Actualités

• At the end of October 2020, Manitowoc handed over a new Grove GMK5150L all-terrain crane to German crane and heavy transport specialist Wiesbauer.
• Florian and Felix Wiesbauer took part in the handover ceremony along with crane operators Jannik Weigle, Ralf Hoffmann and Samuele Polidori.
• Wiesbauer chose to purchase the GMK5150L based on previous good experiences with Grove cranes, highlighting their high capacities, impressive price-performance ratio and their popularity among operators.

• The Universal Tower, a US$50-million building, opened in late 2020 and is set to become the center of the technology district of the capital San José. 
• Two cranes, a Potain MCT 205 and a Potain MC 205 B, worked diligently without issues on the project for 16 months, delivering one of the most modern edifices in Central America.
• Contractor BILCO led the build; the company bought the MCT 205 crane and rented the MC 205 B crane from EuroMateriales, the exclusive Potain distributor in Costa Rica.

• A Potain MD 365 B L16 and MD 208 A are together constructing the 120 m GIOIA 22 “Shard of Glass” tower, UBI Banca’s new zero-energy headquarters in Porta Nuova, Milan.
• Contractor Colombo Costruzioni collaborated with Manitowoc Lift Solutions to carefully position the cranes on the jobsite, leaving space for them to overlap and be easily disassembled afterwards to meet developer COIMA SRG’s deadlines.

• Custom homebuilder Pinetop Custom Homes can say “yes” to more homebuilding clients based on the operation and building efficiency self-erecting tower cranes provide. 
• The contractor saved two months on a recent single-family home project in Idaho. 
• The small footprint and reach of the cranes enabled the homebuilder to access hard-to-reach topographic areas where mobile cranes and forklifts could not.

• A la fin du mois d'octobre 2020, Manitowoc a remis une nouvelle Grove GMK4100L-1 et une Grove GMK5150L à MSG Krandienst à l'usine à Wilhelmshaven en Allemagne.
• Après la GMK6300L-1, ce sont les deuxième et troisième grues automotrices Grove que MSG Krandienst a reçues en 2020.
• Les expériences positives de MSG Krandienst avec les grues Grove précédentes, en particulier leur flexibilité, leur maniabilité et leur fiabilité en combinaison avec des capacités élevées, ont été un facteur clé dans la décision d'achat.

• IEA used four Manitowoc crawler cranes, two MLC650s and two MLC300s, for the installation of turbines at a wind farm in Texas and was impressed with the quality and performance of the cranes.
• To monitor wear to the cranes’ undercarriages, Manitowoc’s Lift Solutions developed a custom-made wear gauge system. 
• Over the course of the project, the four crawler cranes installed nearly 200 tower pad sites and crisscrossed over 600 miles.

• The new crane is the third Grove rough-terrain crane for the Middle East company and was selected for its excellent duties at both short and long radii
• Local dealer Kanoo Machinery supplied the latest unit and will provide comprehensive support.

• In this interview, Dr. Reinhard Hofer, managing director of W. Reitinger GmbH, explains the reasons behind his decision to purchase the new Grove GMK3050-2 and sums up its performance after eight months in the field. 
• The Grove GMK3050-2 is a compact taxi crane that is quick and flexible to deploy and can carry 7.5 t of counterweight within 12 t per axle.

Contractor Totalbud S.A is using two Potain MDT 109 top-slewing cranes and one Igo T 70 A self-erecting crane to construct the Oszmiańska 20 apartment complex in Warsaw, Poland, on a tight schedule.

• Jones Homes is using two Potain MCT 88 topless city cranes to construct luxury properties for the active over-55s in Wilmslow, Cheshire and Last Drop Village near Bolton. 
• The homebuilder’s use of the cranes removes the need for forklifts or other material handling machines on site, contributing to quiet, efficient and productive construction.
• The remote operation also drives efficiency, by enabling the operator to move around the site to multiple vantage points and cooperate easily with other trained site personnel.
 

• The 300 USt (250 t) all-terrain crane performed lifts on a busy road and its compact footprint helped make room for other vehicles to travel while the job was being completed.
• The GMK5250L helped operators overcome the challenge of moving 1.3 USt (1.2 t) roof segments over massive oil tanks thanks to the crane’s 50-degree jib offset.

• New website for Potain self-erecting cranes gives regional users information specific to Asia-Pacific.
• The responsive website will help support the growing interest in the cranes in this part of the world.