Staying strong worldwide: how Manitowoc serves customers across the globe
Leading figures from Manitowoc and its dealers used a panel discussion to review how the company and its products are ideally structured to support customers around the world.
The panel highlighted how versatile designs, continuous innovation, and long-term support combine to boost customer productivity and profitability.
Manitowoc launches another big Potain crane from its China factory
The Potain MCR 815 luffing jib crane has a 64 t maximum capacity – twice that of the current largest luffing jib crane from the Company’s Zhangjiagang, China factory.
The 70 m jib can be luffed to an out-of-service radius of just 16 m, making it ideal for congested jobsites.
A powerful new winch offers line speeds of up to 185 m/min with a 2.3 t load.
Manitowoc’s comprehensive array of aftermarket services on show at bauma
The booth features Grove and Potain displays of comprehensive aftermarket support offerings.
The Company will showcase Parts, Service Support, Potain CONNECT™ and Grove CONNECT™, Rental/Used Cranes/EnCORE Remanufacturing, training support, new products, and Lift Solutions.
Cicero Illinois-based Broadwind Energy an industrial manufacturer of components for energy and infrastructure markets had been looking for a chance to ship its wind turbine towers across the Great Lakes for a number of years.
One of the largest groups of Potain cranes at work in Asia is helping the Xayaburi dam in Laos stay on schedule as the eight-year project enters its second phase.
A project at the Nestlé warehouse in Bavaria Germany called for the installation of 21 m “stacker” cranes but the building’s ceiling only rose to 23 m leaving very little room for a crane to maneuver.
Canton Erectors a rigging and heavy haul trucking company based in Canton Ohio used a National Crane NBT45 boom truck to erect a series of flagpoles at the Pro Football Hall of Fame also located in Canton.
Manitowoc organized a luncheon with its Peruvian dealer and service center SSK to discuss upcoming opportunities and trends that are shaping the crane and lifting industry in the country.
A Manitowoc MLC300 is at the center of a mixed-use development construction project in Chicago Illinois lifting precast concrete panels to build an eight-story structure that will consist of retail stores condominiums and a parking garage.
