January 2009

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Editor’s view 05
News 07
Caution at Bauma China—AmQuip’s latest deal

News in brief 09
2009 global economy forecast 13
Global Insight’s Scott Hazelton looks at the year ahead

27 How many lightbulbs... 17

...does it take to change an economy? Are economic stimulus
packages (and promises to install ‘green’ lightbulbs in public
buildings) really going to save construction businesses?

Bauma China review 18

On site
Two storeys, one lift 27
Mammoet used two big crawlers to lift a two-storey extension
on to the roof of a hotel in the Hague, The Netherlands.

Mobile cranes
29
Boom extension 29
The ‘Belgian boom boys’ at Vlassenroot have moved beyond
bending steel, into delivering completed booms and many
other key structural components. Will North reports

From India to the world 35

TIL has grown from a distributor of British Coles cranes into a
manufacturer of Manitowoc licensed cranes, distributor, and
component supplier. Partha Basista reports

Germany
Dockside cranes 38
More than thirty Liebherr and Wolff towers are working on the
40 HafenCity dockside redevelopment in Hamburg

Rental points the way 40

With end users struggling to find capital for crane purchases,
rental is more important than ever to Germany’s tower crane
industry. Will Dalrymple reports

Operator assistance devices

Controls start with screen 43
New screens promise to change how cranes are operated

The Back Page 58

In our fleet: William Whyte Cargo Handlers, Scotland
Cranes of Austin calendar—Spot the Asian crane logo
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 Editor’s view

