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B&K Equipment and Crane Service (B&K) is one of the latest North American companies to discover the benefits of Grove’s new lineup of rough-terrain cranes which have been designed and tested at Manitowoc’s Product Verification Center (PVC) to ensure dependability in a wide range of working environments. Wyalusing Pennsylvania-based B&K has been renting two Grove GRT8100 rough-terrain cranes for over a year. The 100 USt cranes have helped to streamline operations on several of the company’s projects including the construction of a gas-fired power plant.

Manitowoc’s new product development program has enjoyed its strongest year in recent times and the company’s efforts are being recognized with two cranes that were launched in 2017 earning industry awards. The prize-winning Manitowoc cranes are the Hup 40-30 self-erecting crane from Potain and the TMS9000-2 truck crane from Grove.

Schaak Kran & Transporte has taken delivery of a new Grove GMK5150L. The Stuttgart-based contracting company chose the five-axle all-terrain crane for its 150 t lifting capacity and 60 m boom among other visibility and software features.

Crowland Cranes which provides service support to UK Grove rough-terrain crane dealer Universal Cranes has been recognized for its outstanding service in the delivery of a Grove RT765E-2. The company received its award at a special ceremony in London from UK maritime charity Trinity House which purchased the crane to support its operations in the port town of Harwich.

Kirby-Smith Machinery celebrated the grand opening of its new Kansas City location with an open house event on December 6th of 2017. The new addition brings the Oklahoma City-based company’s total locations to 10. The event featured a ribbon cutting ceremony and promotion of the Manitowoc Grove and National Crane brands.

Manitowoc Brazil earned the Aftersales Highlights Award 2017 from the Brazilian Association of Technology for Construction and Mining (Sobratema). The prestigious Sobratema Award recognized Manitowoc for its excellent performance in various aftersales indicators reflecting the company’s success in providing fast and efficient service to its customers.

Hermann Kranverleih is the first company to operate a Grove GMK5150L in the southern German region Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz). With a capacity of 150 t and a reach of 60 m the five-axle crane is ideally suited for tower crane assembly and other applications where strength at height is required. This latest addition to Hermann Kranverleih’s fleet is equipped with an 18 m bi-fold swingaway jib a heavy-duty jib and a second lifting winch that the company is using to place wall panels for building construction.

Mosites Construction & Development Company (Mosites) is working on a $93 million infrastructure project that will add seven new bridges along four miles of highway on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Pittsburgh. The pier caps of the first bridge have already been completed and two Manitowoc cranes – a Manitowoc MLC165-1 and a Grove GHC75 – were crucial to the success of the project.

NFT one of the world's leading tower crane suppliers continues to enjoy regional growth in the Middle East. The company has boosted its market presence in Kuwait with a number of deliveries to major projects in the country. One of the most significant has seen the first Potain self-erecting cranes enter the country.

One North American construction company that works in the renewable energy sector discovered the time-saving and logistical benefits of using a Manitowoc MLC300 with fixed-position counterweight (FPC) to construct wind towers. White Construction is the first customer to use the crane which features the same best-in-class load charts and compact footprint as the original MLC300 but utilizes a fixed-position counterweight instead of a Variable Position Counterweight (VPC).

Italian rental company Musselli celebrated the purchase of a new Grove GMK5250L crane at GIS 2017 in Piacenza Italy. Musselli based in Northern Italy purchased the crane in the runup to the tradeshow and it is set to be delivered in November.

Baldini Group celebrated the purchase and imminent delivery of a Grove GMK4100L-1 crane at the GIS 2017 tradeshow in Piacenza Italy. The well-established rental company based in Northeast Italy purchased the 100 t all-terrain crane at the event and it is scheduled for delivery in November.