Novità

Manitowoc has officially launched an internal mast operator lift for Potain top slewing cranes. The Potain Cab-IN allows for fast easy and safe travel to and from the crane cab while retaining regular mast ladder access. It fits inside all K-mast systems of 1.6 m 2 m and 2.45 m sections. The system is also compatible with all Potain bases/chassis meaning it can be fitted into both existing and new crane models.

Manitowoc has officially launched the Potain MCT 565 currently its largest topless crane at this year’s bauma China 2018. The company invited customers dealers end users and media to a specially-arranged event inside the Shanghai trade fair to present the crane. The following day a group of special guests were welcomed to the Manitowoc factory in nearby Zhangjiagang where the MCT 565 was shown fully assembled complete with its full 80 m jib.

In the past when Potain cranes reached the end of their operational life customers would sell them on or scrap them as part of trade-in deals. However Manitowoc’s EnCORE™ program gives customers a third option providing used cranes with a new lease of life and allowing owners to increase their overall return on investment.

Potain is bringing two models from its stellar lineup of self-erecting cranes to this year’s ARTIBAT 2018 construction tradeshow in Rennes France from October 24 – 26. The company will be at booth T2 B01 and is partnering for the event with regional Potain distributors JFM TONYMAT and SOME.

The construction of the new Central Police Hospital in Lima Peru is underway with the help of four Potain tower cranes. Two MC 175 B and two MC 125 cranes are providing fast work at the job site lifting formwork prefabricated blocks and more to ensure the new hospital will be ready at the start of 2019. The new six-story building is being constructed in the same spot where the old hospital was demolished in the Jesus Maria district.

National Crane has developed a tractor-mounted version of its popular NBT30H-2 the NBT30H-2 TM. The 30 USt machine was created as a response to the company’s Voice of the Customer feedback program an integral part of The Manitowoc Way. It went from concept to production in just eight months and was designed by a cross-functional team of experts from Manitowoc’s Lift Solutions team and National Crane’s Truck Modification Center as well as the company’s engineering team.

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.