Global components and Chinese cranes

On the cover:
We go inside crane manufacture
with profiles of Vlassenroot's
boom manufacturing business,
p29, and a profile of Grove licencee
and component manufacturer TIL,
p35. Vlassenroot has two factories
in Germany, a country that we
feature starting p38
These days, I do not expect that many people believe that crane manufacturers make every
single component on a crane. They do not.
I was reminded of this at the Bauma China show in Shanghai, where I saw many Chinese
cranes that use imported components. In mobile cranes, the carriers might have Cummins or
Mercedes engines, ZF or Dana transmissions... In the upper are Rexroth or Hawe hydraulics,
Lebus drums... and Vlassenroot booms, as we discuss starting p29.
Just because a crane uses standard components does not weaken the brand. Cranes are
complicated, and their makers need to tap into thousands of industrial equipment
factories around the world. The main reason automobile manufacturers make their own engines
is because of the sheer volumes they produce. A crane maker that sells even 1,000 units a year
would be crazy to make its own engines, and would still rely on many sourced parts (although
some giant plant firms manage it). Crane manufacturers keep as close an eye on sourced
components as on their own: Manitowoc’s new vice president for India told me, Raman Joshi, told
me at Bauma China: “It’s not a Chinese component, it’s a Potain component, because it passes
Potain’s quality checks.”
Chinese manufacturers use the components as a mark of quality for exported cranes. But,
importing global components is expensive, because they have to pay global market rates for the
components, and Chinese import taxes. This make it difficult to maintain low prices, which, along
with short-term availability, have often been the chief selling point of exported Chinese cranes.
The strategy also subcontracts the problems, and the benefits, of support to foreign dealers.
Dealers such as Lewis Equipment in the USA, for Yongmao, and Australian Crane & Machinery, for
XCMG, have proved instrumental in the foreign sales of these brands in the last few years. But in
doing so, the manufacturers have lost access to the profitable spare parts business that comes with
selling any new crane to the dealers. On the other hand, this strategy does mean that owners of
Chinese cranes would be able to get some key parts, whatever happens to the local dealer.
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Asian crane manufacturers,
speaking at Bauma China, have
acknowledged that the global
financial crisis hurt crane sales
in 2008, but remain upbeat.
Senior figures at Liebherr and
Manitowoc agree.
At a customer dinner at Bauma
China, Yoshihiro Tanno, CEO of
Japanese crawler firm Kobelco
said: "The demand for cranes was
excellent for these past several
years, and production and
shipment numbers expanded on a
global scale. However the big
change of the business
circumstances in these days
influences us gradually. I don't feel
the decrease of the customers'
needs, but I suppose that some of
them want to wait and see how
the future is going on in this
unstable situation."
Other Asian crane
manufacturers also acknowledged
the downturn. In a prepared
statement to open the XCMG
stand at Bauma China, Wang Min,
chairman and CEO said: "2008 has
been a tough year when many
players slashed their profits when
the market turned down for
construction machinery, after the
world financial crisis." But he went
on to say that because of internal
improvements XCMG had
outperformed its rivals in the run-
up to the downturn.
In a similar stand ceremony,
Zhan Chun Xin, Zoomlion
chairman, said: "Although the
financial crisis has had some effect
on construction machinery, I still
think that the peak will return after
the downturn."
Also speaking at Bauma China,
Winfried Boehm, member of the
board of directors of German
construction equipment
manufacturer Liebherr, predicted
that the downturn will really take
hold in its 2009 figures. Still,
Liebherr predicts that its total
sales in 2008 will reach EUR 8.4bn,
an increase of 10% over 2007.
"Following the dynamic growth
phase of the past five years - from
2003 to 2008 our group's turnover
doubled - a consolidation phase is
likely to set in from next year
[2009] onwards," Boehm said.
Cranes Today understands that
tower crane sales in particular
have already begun to weaken.
"The tower crane market in
Europe is in bad shape, and we will
take measures [to reduce
production]," said Eric Etchart,
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Yoshihiro Tanno,
CEO of Kobelco
president and general manager of
Manitowoc, in a press conference
at Bauma China. Measures include
reducing the number of shifts at
its factories in Europe and
reducing the number of
temporary employees.
He said: "The slowdown in the
tower crane business has been
much greater in Europe than we
thought it would be. We knew
that Spain and Italy would slow
down; it has been an
unprecedented three or four years.
Until May-June, activity in towers
was brisk, all of a sudden it
deteriorated. There was a big
decrease after Lehman Brothers
failed [in mid-September]."
Boehm said finance is the root
of the problem. "This is becoming
evident within Liebherr as a
reluctance to invest on the part of
a number of customers, since the
necessary finance is not available
to them to the same extent, or in
some cases the cost of obtaining it
has greatly increased.
Etchart at Manitowoc
happened to echo these
sentiments as well. "There are
temporary problems with
everybody," he said. "Russia and
CIS has nearly stopped because of
interest rates and the lack of
credit. In Russia, the confidence
level has dropped and foreign
direct investment has slowed
down. I think that Russia/CIS has
huge potential, and we intend to
maintain our focus; this is a short-
term issue."
Although Gilles Martin,
Manitowoc executive vice
president, Asia-Pacific, said that
some large customers have
cancelled orders, many crane
customers also have a wait-and-
see attitude.
News roundup
Philadelphia-based AmQuip
Crane Rental has bought the
business and assets of Atlanta's
Powell Equipment Company.
Cranes Today spoke to AmQuip
president Frank Bardonaro
about the deal.
The business will now be
known as Powell AmQuip.
AmQuip said, “The Atlanta based
operation will expand the
capabilities of AmQuip's southeast
region, which includes Elliott
AmQuip operations in Nashville
and Murfreesboro, Tennessee and
AmQuip's tower crane division in
Birmingham, Alabama. The
business will operate from Powell's
facilities located just off of I-285 in
Atlanta under the direction of
Floyd and Ross Powell.”
Frank Bardonaro, AmQuip's
president, said "AmQuip will add
RT's, crawlers, tower cranes and
additional ATs to Powell's fleet, as
well as access to our safety,
technical and engineering
resources. The new Powell
AmQuip team will offer a 'one-
stop' shop for the greater
Atlanta region.”
Bardonaro said, “AmQuip has
been expanding into the southeast
of the USA for the last four years.
We purchased Elliott Equipment in
Nashville, Tennessee, about two
years ago, to complement our
tower crane operation in
Birmingham, Alabama.
“Before buying Powell, we had
50 cranes operating in Georgia,
with no local office. We'd worked
closely with Powell for many
years, on cross hire agreements.
Dennis Bates, from our
Birmingham tower crane business,
and Clark Elliott of Elliot
Equipment, know Floyd and Ross
Powell well, and believed they
were the best crane firm in
Left to right: Richard Powell, Ross
Powell, Clark Elliott and Floyd Powell
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Atlanta to complement our
growth strategy.
“Since AmQuip has been
successful in securing additional
contracts at the local airport, we
wanted to open a full service
centre in the city, not just a
depot. We decided Powell could
provide this. We wanted to keep
them, and their staff. We're
interested in investing in local
people, not just local cranes.
Everyone who was at Elliott when
we bought it is still there, and we
expect the same at Powell.”
Bardonaro said that AmQuip
will continue to make acquisitions
in 2009: “We like to be no more
than 300 miles from one of our
hubs. We still have some gaps to
fill in; we'll be continuing to make
acquisitions and agreements over
the next several years. We intend
to go where our customers have
work. We're looking to partner
and acquire the best, not
necessarily the biggest, in our
target areas.”
In a troubled economy, some
people might think that low
company valuations are good for
an acquisitive firm like AmQuip.
Bardonaro disagrees: “I would
prefer that prices can stay up and
that we can get the work for the
equipment that justifies a higher
price. We're looking to pay the
right price for the businesses we
buy, and we like to work with the
people that are best in their area.”
Asked about the terms of the
deal, Bardonaro said, “AmQuip and
Powell are both private
businesses, so we won't be
announcing the terms of the deal.
However, there were about 20
cranes involved in the deal as well
as all the support equipment and
a state-of-the-art facility, and it
was a cash deal.”
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Business
A trading business for used
mobile cranes set up by Japan-
ese crane manufacturer Kobelco
is moving away from exporting
Japanese cranes, according to
global sales and marketing man-
ager Yukinori Okagaki. Kobelco
Cranes Trading Co was set up in
April 2008. It will now look to
trade cranes between countries
outside Japan.
Manitowoc has appointed
Aspen Equipment as the dealer
for its line of Grove mobile hy-
draulic cranes and Manitowoc
lattice-boom crawler cranes for
Iowa, Nebraska, and western
Illinois.
Cargotec is integrating its Hiab
sales and service operations in
the UK. Moffet Truck Mounted
Forklift sales and service func-
tions, currently performed by
Moffett Ltd, will be integrated
with Hiab Ltd sales and service
organisation.
Jobs
EFH Zurawie Wiezowe is using two Wolffkran tower cranes on a
Daniel Libeskind-designed apartment block at 44 Zlota (44 Gold
Street) in Warsaw, Poland.
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Ever Capital and Thierry Jammes
have bought French crane and
aerial work platform rental busi-
ness Eurolev, which had a sales
revenue of EUR16.2m and seven
depots across France. All 82 em-
ployees are to be kept. The com-
pany has 900 aerial work
platforms, 160 manlifts and 16
truck cranes. About 15% of its
business comes from crane work.
Singaporean crane dealer and
crawler and tower crane rental
company Tat Hong has entered
a new joint venture for the re-
manufacturing, repair, testing
and trading of hydraulic pumps
and motors.
Events
The AEM has announced that
the next ConExpo Russia will
now take place in May 2010. A
planned 2009 event has been
cancelled, in order to ‘allow the
economy to improve’, the
organisers said.
News roundup
Cranes
Galizia has built a special version of its 12t G120 electric crane, for
ATM, the public transport company serving the city of Milan, Italy and
the surrounding province. The compact model of the crane has been
designed to work within the cramped environment of ATM’s depots.
Ludo Sarens, CEO of Belgium’s People
famous heavylift contractor, will Manitowoc has appointed An-
speak at Cranes Today’s Middle dreas Schwer as SVP of global
East Cranes conference in
Dubai, 24-25 February 2009. He
engineering and innovation.
will speak with Sami Nass, of
Bahrain’s AA Nass Group, about
the 10-year-old joint venture be-
tween the two, Sarens-Nass.
Regulation
The Department of Labor’s Oc-
cupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is ex-
tending the public comment pe-
riod for the Cranes and Derricks
Proposed Rule until Thursday
22 January.
The Construction Institute of Gill Riley, director of UNIC mini
the American Society of Civil crawler cranes distributor in
Engineers has published all the Europe, GGR, has won the
feedback it has had about the Athena award for most inspir-
cranes and derricks proposed ing female entrepreneur be-
rule on its web site. tween 36 and 49.
Philadelphia mayor Michael
Nutter has signed into law new
regulations that will mandate
certification for inspectors, op-
erators and riggers working in
the city.
Jobs
Liebherr has supplied six tower
cranes for the City Gate Project
in Bucharest. The order includes
four flat-top EC-B cranes and two
series H fast-erecting cranes.
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equipment industry – including construction contractors, crane rental companies, regulators,
dealers and manufacturers – in the Gulf region. Confirmed speakers and topics include:
On safety:
Alex Mullins, general manager, Al Jaber Heavy Lift
Keynote: What is a safe system of work and who is responsible for it?
9 Applying fundamental principles
9 Chain of command
9 Operational issues
Ahmed Khalil Abdul Kareem, senior safety engineer,
Dubai Municipality Buildings Department
Crane safety in Dubai
9 Dubai Municipality safety priorities, with particular
reference to mobile and tower cranes
9 Review and discussion of official accident statistics
9 Explanation of worksite inspection procedures
On business in the Gulf:
Ludo Sarens, CEO, Sarens, and Sami Nass, MD, Sarens Nass
The Sarens Nass joint venture: past and future
9 Origins and early negotiations
9 Benefits and drawbacks for each party
9 Managing equipment and business opportunities
9 Lessons learned
Wassim Labaki, corporate continuous improvement leader, HETCO - Kuwait
Turning traditional heavy lift into an efficient business
9 Determining the core principles of business value
9 How to start a quality programme from scratch
9 Benchmarking
9 Continuous improvement
Michelle Letherby, director, Vivo International
A practical approach to recruitment
9 How to advertise, interview and profile applicants
9 Matching skills to markets
9 Attracting international people to Dubai
9 Advice on using recruitment consultants
On cranes and lifting:
Klaus Meissner, director product integrity, Terex Cranes
Upcoming changes to European mobile cranes and the EN 13000 override key
9 The philosophy
9 Design changes
9 Dealing with overload situations
Shinji Goto, director, engineering & development division, Kobelco Cranes
The differences between Japanese and European crawler cranes
9 Japanese market requirements
9 Japanese safety requirements
9 Cranes as man-machine systems
Carsten Bohnenkamp, engineering director, Potain
Safety issues in the new tower crane standard EN 14439
9 Highlights
9 Major changes
9 Climbing frames
Tjerko Jurgens, managing director, Hydrospex
Strand jacks and tower systems
9 Operation: planning, scalability, training and safety
9 Maintenance
Martin Banasik, principal engineer, Allianz Engineering
Key tower crane safety risks, and the role of inspection
9 Risk assessments
9 Inspection
9 Insurance issues
Jeff York, president, Signal-Rite
Verbal signals
9 The importance of proper communication between the rigger and the
crane operator, especially in blind lift situations
9 Pitfalls of verbal communication methods via walkie-talkies
9 What international standards recommend,
and why they do not go far enough
9 The solution: a unique verbal signalling system
Saeed Malik, general manager, Al-Suwaidi Equipment
Predictions for the general lifting market in KSA
9 Crane supply and demand in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
9 Upcoming projects
9 Outlook and effects of crude oil prices
Harry Murphy, managing director, Four Wings Equipment
How to mitigate the risks and uncertainties of buying used cranes
9 Pros and cons of different sources: dealer, broker,
internet, user
9 Evaluating the seller
9 Evaluating the crane: five essential points of inspection
9 Buying a crane sight unseen
Ali M Ghamdi, contracting advisor, Saudi Aramco
Moving from owning cranes to renting them,
and the impact on contractors
9 Financial impact: promoting local economy and reducing costs
9 Transferring training and knowledge
9 Promoting a 'Saudization' of contractor workforce
Holger Streitz, Liebherr LR Series design manager, and
René Dietze, Liebherr HS Series design manager, Liebherr
Choosing the right crawler crane for lifting and heavy duty operation
9 About the lift crane series
9 About the duty cycle series
9 What lift cranes can accomplish
9 Danger zones
Paolo Cremonini, director of operations and project
management, Fagioli
Alternative lifting at the Adriatic LNG terminal
9 Unloading and installing 1,200t tanks inside the
concrete GBS
9 Fagioli elevator system
9 SPMT operations
9 Final erection jobs with tower lifts and strand jacks
Carl Cooper, service manager, Valla Cranes (UK)
Lifting at the small end: the opportunity of mini cranes
9 Pick & carry cranes vs forklifts
9 Example of spider crane site planning and operations
9 Key applications
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A GLOBAL RECESSION IS
underway, and the only
question is how deep it will be
and how long it will last, reports
analyst Scott Hazelton. A global
recession is defined by world
real GDP growth of less than 2%,
and IHS Global Insight predicts
that global real GDP growth will
be only 0.7% in 2009. The
United States, much of Europe
and Asia will suffer through
recessions in the more
conventional sense of outright
negative real GDP growth for
more than two quarters. All
regions will experience
decelerations. After a deep
recession in 2009, the outlook is
for a modest recovery in 2010
and a stronger rebound in 2011.
The recession began with the
collapse of the housing markets in
key countries: notably the United
States, but also the United
Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The
residential debacle lead banks to
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control their losses by curtailing
credit, which exacerbated the
decline in the residential market.
The result has been a credit crisis
that has spread to all debt
instruments, public and private,
residential and nonresidential. The
lesson of past credit crises is that
bold, swift actions are needed, and
these actions must include ample
liquidity, capital infusions, deposit
insurance, debt guarantees, and
fiscal stimulus. Fortunately, this is
what many countries are doing
with some degree of coordination.
However, the sheer size of the
problem means that even the
most aggressive measures will
take time to work.
From the perspective of the
crane industry, the good news is
that fiscal stimulus in many
countries is taking the form of
infrastructure spending, which
often requires significant lifting
capacity. The United States is
considering an infrastructure
2009 global economy forecast
package that has grown from
$65bn to $135bn as the economic
situation has worsened. The final
size of the package may be even
larger when passed in the first
quarter of 2009. Nor is the U.S.
alone. China has announced a
$586bn programme over the next
two years. While this is not all new
money—portions of the
programme have been previously
announced—if even half of the
spending is in addition to
previously planned projects, the
result will be significant. Other
countries have announced smaller
initiatives (although still significant
as shares of their GDP): $11bn in
South Korea, $14bn in France and
$21bn in Argentina, for example.
The United Kingdom, Italy and
Spain are all working on plans that
will include infrastructure
investment as well as support for
key industries and financial markets.
Infrastructure spending will be
the only growth area, as other
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types are set for contraction. Real
office construction will fall 4.3% in
2009, not quite as severe as the
5.4% decline in the 2001–02
recession, but worse than the 3.7%
decline in the 1991–93 recession.
Other commercial construction,
which includes retail, warehousing
and lodging, will see a decline of
2.5%, similar to that seen in
2001–02 but better than that
experienced in 1991–93.
Institutional spending will contract
about one percent in 2009.
Interestingly, institutional
spending actually expanded on a
global basis even through the
2001–02 recession, although it fell
about 5% in 1991–93.
Residential construction
spending will contract over 10%
globally, but most of this occurs in
2008 and 2009 and is
concentrated in a few countries,
notably the United States, the
United Kingdom and Spain.
The countries whose
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Another public-sector infrastruc-

ture project with crane interest is
the City of Portland, Oregon's
Environmental Services, City of Portland/Sue Bednarz, Jacobs Associates

$382.5m project to bore a tunnel

to reduce sewage and storm water
overflows into the city’s
Willamette River.
The tunnel is being built by main
contractor KBB, a joint venture led
by Kiewit Construction with Bilfin-
ger+Berger. Seven shafts, ranging
from 15-20m in diameter and from
36-49m deep, are being built along
the route of the tunnel. The shafts
are being formed by constructing a
slurry wall and then excavating
within. Excavation is carried out
using a Liebherr HS 895 HD duty-
cycle crawler crane fitted with
clamshell bucket.
On completion of excavation,
the crane is also used to support
the construction and installation of
rebar mats, as well as tremie con-
crete operations.

