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Back in 1962 John “JJ” Curran was a budding young entrepreneur starting a crane company in Detroit Michigan. His first purchase was a Grove RT-58 and nearly 60 years later the crane is still a money maker for JJ Curran Crane Company.

A new range of High Performance Lifting (HPL) winches for Potain tower cranes are available from Manitowoc. The winches bring new levels of speed control and efficiency to the industry. With an innovative design and the latest in frequency-controlled technology the winches offer optimized energy consumption combined with a greater choice of hoisting speeds.

Maxim Crane Works is adding several Manitowoc cranes to its industry-leading fleet. The company has purchased 19 new cranes that come from the Grove rough-terrain and truck-mounted ranges as well as the National Crane boom truck line. The Wilder Kentucky-based company has long been a Manitowoc customer and relies on the manufacturer’s cranes for a variety of applications particularly for large construction and petrochemical applications.

Manitowoc’s newest all-terrain crane the best-in-class Grove GMK4090 will make its Australian debut at this year’s CICA 2018 event. The event organized by the Crane Industry Council of Australia will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from October 17 to 19.

Inside you’ll find a wide array of stories from around the world that showcase the range of Manitowoc brands: Manitowoc Grove Potain National Crane and Shuttlelift.

PT SH Machinery Indonesia the dealer for Grove all-terrain cranes in Indonesia has ordered four GMK4100L cranes to add to its stock. The GMK4100L cranes will arrive in the first quarter of 2019 and PT SH Machinery Indonesia is confident they will prove popular. In 2017 the company delivered several of the long-boom all-terrain cranes.

Grove’s dealer in Taiwan Champion Auto has delivered four new mobile cranes to a port in the south of the country. There are two GMK4100L all-terrain cranes and two RT540E rough-terrain cranes. Champion Auto is a market leader in Taiwan in the sales and support of heavy machinery military vehicles and other specialized equipment. It has been operating for 27 years.

Die dechant hoch- und ingenieurbau gmbh eines der deutschlandweit führenden Unternehmen für Bauwerke aus Sichtbeton mit Sitz in Oberfranken nimmt mit dem Grove GMK4100L-1 einen weiteren Neuzugang aus dem Hause Manitowoc in seine Kranflotte auf. Der vierachsige All-Terrain-Kran mit einer Tragfähigkeit von 100 Tonnen und einem 60 Meter langen Ausleger verfügt über die besten Traglasten seiner Klasse. Dank seiner kompakten Bauweise kann er auf den engsten Baustellen eingesetzt und mühelos manövriert werden.

Inside you’ll find a wide array of stories from around the world that showcase the range of Manitowoc brands: Manitowoc Grove Potain National Crane and Shuttlelift.

The first Potain MCH 125 in Thailand is providing swift and efficient lifting duties for Thai Obayashi on the Samyan Mitrtown mixed-use development in Bangkok. The crane leased from local dealer SB Siam is lifting a range of materials including 3 t concrete blocks and will also install a 5 t transformer. It started work at a height of 51.4 m with a jib configuration of 40 m. Final working height for the crane will be 144.4 m when construction completes in May 2019.

Manitowoc has expanded Hayden-Murphy’s coverage of Grove and Manitowoc cranes to include North Dakota. The Minneapolis-based company now offers full sales rentals aftermarket parts and service for the entire state of North Dakota. The move strengthens Manitowoc’s dealer network in the region.

A group of more than 40 customers from across Asia-Pacific toured Manitowoc’s Potain factory in Zhangjiagang China to see firsthand the production improvements at the manufacturing plant. The group were also given an exclusive preview of the Potain MCT 565 topless crane which will officially launch at bauma China this November.