Company-Updates
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Middle East Cranes 2010 speaker programme
2010-1-22The provisional speaker programme for Middle East Cranes 2010 is now available. Speakers confirmed for Middle East Cranes 2010 include Eric Etchart, president and general manager, Manitowoc Cranes; Ralf Ressel, director of research and development, Terex; Klaus Binder, project manager, Liebherr Biberach; and Peter Schiefer, CEO, Wolffkran. The two-day event will also include two panel discussions,...
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Mobile crane transforms London’s electricity supply
2009-12-16A Liebherr LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane on hire from Ainscough Crane Hire has been used to install three 7.5 MVA transformers below road level in Central London to supply electricity to St Thomas’ Hospital and the surrounding area. The LTM 1200-5.1 mobile crane was equipped with its maximum 76t of counterweight to lift the three 18t transformers at a radius of 25m. The transformers were ins...
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Demag restructuring to cut 750 jobs worldwide
2009-5-25The supervisory board of Demag Cranes has approved a restructuring plan that will see 750 jobs cut worldwide. Demag’s management board proposed the plans as a response to the global economic and financial crisis. Demag said these changes will results in “significant savings in the following years to ensure the group will be able to meet the challenges of the future”....
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Philadelphia adopts new crane laws
2009-1-4Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter has signed into law new regulations that will mandate certification for inspectors, operators and riggers working in the city. The new regulations were drafted by councilman James F Kenney, in response to three accidents in the spring of 2008 that killed 11 people in New York and Miami. The new regulations also set standards for lifting equipment, cover bonding fo...
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Kobelco used crane business moves away from Japan
2008-12-26A trading business for used mobile cranes set up by Japanese crane manufacturer Kobelco is moving away from exporting Japanese cranes, according to global sales and marketing manager Yukinori Okagaki. Kobelco Cranes Trading Co was set up in April 2008. "We realised that the market of secondhand crawler cranes is much bigger than the new replacement market," Okagaki said in an interview a...
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