construction markets are most at and rising domestic needs while is decelerating and India depends be the worst recession for the
risk will be those with large current lower oil prices and recessions in on inflows of foreign capital which construction industry in at least
account deficits, particularly the US and the European Union are vulnerable in the current 20 years. Construction spending
among emerging markets. will inflict even more pain. financial environment. More actually contracts globally in
Regionally, Latin America will Asia’s dependence on exports importantly, government deficits 2009, which it did not do in
see currencies come under to Europe and North America make limit essential infrastructure 2001–02 and barely did in
pressure as investors avoid risk. it vulnerable. Japan’s population investment. 1991–93. However, when one
Brazil is still attracting strong has entered a long-term decline, Finally, turning to the Middle removes the effect of the US
inflows of foreign investment, but and not only has the country East, volatility in oil prices is bad residential market, the story is
most of the region is less entered recession (as have Taiwan, news, yet large current account less dramatic. On this basis,
fortunate. Exports are Hong Kong and Singapore), its and fiscal surpluses in oil- construction investment ekes out
decelerating, commodity prices trend growth will slow from 2% to exporting countries will help to under one percent growth in
are falling and inflation remains a 1% over the next ten years. As for cushion the blow. Even so, the 2009, approximately the result it
concern in some countries, the rest of Asia, since the 1997–98 global liquidity squeeze is achieved in 2001–02. However, it
limiting central bank intervention. crisis, external and fiscal balances hurting investment projects should be noted that all
Policy mismanagement and have improved, making the region throughout the region. If oil economic data over the past two
resource nationalism will take a more resilient to shocks. prices stay at $50 a barrel or go to three months has been
toll on Argentina, Venezuela, While capital inflows are lower, growth will slow sharply. negative and that the pattern of
Bolivia and Ecuador. Panama, diminishing, hurting investment, Egypt may be the best country forecasting has been downward
with its canal zone work, is the domestic demand will support for construction market stability revisions to expectations. A flat
brightest construction market. growth as exports fall. In the as it is less reliant on oil and is global nonresidential
Costa Rica has a good outlook as all-important case of China, with developing vibrant tourism and construction market in 2009 is the
it becomes the region’s export demand weakening, transportation industries, best that can be expected, and
technology hub. economic growth will slow, particularly around Suez. this outlook comes with
Within emerging Europe, large especially in coastal regions. On paper, this is shaping up to significant downside risk.
current account and fiscal deficits However, strong foreign exchange
make several countries especially reserves and aggressive policy
vulnerable to the credit crunch; stimulus will help China navigate
the countries at the periphery of the global financial crisis;
Europe (Iceland, the Baltics, infrastructure spending will
Bulgaria) are in deep trouble. continue to support growth. Even
Russia’s recent financial turmoil so, consumers will become even Global Insight’s economic, financial and political analysis and fore-
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How many light bulbs
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an economy?
US PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK
Obama has given more details
of his economic stimulus plan,
promising investment in public
sector energy efficiency
schemes, infrastructure, school
building, and the internet.
Some hope this may be enough
to keep the US construction
sector ahead over 2009, but
this may be wishful thinking.
Will North reports
In his informal announcement
on 6 December (reminiscent of
the ‘fireside chats’ given by New
Deal president Franklin D
Roosevelt), the president-elect
promised a four-point plan. The
‘stimulus package’ will see taxes
spent on schemes to replace
inefficient light bulbs and
heating systems in public
buildings, on bridge and road
building programmes, school
improvements, and the internet.
On the first day of trading
after the announcement, shares
in Terex and Manitowoc rose by
17.98% and 18.12%, respectively.
With similar rises in other
construction, energy and
materials handling firms, the
initial market reaction suggested
hope that the promised spending
would keep the firms growing.
However, the following week
many market analysts cut their
forecasts for Terex, pushing its
shares down again, although not
as low as they had been
(Manitowoc followed the same
path). In a note to investors,
Goldman Sachs analyst Terry
Darling wrote, "Although (Terex)
is likely to benefit from
infrastructure stimulus spending
globally, we believe this is more
likely to protect from additional
downside risk rather than drive
significant upside to our current
estimates."
Speaking to Bloomberg in late
November, Senator Dick Durbin, a
key ally of the president-elect,
said Barack Obama’s promised
economic stimulus package may
involve investments of close to
$700bn. As well as boosting
employment, the stated aim of
the package, investment in
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infrastructure would generate
demand for construction
equipment.
If the package does take the
form predicted by Durbin, it will
be welcomed by the Association
of Equipment Manufacturers.
The association has been
campaigning for increased
infrastructure investment, even
before the depth of the current
crisis became clear. In the
association’s annual forecast in
November 2008, AEM president
Dennis Slater said, “We need to
get dollars into the construction
pipeline. An immediate increase
in public works funding will help
jump start the US economy.
Construction projects are being
deferred and our customers are
looking for work.”
If states are to receive federal
money, the president-elect says
they will have to ‘use it or lose it’.
In his announcement, he said, “If
a state doesn’t act quickly to
invest in roads and bridges in
their communities, they’ll lose
the money.” Such a policy
suggests that investment would
need to happen in 2009, when
the economy is expected to
contract most sharply. Slater
says, “It’s estimated that there are
currently 3,000 projects that
could begin work within 30 to 90
days of a governmental funding
commitment.”
However, New York Times
columnist (and Nobel laureate)
Paul Krugman casts doubt on
how soon any infrastructure cash
could be spent, writing that “a
new Goldman Sachs report
suggests that projects that are
‘shovel-ready’ are probably only a
few tens of billions worth, and
that a larger effort would take
much of a year to get going.”
It doesn’t take a lot of contact
with the public sector to know
that getting new projects
underway is a lengthy process. If
states must spend federal cash
quickly, there may be a
temptation to postpone projects
now, in order to be able claim
federal money after Obama’s
inauguration.
News roundup
The international New Deal
The proposals from the incoming US administration were echoed
by similar plans around the world. In the EU, leaders began outlin-
ing plans for a EUR200m stimulus package, although the details
were left to member states. China announced a CNY4trn
(USD586bn) spending plan.
While China’s growth rates still put most other nations to shame,
the vast numbers of people joining the country’s market economy
mean it must grow by at least 8% each year in order to accommo-
date them. In October, the National Bureau of Statistics announced
that the country’s growth rate had fallen into single digits for the
first time in five years, at 9% for the three months to the end of Sep-
tember. Where recently the country’s main financial challenge was
stopping the economy overheating, the government is now looking
at how best to maintain growth.
According to the state news service, Xinhua,“Around CNY280bn
will go to housing projects for low-income earners, CNY370bn to
rural infrastructure and projects to improve living standards of
rural dwellers, CNY40bn to healthcare, education and cultural un-
dertakings, approximately CNY350bn to biological conservation
and environmental protection, and CNY1,000bn for post-disaster
reconstruction projects. CNY1,800bn will be used for building rail-
roads, highways, airports and other transportation infrastructures.
Another CNY160bn will pay for technical innovation and industrial
restructuring.”
In the current quarter, China will invest CNY100bn from its current
central government budget, and bring forward CNY20bn allocated
for spending on disaster recovery in 2009’s budget. In total, around
CNY400bn will be spent on the stimulus package this quarter.
As well as direct public spending, the Chinese State Council said
that it would abolish credit ceilings on commercial banks, in order to
encourage more lending to infrastructure projects,rural development
and industrial business consolidation. The Chinese government said
it is changing the focus of its macro-economic policies, away from
inflation control and towards maintaining growth. Inflation currently
stands at 4.6%, from a 12-year high of 8.7% in February 2009.
Across the Himalayas, the Indian government announced a four
percentage point cut on most central government sales taxes and
its own INR200bn (USD4bn) spending plan. The country’s central
bank acted to ease a range of lending restrictions. A public sector
infrastructure investment lender, India Infrastructure Finance Co.
Ltd. (IIFC), will raise INR100bn by issuing tax-free bonds with an
annual return of 7.5%.
It would then lend cash to banks for infrastructure projects,
charging interest of 8.5%. Banks receiving the loans would have to
offer financing to their customers at no more than 2.5% above the
rate they receive from IIFC. IIFC will also offer direct financing to
major infrastructure consortiums. The country’s government has
more than 50 major highway projects ready to go to tender.
European Commission president José Manuel Durão Barroso
announced proposals for a European stimulus package that would
see the EU and member states spend 1.5% of the region’s gross do-
mestic product to boost demand and stimulate confidence. The
bulk of the spending (1.3% of EU GDP, or EUR170bn) would come
from member states, with the EU contributing 0.3% of EU GDP,
EUR30bn. EU leaders met on 11 December, as this article was
being written, to discuss the proposal.
Even if infrastructure investment promised cash flowing their way.
is really on the way, it may not bring The recent boom in numbers of
much hope to the crane industry. cranes sold and used was
While bigger crane makers, with a dominated by residential
range of large cranes and construction, and focused most on
equipment may benefit, rental firms small tower and mobile cranes.
and more specialised These types of cranes won’t be used
manufacturers could see little of the in large numbers on bridge lifts.
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Bauma China review

The Sany SCC1000

D
espite the current credit
crunch, Bauma China
organisers report that
visitors, exhibition space
and numbers of exhibitors
at Shanghai’s Bauma China show were
all up 40% compared with two years ago
to 113,000. The show organisers
reported 17,000 came from outside
China, primarily India, Russia and Japan.
The first day, Tuesday, was probably
the busiest we have ever seen at a trade
show; at one point, four men were
queuing up for every urinal in one mens’
room. But perhaps to compensate, the
rest of the show week was comparatively
much quieter, to an almost sleepy Friday.
The largest exhibitor stand to include
cranes was that of Sany, and at a press
conference Sany's Wenbo Xiang said that
the company expects total sales revenue
of more than CNY20bn (USD2.93bn) in
2008. Large Chinese rivals XCMG and
Zoomlion also had large, and large
numbers, of cranes.
According to the China Construction
Machinery Association, sales of Chinese
construction equipment will top
CNY250bn in 2008. Total international
trade in 2008 is expected to reach
CNY20bn, CNY6bn imports (up 2.5 times
the value of trade in 2002) and CNY14bn
exports (up 8 times 2002's figures).
See also p20 for a review of the show's
crawler cranes, p23 for mobile cranes and
p25 for tower cranes.

Comment: What was new at Bauma China?

