer Manitex International has received orders for PM branded articulated cranes worth approximately $1.8m from customers in Asia.

Steep climb
10 June, 2020
Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr Associates, analyses the market for telecrawlers and identifies trends.

Feeling attached
19 May, 2020
Between the crane and the load comes the device that attaches the two together. Julian Champkin finds they are many and varied.

Heavier lifts on rough terrain
14 May, 2020
Rough terrain end users have been increasingly interested in higher capacity models, especially in North America. New models of 100USt or more have been launched, could we reach 200USt? Sotiris Kanaris reports.

Do RTs differ regionally?
14 May, 2020
Sotiris Kanaris looks into geographical differences in rough terrain manufacturers’ models and offerings.

Straightpoint enters Thailand
12 May, 2020
Straightpoint, part of The Crosby Group, has named Thunder Oilfield Services (TOS) a distributor of its full range of force measurement equipment in Thailand.

Manta’s new Potains at work
29 April, 2020
Manta Equipment has received two brand new Potain MCT 565 M25 topless cranes in Singapore; both have been put to work.

Highs and lows
08 April, 2020
Countries in South East Asia have faced economic and political challenges in recent years, but things have started to change. Sotiris Kanaris talks to regional crane rental companies about the market and big projects.

Stronger cranes, stronger gains
08 April, 2020
Yongmao sees a shift in the demand towards higher capacity tower cranes in South East Asia. Sotiris Kanaris talks to Yongmao’s sales marketing manager Jonas Tan.

Another record year for Liebherr
07 April, 2020
Liebherr Group has recorded a new record in turnover, as the figure for 2019 stood at €11.75bn. This represents an increase of €1.2bn or 11.4% compared with the previous year.

Big changes
16 March, 2020
The last ten years have been very challenging for large crawler manufacturers, reports Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr. But, these tough conditions have prompted innovation, offering users more flexibility.

Folding to fit
16 March, 2020
Will North visited PM’s facility in Castelfranco, Italy, and spoke to Giuseppe Ceraolo, product manager, about global demand for articulated cranes, Manitex’s acquisition of the Italian company, and Tadano’s subsequent investment in the US firm.

Working as one, for Tadano and Demag
16 March, 2020
At ConExpo, Tadano presented its strategy for the future of the Tadano and Demag brands. The two lines will stay distinct, but with a single sales and service network, and the company will begin to implement some Demag technologies on Tadano cranes.

Tadano appoints UK and Italy business leaders
03 March, 2020
Tadano has appointed Alexander (Alec) Bell as the new business leader for Tadano and Demag operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Davide Camperi as the business leader for Italy.

Beyond Oil
10 January, 2020
Think Middle East, and you think oil. But many other sectors in the region need lifting gear, as Julian Champkin discovers.