It is commonplace to judge a big construction equipment show
by how much new stuff there is. Many manufacturers save an
important new model to stun the industry in a big show like
Bauma in Munich.
A designer of a European crane manufacturer asked me
how many innovations I had seen at Bauma China. His point
was that although there were many new cranes on show, many
of the ones he saw were, in his eyes, reminiscent of existing
designs on the market in varying degrees, and so did not
represent something new to the industry. He was criticising
the show for its lack of industrial development.
I posed the thorny question of copying to a crane designer
from one of the largest Chinese manufacturers. She replied,
through a translator: “There is an old saying: ‘You absorb the
advantage of others for your own advantage.’ Chinese cranes
are not simply copies of Japanese and European cranes. Any
features that appear copied are only in appearance and shape.
From the beginning of the design [of a new crane], we do not
copy the technology, but analyse it.”
What is indisputable was that there were lots of cranes on
show, from many different manufacturers. In addition, the
stands of the big three–Zoomlion, XCMG and Sany–all had
strength in depth of their range of cranes on show.
Manitowoc Cranes president and general manager Eric
Etchart praised the amount and variety of cranes on show. “I
know the engineering hours that it takes to launch a product.
To see at the show the amount of new products not there two
years ago...it is competition that we cannot ignore.”
According to Manitowoc executives, there is one very
important new development that was marked by Bauma
China. With mobile and tower crane manufacturing in China,
and tower crane manufacturing in India, Manitowoc could
make a claim to be more Asian than big rivals Terex and
Liebherr. And according to Asia-Pacific executive vice-
president Gilles Martin, the region is where the company
expects most growth in the coming decade.
Martin says that the show marks a turning point in the
global crane market, when falling markets have reduced
backlogs to a point where global companies can compete
head-to-head with Chinese companies for the first time.
“Especially in towers, we couldn’t supply the volume market.
So there were a lot of customers who said to competitors, ‘If
you can supply a crane, I will buy it, and if not, I need a crane.’
That created opportunities. Now that availability is not an
issue, now that the field is competing on even terms in
delivery, let’s see if the market share that the Chinese have
managed to capture will be sustained, or increased.” He says:
“It is a new game, a new world, and the competitors in the
crane world have renewed the challenge.”
Etchart says that he is not so concerned about the threat of
large crawler cranes and all terrain cranes exported by Chinese
makers. Chinese all terrain and large crawlers are limited by
component and steel procurement, so cannot be priced much
below Japanese or European brands. Also, they are sensitive to
resale value.
However, he admits that already Chinese manufacturers of
tower cranes and small crawler cranes have taken first blood, in
domestic and regional markets, at least. “In tower cranes I do
see a big threat; just look how many luffers there are here,
which are targeted at the export market. With small-size
crawlers, Chinese manufacturers have already dented our
market share. This is a reality.” –Will Dalrymple

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Manitowoc shows off China and India operations
“Going forward, we actually intend to
raise our commitment to the Asia Pacific
region even further, as this is the region
where we can expect most growth in the
coming decade,” said Gilles Martin,
Manitowoc executive vice-president,
Asia-Pacific.
At Dongyue, the company has
brought in a western joint-venture
manager, and two members of staff from
the USA for engineering and
manufacturing improvement, said Eric
Etchart, president and general manager
of Manitowoc Cranes. “What we have
done together in the first six months of a
joint venture has made years of
progress,” Etchart said.
The Dongyue cranes are intended for
Chinese customers, Martin said.
The ethos is similar in the company’s
other Asian factories, Zhangjiagang, for
tower cranes, and Pune, India, also for
tower cranes, where it now makes six
models after taking over former licencee
Shirke Construction Equipment in 2007.
“First they go local, and then they
export. The Asian facilities are for Asian
markets, and then the Middle East and
South America,” Martin said. Indian
dealer TIL makes and services licenced
Grove rough terrain cranes in India for
the local market (see also pp35-6).
Zoomlion: 35 branches by 2010 and 60% export revenue goal
Zhan Chun Xin,
Zoomlion CEO
Executives at Chinese crane
manufacturer Zoomlion underlined the
importance of export in public
comments at the Bauma China show.
In a stand opening ceremony, Zhan
Chun Xin, Zoomlion CEO, mentioned the
company’s September acquisition of
Italian concrete pump manufacturer
CIFA. “Now Zoomlion has a solid step
toward internationalisation, in what we
hope is a new way of integration into
the global market.”
In prepared remarks at the press
conference, Zoomlion chairman Guojian
Long said that there were four aspects
to the company’s export strategy. First,
it has set a goal of 60% of revenue from
exports. Second, it plans to develop
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Etchart explains that Manitowoc’s
interest in India is focused on the long-
term. “We know India has an overall
market size of [only] 300 units [of tower
cranes]. But it was 20-25 a few years
ago. Our projections for the size of the
market make it compelling to establish a
business now. We have the mindset of a
pioneer,” he said. “Being a pioneer
definitely gives us a preferential
situation in terms of the supply base and
in relationships with customers.”
“We could supply India from
Zhangjiagang in the short term, but only
in the short term. We are not the sum of
small local operations. Manufacturing is
not about engineering tools.
Manufacturing is about people,
improvements from lean, and best
operating practice.
“We have a matrix organisation [to
share knowledge across sites]. Each
region has its own P&L. The aftermarket
business is global. But there is an
operational excellence division, headed
by John Wheeler, that is in charge of all
the factories, so we are moving toward
common processes in many aspects.”
Although the company’s R&D centres
are all in the west - all terrains in
Germany, tower cranes in France and
crawlers in the USA, Etchart said that the
Zoomlion chairman
Guojian Long
international manufacturing and sales
systems. “It is a basic feature of a global
manufacturer, and the main cause lies
in the controllability of global
resources. Diversified developing
opportunities brought by regional
diversity enhance the capacity of the
enterprise to fight risks,” he said. The
company plans to have set up 35
branches and 160 service centres
outside China by 2010.
Third, it plans to improve technical
development to make ‘design and
techniques meet international
requirements’ and implement
‘reasonable and progressive’ personnel
decisions. “We will innovate on the basis
of promising traditional Chinese culture
Bauma China review
company is still using engineering
resources in Asia. “We are already L-R: Raman Joshi,
deploying a low-cost engineering centre Eric Etchart and
in China that subcontracts engineering Gilles Martin
jobs from elsewhere in the world."
In India, Manitowoc has expanded its
Crane Care support network to Delhi,
Pune and Hyderabad. It has appointed a
country manager, Gurdeep Singh, and a
vice president, Raman Joshi. There are
now about 375 people working for
Manitowoc in India.
Although crane handover ceremonies are common at
most trade shows, there were not many at Bauma China.
All four Chinese customers had bought an all-terrain
crane from XCMG, including, far right, the first customer
of the company’s (and Asia’s) biggest AT: the 500t
capacity QAY500. Left to right: Gu Jian, manager of
Shanghai Zhenhua Gang Construction Machinery; Wei
Zhixian, manager of FuYang TongDaLi Discharge Service
Co; Wang Min, chairman, CEO, XCMG; Ning Linshan,
manager, JiNan LinShan Equipment Leasing Co Ltd; Yu
Min, manager, ZiBo Bay Trade Co Ltd.
to build a modern and open enterprise
culture system.”
Fourth, it expects to come up against
cultural clashes, but has a plan to deal
with them. “Overseas development will
certainly face the problem of choosing
management teams. Frequently the
differences of geography and culture will
lead to the clash of values. But we
believe that the solution to these
cultural problems should rely on cultural
[contents],” Long said.
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Bauma China review: crawler cranes
Big crawler cranes
Four Chinese manufacturers launched
new crawler cranes with lifting capacities
greater than 250t. The show’s largest
crane was the 1,000t Sany SCC 10000.
There was a 650t crawler from XCMG, a
500-tonner from FUWA (previously
known as Fushun), 320t crawler from
Foton Lovol, 280t crawler from Sany and
a 260t crawler from Zoomlion.
Sany showed a prototype of the 1,000t
SCC 10000. Testing will be finished in
three months. The crane’s maximum main
boom is 120m long, and its maximum
system length with jib is 96m + 96m. The
crane has a 597kW Euro I-compliant
engine (at 2,100rpm). The crane was
shown with 160t counterweight, plus 300t
in a hanging superlift tray.
The XCMG QUY 650 has a maximum
heavy boom length of 84m, long boom
length of 130m, maximum luffing
boom/luffing jib configuration of
96m+96m. The crane’s superlift comes
with counterweight tray. With 650t hook
block and 24m heavy boom, the base
machine weighs 490t. The crane is
powered by a 494kW engine. It was
shown with 255t counterweight, plus
170t in a half-fulled hanging superlift tray.
The prototype of Foton Lovol’s largest
crane was on its stand. Testing is
Small crawler cranes
At least eight different manufacturers
exhibited small crawler cranes at Bauma
China. Zhengzhou Yutong Heavy
Industries showed not one new crawler
but three: the 55t capacity YTQU55, 80t
capacity YTQU80 and 160t capacity
YTQU160. The cranes have main boom
lengths of 52m, 58m and 81m. Longest
boom+jib system lengths (in m) are
43+15, 49+18 and 69+31.
Counterweight required is 17.5t, 25t and
56t. All three run on Cummins engines;
the 55t model has a 128kW engine at
2,100rpm; the other two have a 209kW
engine at 2,000rpm. All three cranes
have imported speed reducers, motors,
pumps, valves and hydraulics. The Henan
province-based company launched the
cranes this year, and claims to be
working on export models.
Tower crane manufacturer Zhejiang
HUBA Construction Machinery Co
showed an 80t capacity QUY80, part of
what the company says is a range of six
models up to 260t capacity. The QUY80
has a maximum lattice jib of 58m, or a
boom + fly jib system length of
46m+18m. The crane has a 180kW
engine at 2,000 rpm, and operates with
24t counterweight.
Shenyang Sanyo Building Machinery,
trading as SYM, launched a QUY150
crawler. The company also makes 55t and
20 CRANES TODAY JANUARY 2009
expected to be finished by April 2009.
The crane can lift 320t, or 360t with an
extra 50t of counterweight. Main boom
length is up to 78m, or 90m with
superlift. Maximum main boom is 78m;
maximum luffing fly jib system length is
72m+72m. Counterweight is 140t on the
rear and 30t of carbody. It is powered by
a 312kW (at 2,100rpm) Volvo
TWD1240VE.
FUWA Heavy Industry has sold the
prototype QUY500 crawler crane at the
show to Baogong Group. Main boom
length is 84m, or 108m with light boom.
With 250t of superlift counterweight at
XCMG 650-tonner
16m radius it can lift full load. Without
superlift, it can lift a maximum of 400t at
7m radius with 72m boom. It weighs
382t with 24m boom. Maximum boom +
luffing jib length is 72m+72m. The crane
is powered by a Cummins QSX15 that
produces 336kW on 2,100rpm. It was
shown with 200t of counterweight. The
company promises to produce a 1,000-
tonner in 2009.
Sany is also showing a new 280t
crane for wind power turbines up to
1.5MW in scale, the SCC 2800 WE, shown
with 24t counterweight and 20t in a
superlift tray. Testing finishes in two or
FUWA’s 500-tonner
three months.
80t crawlers, and sent three 55-tonners
to Dubai. It is planning a 260-tonner for
launch in 2009, according to overseas
sales department director Chen Yu. The
crane has a maximum boom length of
81m. Maximum boom+jib is 69m+31m.
Jiangsu Luluda Construction
Machinery showed a 75t QUY75. The
crane has maximum main boom length
of 61m, and 18m fly jib. Engine output is
175kW at 2,200rpm. The crane operates
with 24t counterweight.
Shenyang North Traffic Heavy Industry
Group, known more for truck cranes, has
Yutong's two smallest crawlers
launched what would appear to be its
second, and largest, crawler crane, the
QY65. It also makes a 55t model. The
QY65 is powered by a 276kW engine and
maximum boom length of 56m.
FUWA Heavy Industry, formerly
known as Fushun, showed a 55t capacity
telescopic crawler crane, the FWT-55,
with elevating cabin. Maximum boom
length was 38m, and a 7m jib is also
available. The crane is powered by a
128kW (at 2,000rpm) Cummins engine.
Total counterweight is 15.6t.
Another tele-crawler on show was the
25t DaiFeng QUY25, from Taishan
Construction Machinery. The crane has a
27m maximum lifting height, is powered
by a Cummins 6CTA8.3-C215, and has an Zhejiang HUBA QUY80
operating weight of 34.5t.
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A
sia's largest AT is now the XCMG's 500t all terrain crane has an 84m
boom on an eight-axle chassis
500t XCMG QAY500 all
terrain, with a seven-
section, 84m main boom
with single-cylinder pinning
system. The crane can be fitted with
63m fixed jib or 95m luffing jib. What
the company calls an ‘improved’
superlift system increases jib lengths by
7-12m and increases lifting capacity by
12-60%. There is also an auxiliary winch
available. The crane can lift its rated
capacity with 160t or 140t of
counterweight. The counterweight tray
has a self-installation system. On show
the crane was displayed with about
115t of counterweight. The crane has an
eight-axle chassis. Six axles steer and
four axles drive. The QAY400 all terrain
crane shares some features of the 500,
but is smaller. It has a five-section Kato NK-550VR
pinned boom on a seven-axle carrier.
Chinese crawler crane and truck crane
manufacturer Sany showed a prototype of
its first all-terrain crane, the QAY 220, at
Bauma China. Unlike similar ATs made by
rivals Zoomlion and XCMG, the crane runs
on five, not six, axles. It has an automatic
Sany 220t AT
six-section, 62m main boom, and the total
system length with automatic luffing jib is
105m. The crane runs on a Hydac Manitowoc-Dongyue’s GT25-4
hydraulic suspension and Kessler axles
and has a low-speed turning radius of less BQ Tadano
GT-750E
than 20m. The carrier’s imported Benz OM
502LA.E3A (390kW at 1800 rpm) transfers
power through a ZF AS-Tronic gearbox.
The 15.8m-long crane weighs 60t, and
roads at 12t/axle, (without counterweight)
At the show, Zoomlion launched a
V series of truck crane with a new cab
design and other improvements. On
show were 90t, 120t and 150t capacity
models with 48m, 57.5m and 59m
booms. A 220t-capacity all terrain crane
launched earlier this year with six axles
and 61m boom was also shown. rough terrain crane, the SR 700L, is a
Zoomlion has reportedly finished version of its MK 650 high-speed rough
designing a 350t-capacity all terrain terrain crane, but with left-hand drive
which it plans to release in 2009. for export. It features a 44m boom and
Japanese manufacturers Kato and 257kW (at 2,200 rpm) engine.
Tadano both showed 70t rough terrain Production is expected to begin by
cranes and new traditional truck cranes April 2009. It features a Euro Tier II
mounted on Chinese-made carriers. engine for primary markets of China
The Kato NK-550V is a 55t hydraulic and the Middle East.
truck crane with 43m boom mounted an Tadano’s 70t capacity rough terrain Anhui Bengbu’s QY50 truck crane
FAW chassis and FAW Euro Tier III engine crane follows the US design with full- in LiuGong colours. LiuGong
with 258kW (at 2,100rpm). A Euro II- size hubs and tyres, so it is not street- acquired the company in 2008.
compliant engine has been available legal. The GR-700EX has a 44m boom
since 2007; a new version with Tier III and 200kW engine and is wholly made Apologies to remote control
engine has just been released. Kato in Japan. manufacturer Autec, whose new
assembles the crane in Japan. Kato released a 30t-capacity truck MK06 and MK08 handsets,
Tadano’s truck crane effort comes crane, the NK-300VR, based on the NK- compliant with Cat. 3 EN 954-1
from its joint venture company in China, 300E, but with new boom, cab and for stop circuit protection, were
BQ Tadano. The GT-750E is the joint superstructure, and a 30t rough terrain inadvertently left out of
venture’s largest traditional truck crane, with a similar upper design, the SR-300L. October's Bauma China show
with 75t lifting capacity, 44m boom, on a All four Katos come with the MS-200 preview. The handsets can be
carrier with 283kW engine built by crane computer with outrigger interlocks installed with buttons, toggle
Chinese partner Beijing Jincheng. and range limitation as standard. switches or dials.
Kato’s 70t capacity high-speed None are CE-marked.

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T
ower crane manufacturers at CNGC QTD-480 Yongmao STT 753-40. Lewis Equipment
Bauma China have set their will be distributing a 35 US ton capacity
version of the crane in the USA
sights beyond the boundaries
of China. Most of these
exhibitors have export
managers and have already sold some
cranes outside of China, although rarely
to the USA or Europe. There were large
luffing-jib, flat-top and saddle-jib towers.
Useter showed a luffing-jib crane,
JL316-24, with moving counterweight
with 60m jib, at the end of which it can
lift 3.7t. In 2008, the company finished a
240tm topless crane with maximum jib of
80m, JT502-20. The company is planning
to manufacture much larger tower cranes
in 2009 to meet demand in infrastructure
markets. Planned models range from
500tm to 2,000tm, with maximum loads
from 20t-50t, and jibs from 65m-80m, end). The crane features stepless speed 70m, at which the crane can lift 3t.
says general manager Songyan Liu. The control, and a free-standing height of Maximum load is 12t. Maximum height
company is based in Shenyang. 50m, anchored height of 200m. The under hook is 115m. Zhejiang Deying
The QTD-480 luffing-jib tower crane Zhejiang Huba Construction Machinery Architectural Machinery Manufacturing
from CNGC can raise 7.5t to 50m with a Co focuses on its home market of Company is based in Pinghu.
50m jib on four falls of rope, or 24t to eastern China, but also exports SYSD’s saddle-jib S145/50/23, can lift 2.3t
20m radius with 50m jib. The full name internationally. The company also makes to the end of its 50m jib, or 10t to 14.5m.
of the company is CNGC Jianglu crawlers from 50t–260t. Maximum height under hook is 243m.
Machinery & Electronics Technology. Dahan has shown the 125tm QTZ 125 The company’s full name is Shenyang
Also shown were Potain’s MCR 225A tower crane. It can lift 1.5t to 60m jib- Shendiao Tower Crane Manufacture Co;
luffing jib crane, maximum capacity 14t, end, and a maximum load of 10t.L it is based in Liaoning province.
the Liebherr 160 HC-L 8/16 luffer and Maximum freestanding
Zoomlion TCR 6055-32, with 60m jib and height is 60m, or 200m
maximum capacity of 32t, and Sichuan with anchors. The
Jincheng’s JCD260 with doubled luffing company is based in
ropes. All were listed in the Bauma Zhangqiu City, Shandong.
China preview, Cranes Today October. The Deying TC7030
One of the beefiest topless cranes on saddle-jib tower crane is
show was the new Yongmao STT 753, CE marked for sale into
sold to US-based dealer Lewis Equipment. Europe, according to
The crane can lift 5.4t at end of its 80m
jib, or 40t maximum load. It has a
export manager Jacky
Zhang, although the ORIGINAL LEBUS WIRE ROPE
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 On site

Mammoet used a
Liebherr LR 1600/2
and a Terex CC 2800-
1 to lift a two-storey
extension weighing
520t on top of a hotel
in The Hague.

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T
he 27m x 7m steel framework
of a two storey extension to the
Eden Babylon Hotel in The
Hague, The Netherlands, was
fabricated on the ground, to
reduce the time the hotel needed to be
closed. Guests stayed in the hotel until
the day before the lift, even while Dutch
heavy lift firm Mammoet was rigging the
two cranes.
Team leader Paul Verschuur, Mammoet
senior engineer, cranes, said, “Ground
bearing pressures in The Hague were the
most difficult part of the project. Getting
all of the authorities with their noses in
the right direction took weeks. The official
ground bearing pressures weren’t enough
to support the cranes, so we needed to
put down steel mats perpendicular to the
crawlers. We tested these for two days,
while rigging the cranes, by putting
counterweight on them. The official
projections had said they would go down
20cm; in the tests they only compressed
the ground by 4mm.”
Liebherr had delivered the new LR
1600/2 to Mammoet shortly before the
lift, its first job. The crane would be
lifting 300.8t. It was rigged with a 72m
boom and no jib; it carried 300t of
floating counterweight, with another
215t of superstructure counterweight A brand-new
Liebherr LR 1600/2
and central ballast. The Terex-Demag CC (left) prepares to
2800-1 was rigged with a luffing jib, in walk the 520t box
48m + 24m configuration. It would lift girder, raised to
219.2t of the load. 50m above the
ground, to its
The load was first raised to 50m, and destination on the
then carried into position. As the crane hotel's roof. A
operators lifted the load, boomed up, Terex-Demag
slewed, walked the load, and then CC 2800-1 holds the
other end.
slewed again and boomed down, they
were coordinated by a lift supervisor
using a radio. The Liebherr carried the
load a distance of 40m, and the Terex-
Demag 19m, at a speed of 1m/min.

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Boom manufacturer Vlassenroot has moved
beyond bending steel into assembling complete
booms and building mobile crane chassis and
upper structures. Will North reports
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sk any manufacturer: the
boom of an all-terrain crane
is the single most
complicated and finely-
wrought part of the entire
machine. Almost all booms are bent in
complex oviform shapes; many use a
pinning system to reduce tip loadings. A
huge amount of effort goes into reducing
boom weight to keep axle loadings below
the magic sum of 12t per axle.
What may not be so well known is that
many booms are made by sub-suppliers.
All four of the major European mobile
crane manufacturers – Grove, Liebherr,
Tadano-Faun and Terex-Demag – buy
booms for at least one of their current
production models from Vlassenroot.
Liebherr Ehingen head of sales
promotion Wolfgang Beringer says, “One
main reason for us for outsourcing steel
components to suppliers is the limited
capacity in our works in Ehingen. In 2008
we produced almost 1,800 cranes; only a
few years ago we manufactured less than
1,000 cranes per year. We would not be
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able to manufacture all the required steel
components by ourselves. So another
reason for outsourcing is that this gives us
a high level of flexibility to be able to
balance fluctuations in the market.
“But its very important for us that steel
fabrication, welding, of these high quality
steels remains a core competence for us.
Prototypes and complex components are
manufactured by ourselves," Beringer
says. "We have developed manufacturing
and welding technologies and we will
maintain and further develop these
sophisticated technologies.
Corresponding specifications are passed
over to our suppliers.”
Vlassenroot’s history stretches back
more than 80 years, to 1926. Outside its
Belgian factory stand one of the world’s
first bending presses: the company
started off in the flattening business: it
bought steel coils, and decoiled it. Now,
while it still produces steel for bridges
(one of its biggest jobs here was for the
iconic Millau Viaduct) and occasional
architectural projects, around 98% of its
Mobile cranes
business is focused on booms.
Investor Jean-Charles (JC) Wibo A chassis mounted
bought into the company in 1996, when on a rotating frame
it employed just 45 people. Working for welding at
Vlassenroot Polska
with general manager Eddy Buyst, Wibo
has entered into an ambitious
programme of vertical integration,
expanding the company’s business with
a series of acquisitions in Germany and
Poland. Each acquisition has added a
new step in the company’s production
chain, and a new opportunity for adding
value to its finished products.
Shells are cut and bent in Brussels,
Belgium. Top and bottom shells are
welded together at the former KSK facility
in Schwerte, Germany. Gliwice, Poland
manufactures other components for
booms, along with mobile crane chassis
and upper structures. Finished booms are
assembled at Bochum, Germany.
Wibo says, “One of our aims is to help
customers with a lack of capacity: that
was one of the reasons for buying in
Poland. Gliwice currently has 500 people,
but this is due to increase to 600 by the
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end of the year, taking Vlassenroot’s total
staff to more than 1,000.
Gliwice is also used to manufacture
crane chassis and uppers, a new product
for Vlassenroot. Brussels plant manager
Bart Deumens says, “We’re interested in
areas where we can add value, where we
can use our know-how in steel bending
and welding.” In terms of crane capacity,
the booms Vlassenroot makes are used
in all terrains and rough terrains from 30t
to 500t. It could make booms for bigger
cranes, Deumens says, but it looks to
products where it can see the benefits of
serial production.
Deumens explains that one of
Vlassenroot’s advantages over its
competitors is that it is able to deliver
complete products: “Our competitors
are cutting and bending companies who
collaborate with welding companies, or
welding companies who buy parts from
other suppliers. We are the only
company making complete booms.
Everything is overseen by one general
manager, Eddy Buyst.”
Deumens says that of almost 4,000
booms bent in Brussels this year, about
two-thirds will be delivered to customers
incomplete. Only about 1,200-1,300
were completed by Vlassenroot (in
Bochum). The company aims to grow in
the immediate future, not by increasing
the number of booms it bends in
Brussels, but by increasing the number it
completes in Germany: increasing the
value it adds to the products.
Bending steel in Brussels
Every Vlassenroot boom starts as plate
steel shipped via Antwerp from SSAB
Oxelösund in Sweden. Plates of steel are
grouped together for each order at the
factory. The crane builders’ designers
will often ask for different thicknesses of
steel to be used; not just in each boom
but sometimes even in each section. A
millimetre of thickness shaved from half
a boom shell may reduce the weight of
the boom by 200kg. Over a five section
boom, that could cut the gross weight of
the crane by a tonne, keeping it within
tight road travel limits, or adding to the
load chart.
Deumens explains that one of the
reasons Vlassenroot uses steel from SSAB
is that it is manufactured to fine
tolerances of flatness and thickness. The
tolerances for thickness range from
-0.2mm to +0.3mm. Vlassenroot works
to equally tight tolerances: each boom
section is bent to tolerances of no more
than 1º and the flatness of each boom
section will vary for no more than 3mm
along its length.
Most of the steel used by Vlassenroot
in Brussels is SSAB’s 960 and 1100 types
(the numbers refer to the steels strength
in megapascals, or N/sq mm). Structural
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steel used in automobiles has a rating of
335 N/sq mm, that is, a third as strong as
these steels. Deumens says end users
are looking to shave every millimetre
from the thickness of crane booms, to
get the best balance of strength and
weight. However, stronger steels cost
more to cut, and to bend. So far, the
cost increase doesn’t justify using the
new steel for mobile cranes: that doesn’t
mean it won’t in future.
With this strength comes flexibility.
You can see that flexibility best on the
biggest mobile cranes, when an extended
boom bends like a fishing rod under its
own weight. In the bending plant, the
flexibility is demonstrated when it springs
back after each pressing. Handling this
flexibility is a key part of Vlassenroot’s job,
and the skills of its employees.
Deumens says, “You need what the
Germans call fingerspitzengefühl, the
feeling you get in the tips of your fingers.
We can train someone to use a bending
machine in three or four months, but to
know what the steel will do every time,
takes years.”
A boom section is made up of an
upper and lower shell of bent plate steel
whose long edges are welded together.
On the bottom shell of a 250t crane
boom section, the plate steel is bent 25
times, springing back each time, and
making the bending machine operator’s
craft far more of an art than a science.
The bending machines Vlassenroot
uses are amongst the world’s biggest.
One machine, made up of three separate
presses working together, can bend
sections measuring up to 24m. It was
this machine that bent the bridge pieces
for Millau. Elsewhere in the factory, two
more machines work together to press
down on 15m-long steel plates with a
force of 4,000t.
From Brussels, Vlassenroot’s shells
travel around the world. Some are sent
to well known European and Japanese
crane manufacturers, or to other crane
builders in Turkey, Russia, Algeria, and
China. Many are grouped together next
to that 4,000t bending machine, ready to
be shipped to mobile crane factories in
the USA at a rate of ten to twelve
containers a week. Many (and, if
Vlassenroot has its way, many more soon)
will be shipped to Schwerte to be welded
together, and then on to Bochum for
final assembly into complete booms.
Welding shells in Schwerte
Vlassenroot bought KSK, and its
Schwerte plant, at the end of 1999. The
new facility allowed the company to
move from bending plate steel in
Brussels, to welding it together into bare
boom sections. When Vlassenroot first
bought the plant, it employed 45 people.
Today, it employs 150. As in Brussels, the
Mobile cranes
factory works continuously, 24 hours a
day and seven days a week. The ends of upper
The two existing halls at Schwerte are and lower shells are
welded together to
working at maximum capacity, with
form boom sections.
barely enough room to walk around the Internal (top) and
plant. Only a couple of days before external (bottom)
Cranes Today’s visit, however, Vlassenroot welding at
Schwerte.
received permission to extend both halls
out into a vacant space, currently used for
storage. Building the new halls will take
up to seven months, but the company
hopes to be ready to start production in
them by July 2009. As well as the new
production facility, the company is
building a new employee facility.
At Schwerte, the shells bent at
Vlassenroot’s Brussels plant are welded
together into boom sections. Inside the
boom, longitudinal welds are made using
metal active gas (MAG) welding; outside
the weld is made using submerged arc
welding. Where different widths of steel
need to be joined together on the same
boom (to save weight), cross welds are
made manually.
As the external weld is made, the
metal will buckle and wave from the
heat. Some of these changes in the
shape of the boom will be fixed by the
metal springing back. However, to get
the precise tolerances Vlassenroot aims
for, the boom will need to be levelled
again when it reaches Bochum.
Once the bare boom sections have
been welded together at Schwerte and
certified free from defects, they are
carefully marked up and sent 30km away
to Bochum. There, along with parts from
the new Gliwice facility in Poland, they
are assembled into complete booms.
Fabrication in Gliwice
Vlassenroot’s newest plant, Vlassenroot
Polska in Gliwice, manufactures boom
heads and cups, alongside chassis for
mobile cranes. The plant welds 12,000
boom components a year: roughly five
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Mobile cranes
pairs of boom heads and cups for each
Complete booms completed boom assembled in Bochum.
ready for delivery, at The plant started building chassis for
Bochum, Germany
mobile cranes for Liebherr and
Manitowoc in 2008. For Liebherr, it is
building chassis for mid-size ATs
(Liebherr's own Ehingen, Germany factory
makes chassis for its eight- and nine-axle
ATs, Beringer says). For Manitowoc, it has
begun with a smaller-capacity crane.
Currently, the plant is building 10-12
chassis a month, but is aiming at
increasing this to 20 per month (or 200 a
year) soon. It is also building turning
tables—the section above the slew ring
that supports the boom—at a rate of
around 40 a year currently, but plans to
increase this amount substantially.
Vlassenroot Polska will install two new
machines for turning tables by 2010.
Vlassenroot started the new
operation up, pretty much from scratch,
at the end of 2006. Over two years, it
has recruited almost 600 people, and
built a 15,000 sq m production hall. This
is now running at full capacity. This year,
the new plant will use more than 8,000t
of high strength steel (generally Weldox
960), with around 3,500t used for boom
components, 2,000t for chassis, and the
remainder for turning tables.
In the first half of 2009, the company
hopes to start construction of a new hall
running alongside the existing building,
giving the company another 6,700 sq m
of production space. This will be
dedicated to chassis and turning table
manufacture, but will be flexible enough
that new products could be added. The
new facility will allow the company to
produce 400 chassis a year in 2010.
General manager of the group Eddy
Buyst explains that the company aims to
install new, state-of-the-art, equipment,
including robotic welding systems,
milling centres and laser cutting tables.
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The first of two new LVD presses, similar
to those used in Brussels, is currently
being installed.
JC Wibo says, “We generated revenues
of EUR32m in Poland this year, and are
aiming for EUR45m in 2009. We expect
about EUR10m in revenues from chassis
in Poland by year end, but this will grow.
The new hall in Poland will add another
7,600 sq m to the plant, and another 200
or 250 people to the staff. It will cost
EUR13m in additional investment. The
new hall will be used to manufacture
chassis and turning tables.”
The project to develop robotic
welding processes for boom components
is being developed by project manager
Tom Thomas. The new equipment will
use twin rotating tables: while the robotic
welder works on one component, staff
are able to mount the next component
on the second table. When the first
component is completed, the tables
switch positions, allowing the robot to
work continuously. Thomas says that the
company has sent two boom
components, assembled with temporary
welds, to a potential supplier in Germany.
This will allow the supplier to design a
welding programme for the robots. Tests
of the process are expected to take place
in the first week of January 2009.
Once all of the pieces of steel have
been prepared, they are sent on to be
welded. As well as investing in new
equipment, Vlassenroot Polska is
investing in people, with a new welding
school training all of its Polish welding
staff. Currently, all of the welding is done
by hand. The chassis are assembled on
huge circular frames, allowing them to be
rotated for welding. The company has a
pair of 2.5m x 2.5m milling tables and
one 2.5m x 12m milling centre, and will
be adding more next year, for preparing
the turning tables.
Assembly in Bochum
Vlassenroot bought two buildings in
Bochum in 2002. It took over two more
production halls on the same site in 2004,
another two in 2006, and a seventh in
2007. Today, the seven halls have a total
floor space of 13,000 sq m. Each hall is
dedicated to working on completed
booms for just one or two manufacturers,
The welded shells arrive from
Bochum to be made into complete
boom sections. The first stage of
assembly is to ensure that the shells are
completely straight. The waves
introduced to the steel plates as they
were welded are removed using a
levelling machine. The machine uses
hydraulic rams mounted inside and
outside of the boom to carefully adjust
shape of the boom. Like the bending
machine operators in Belgium, the
workers on the levelling machine need
to develop an intuitive feel for the steel.
Once the welded booms have been
levelled, the boom heads and cups are
welded in place. With the other
components welded to the boom shells,
the assembled boom sections are
assembled into complete booms, ready
to be sent to the manufacturers, who will
add skid shoes and hydraulics.
Vlassenroot has grown from bending
steel to fabricating many of the key
structural components for some of the
world’s biggest crane builders. JC Wibo
says, “Next year, in 2009, will be a year of
consolidation. We made a large,
EUR20m investment in Poland, starting
with a greenfield site, and ending 2008
with more than 500 employees. In 2009,
we have to train those people. In 2010,
we will look to grow both internally and
externally. We want to develop new
products close to what we already do.
That could be outriggers, it could be
cabins, it could be counterweights.”
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ractors India Limited’s existing
275,000 sq ft factory in
Kolkata, India, has its roots in
the company’s 1944 deal to
distribute cranes made by
British manufacturer Coles. As sole
Indian distributor for Coles, TIL sold
hundreds of 5t–40t diesel electric lattice
boom cranes. The business was boosted
by the Indian government’s
infrastructure building programmes in
the two decades following the country’s
independence.
The distribution arrangement with
Coles was converted into a technical
collaboration for manufacturing cranes
in India in 1962. TIL introduced diesel
hydraulic telescopic boom cranes in
1979. Starting with a 20t model, the
range was expanded to 100t.
TIL was the sole manufacturer of
cranes in India until 1980, when the
Indian government lifted protectionist
trade policies. When Coles was
purchased by Grove in 1994, TIL changed
its collaboration from Coles UK to Grove
USA. It updated its entire range of
cranes up to 75t with models based on
Grove designs.
TIL currently makes lifting equipment
from 12t–75t capacity, including
industrial cranes, truck mounted cranes,
rough terrain cranes, lorry loaders, reach
stackers, electrical level luffing cranes
and rubber tyred gantry cranes. It makes
200 mobile cranes per year.
Under the technical collaboration
deal with Grove (now owned by
Manitowoc), TIL receives design,
drawings and calculations for each
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inherited its connection
Kolkata
BURMA
to the crane industry
from a generation ago,
its current plans to
Bay of Bengal export components to
global manufacturers
Warehouse
Factory
are as forward-looking
HQ as any in the industry.
Partha Basista reports
model. TIL modifies these designs to suit Top: S K Bhatnagar shakes
local requirements and local vendors’ hands with Manitowoc's Eric
capabilities. The design changes are Etchart, as TIL delivers
then approved by Grove. Grove also the 5,000th crane built
under the two
makes available to TIL components such companies’
as filters, motors, valves, adapters, tube collaboration
kit and oil coolers. agreement
TIL vice-chairman and CEO Sumit
Mazumder says, “[We want] to offer
quality products at a competitive price
and retain our market share in the mobile
crane market, which we estimate at 60%.
We emphasise product indigenisation, by
undertaking product reengineering and
through sustained support for our
research and development wing.
Indigenisation has been done in key
components. Along with other design
modifications, this allows TIL to pass cost
benefits to its customers.”
The company makes six models of
rough terrain crane, including 20t, 30t and
75t capacity machines. TIL is planning to
update its 40t, 55t and 75t rough terrain
cranes over the next 18 months, with a
new 40-tonner due in September 2009,
says president S K Bhatnagar.
In addition to its relationship with
Manitowoc, TIL is collaborating with
Paceco Corp of the USA (a subsidiary of
Japan’s Mitsui Engineering and
Shipbuilding) to produce rubber tyred
gantry cranes, and with Famak of
Poland to build electric level luffing
cranes for bulk material handling
equipment, for Indian ports. The cranes technologies to manufacture
built under these deals will be components. The plant fabricates TIL cranes at work
manufactured at the new plant. structural components for cranes
The plant is equipped with plasma (including carrier frames, turn tables,
cutting machines and advanced welding booms), while engines, axles and other
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over the many steel fabrication

companies in China. He contends that,
compared to China, India has much
higher skills of people required to do
high strength steel structural fabrication.
And because of India’s colonial links with
England, it has greater fluency in English.
“Any global associate outside of India
would find it convenient at all levels in
the organisation to deal with TIL in
English,” he says.

Top: Aerial view of
TIL’s Kolkata plant
Inset: The assembly
hall at the plant
TIL CEO Sumit
Mazumder
TIL president
S K Bhatnagar
components are sourced from external
sources and assembled.
TIL buys transmissions from Dana in
Europe, and axles from Axletec in the US
or Kessler in Germany. Key hydraulic
components like valves, pumps and
motors are sourced from Rexroth and
Parker, USA. Slew bearings come from
Germany, and gearboxes are bought
from manufacturers based in Europe
and the USA.
Big plans
“The massive growth in opportunities
arising out of demand from greenfield
and brownfield core and industrial
construction projects (including port and
refinery projects) in India, makes it
imperative for us to expand our facilities.
Our existing plant has reached a
saturation point,” says Mazumder. He
adds, “The expansion, aided by creation
of a new plant, would further consolidate
our market position as it would enable us
to offer numerous products.”
The company is now planning a new
INR 200bn ($4.1m) factory site measuring
800,000 sq m in its first phase, near
Kolkata. The new facility will increase the
number of units the material handling
group can build by four times as much. It
would make mobile cranes, coal cargo
handling systems, rubber-tyred gantry
cranes, electric level luffing cranes and
reach stackers at the new factory.
Production from the new plant is
expected to commence in mid 2009.
The company plans to use the plant
to not only make cranes and port
equipment for the Indian market, but
also to get into manufacturing
components for export.
“We would look to utilise our new
facility both as a production hub for new
products for the Indian market and also
to promote value based on our strong
engineering skills by supplying critical
components to crane manufacturers in
Europe,” Bhatnagar says.
When asked what these components
might include, Bhatnagar says,
“Depending on the type of equipment, it
could be booms, frames, castings and
forgings. These types of components are
of greatest interest outside of India. We
have more than 40 years’ experience
manufacturing similar components
through our licence agreement.”
Bhatnagar said that as an Indian firm,
TIL has certain competitive advantages
Local service
As well as building cranes and
components, for itself and for foreign
customers, TIL still has a substantial
distribution and service business. It is
the sole Indian distributor for many
Manitowoc crane types, and has
agreements with other foreign
manufacturers including Hyster and
Caterpillar. It has five main component
warehouses in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai,
Jammnagar and Kolkata, and 26 service
depots.
TIL has a marketing collaboration
agreement with Manitowoc crawler
cranes in India. Under the agreement TIL
offers 17 models of crawler crane from
80t–900t.
Bhatnagar says, “There is a growing
demand for crawler cranes in India, at
the capacity range of 75t–600t; at least
30% of this demand is from refinery and
core construction projects. Since India
does not manufacture cranes above 75t
capacity, they have to be sourced
globally through tie-ups.”
TIL is also the Indian distributor of
Grove’s 30t–120t rough terrain cranes,
35t–450t all terrains and 40t–75t truck
mounted cranes. TIL also distributes
Manitowoc’s Yard Boss and Shuttlelift
industrial cranes in India.
TIL recently forged an exclusive
marketing alliance with Hyster, of the
USA, to distribute its products in India,
Nepal and Bhutan. Under the deal , TIL
will market Hyster’s high capacity fork
lift trucks, empty container handlers,
laden container handlers and reach
stackers.
Mazumder says, “The relationship
with Hyster will be a significant step for
TIL to accelerate the company’s growth
in the business of providing material
handling solutions. There is a
significant opportunity for growth of
big trucks, forklifts and container
handler markets in India and
neighbouring countries. Under this
new partnership, we will significantly
increase the depth and breadth of our.”
Headquartered at Kolkata, TIL’s service
network, has a qualified team of 100
engineers spread across 26 locations
across India. Its five component
warehouses have a total stock of spare
parts exceeding 75,000 items.

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This page: espite being more than
Wolffkran cranes at 60mi along the Elbe from
work on the the Baltic Sea, Hamburg is
HafenCity
development Europe’s second biggest
port, after Rotterdam, and
the biggest city in Europe that isn’t a
national capital. It rose to prominence in
the middle ages as a member of the
Hanseatic League, the alliance of cities
that controlled trade in the Baltic for four
hundred years. Joining united Germany
in the 19th century, it remains a centre of
world trade.
The HafenCity (harbour city)
redevelopment covers 157ha of
Hamburg’s docks, with a land area of
123ha. Over twenty years, the city plans
to build offices, homes, and other
buildings, with a total floor space of
almost two million square metres. The
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cranes
The HafenCity re-development project is currently
Europe’s biggest inner-city construction project.
Crane manufacturers Liebherr and Wolffkran have
more than thirty tower cranes working on the site.
development will provide 5,500 new
homes for 12,000 people, and business
premises employing 40,000. Unlike many
European redevelopment projects, such
as London’s Docklands, HafenCity is
being built close to the established
centre of the city. It will increase the size
of the city centre by 40%.
The development is being built from
west to east, and from north to south.
One of the first major projects was the
Elbphilarmonie concert hall (Cranes Today
March 2008). Liebherr and Wolffkran now
have more than 30 cranes contracted to
work on the development.
At Brooktorkai, HafenCity’s eastern
access point, four Liebherr Series EC-H and
EC-B top slewing cranes with load
moment ratings between 110tm and
280tm are at work, together with a Series
K fast-erecting crane. On this site,
Germanische Lloyd is building its
company head offices and a boarding
house with a total gross floor area of
54,000 square metres. Nearby, at the
Ericusspitze, the Spiegel-Verlag publishing
house plans to group its media companies
together on a site area of 30,000 sq m.
Liebherr has supplied 13 of the top
slewing cranes currently in use across
HafenCity; eight of these cranes, from the
EC-H and EC-H Litronic series, have load
moment ratings of 112tm, 180tm and
280tm. There are also five flat-top cranes
from the new Liebherr EC-B series, with
load moment ratings between 71tm and
160tm. The cranes are able to lift loads
from 5t–12t, at working radii between
50m and 75m.
Liebherr top slewing cranes always
operate double-reeved, the company
says, so that no time is lost in re-reeving
the hoisting gear. They are driven by
motors of Liebherr’s own manufacture,
with continuously variable speed control.
Liebherr also has six fast erecting
K Series cranes at work on HafenCity,
with load moments between 56tm and
71tm. At Stockmeyerstrasse, three Type
71 K cranes, are at work. These cranes
operate at greatly different hook
heights, an advantage that maintains
high handling rates without any
restrictions on the individual cranes’
work areas. The crane’s versatility is
increased by provision for the jib to be
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raised to a 30° working position, or to
45° to avoid collisions. Four different jib
lengths, from 31m–45m, are available.
Other K cranes, of Types 56 K and 63 K,
are in operation at Versemannstrasse,
Brooktorkai and Sandtorkai.
Wolffkran has 14 cranes working in
one eight hectare section of the
development, in the Überseequartier
district. The cranes are working on a
mixed use, business and residential
project, with homes for 1,000 people,
and commercial buildings employing up
to 7,000 workers.
Wolffkran offered the consortium
developing the project what it calls a
‘one stop master plan’, using a wide
range of different crane models. The first
three cranes were erected at the start of
the 2008, with 11 more following
between February and July 2008. The
first sections of the project will be
completed in May 2009, but
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construction is scheduled to continue on
other parts of the site until at least 2011.
Wolffkran supplied cranes from its
Cross (with top), Compact (compact
top) and Clear (topless) series. As the
cranes would be placed tightly
together, Wolffkran was able to plan an
erection schedule that minimised the
need for mobile cranes, and instead
made use of the tower cranes already
at the site. For example a 4517city was
set up by a 6531.12cross, and 71 SL
could be assembled by a 5520.6. Using
a truck-mounted crane would have
been quite complex, Wolffkran says, as
the set up of the 500t of equipment
could have only been performed over
the weekend, in order to minimise
traffic disruption.
The assembly of the tower cranes
took place in six stages. In the first
assembly phase in January, two
6531.12cross cranes and a 4517city
Germany
There are 19 Liebherr towers
currently working on HafenCity
trolley jib crane were erected. Wolffkran
says that, due to its compact
dimensions, the 4517city is particularly
suitable for small space construction
sites in the inner city. The crane can lift
a load of 1t at jib end, and a maximum
load of 6t.
In the second phase, in February, a
71 SL, a 5520.6, a 6522-6/12 and a
second 4517city followed. In March, a
5515compact started work on the site,
followed by a 6023.6clear (without top)
and a further 6522.12 in April. The
counter jib of the F 6023.6clear could
be transported in one truck in one
piece. The entire rotating part was
transported on the road by only four
standard trailer trucks, saving time and
ensuring safety for the customer when
loading and assembling, Wolffkran says.
In May, a topless tower, a 6023.6clear,
was installed, followed by a 6522-6/12
and a 5520.6.
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Rental points the way
D
espite pessimistic general
Siloco’s MDT 178, market forecasts, Wolffkran
one of 16 cranes managing partner Peter
building the new
A13 motorway Schiefer is upbeat about
near Hamburg the prospects for
construction in Germany in 2009. “In
Germany and Switzerland, real estate
developers can still get money, credit,
and have new projects started. In
Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
infrastructure work is still continuing."
He adds that although he expects large
residential projects to slow down, but
from a relatively low start.
For tower crane rental, prospects
are not that bad, Schiefer says. “If I look at
the utilisation in our rental fleet, and our
levels of current and ongoing enquiries,
business is a bit slower, but very much
alive with new work coming on.”
When Schiefer and Hans-Peter Koller
bought the tower crane manufacturer
Wolffkran in 2005 from previous owners
MAN, they kept the company’s
philosophy of renting as well as selling
cranes. The company has six branches
and a fleet of 250–300 tower cranes in
Germany. The branches also sell.
German crane end users generally do
not like to own cranes, says Schiefer.
“Construction companies have been
burned by the ups and downs in German
real estate. It is a matter of the balance
sheet and financing for them.”
“I like the combination of sales and
rental. We can offer more to customers.
Customers basically pick and choose for
their situation. Some customers own a
fleet of Wolffs but when it comes to a
special situation, whether because of
height, or because the crane needs to
be freestanding, they might just go and
rent some components.” He adds that
having branches that rent and sell
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direct to end users “is an important part
of our success, to know the customers
and market demand well. In my eyes
we can only accomplish that if we have
a rental fleet.”
Tower crane rental has been good for
Hamburg, Germany-based Potain dealer
Siloco, says managing director David
Sengelmann. He says that the last 12
months have been the best for his
business in 15 years, and that all his fleet
is out on rental until mid-2009.
There are sound economic reasons
favouring rental, argues Sengelmann.
The company, which has a fleet of 95
towers, is 90% rental, and Sengelmann
acknowledges that Wolffkran is a big
competitor. First, rental costs a fraction
of the capital cost of a crane. “Roughly,
our monthly rental price does not
exceed 3% of the buying price. Thus if
we, as a rental company, are able to rent
the crane out for 10 months, we pay 30%
of the crane in a year, paying for it
completely in around three years. Our
clients, building companies, normally
cannot provide 10 months’ work for their
machines. Hence, renting the machines
is much cheaper for them (apart from
other advantages).”
Second, he says, the current market
situation pushes the business more
strongly toward rental. “Due to now
weak demand and tower cranes'
traditionally weaker position in Germany
than self erecting cranes, Potain pushes
its tower market by renting out its stocks
very cheaply. Thus we are able to offer
clients such cheap monthly rental prices
that buying a crane is out of the
question,” Sengelmann says.
The situation has changed suddenly in
the second half of 2008. Over the last five
years, the principal pattern has been a lack
In a climate of
economic downturn,
two tower crane
company executives
are confident that
rental offers better
opportunities than
sales for tower cranes
in Germany, reports
Will Dalrymple
of cranes. “In Germany, 10 years ago,
there were thousands of cranes. They
have disappeared over the last six to
seven years, and two or three years ago
[the market] reached a real bottom,” says
Schiefer. “A lot of equipment went out of
the German market, into Eastern Europe
and the Middle East.”
Since then, the global construction
boom also limited delivery of new cranes
into Germany, says Sengelmann, which
helped some smaller brands extend their
reach in Germany. He adds that he has
noticed that local player Wilbert, the
German rental company turned
manufacturer, has also had an influence
on the German market.
Cranes from Spain
Another new source for new cranes
might be Spain. As the Spanish
construction industry has collapsed,
thousands of used Spanish tower cranes
have sat idle, as have the production
lines of some Spanish manufacturers.
But both men say that they have not
seen Spanish cranes in Germany.
Sengelmann says that design
differences, particularly short jib lengths,
limit Spanish cranes’ entry into the
German market, but not into
neighbouring Poland, where Siloco has a
branch. It has witnessed a competitor
selling many Spanish cranes.
Schiefer says that were Spanish
companies to enter the German market,
they would have to rent, or find a rental
company to sell cranes to; such a
company would have to be basically a
startup, he says, which, in the current
market conditions, would have a hard
time getting financing to buy the cranes.
He puts it simply: “If you want to be in
Germany, you need to rent.”
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Operators of upcoming European

cranes are likely to be using even
more sophisticated computer displays
in the cabin of cranes. New control
systems launched by German
electronics firms Hirschmann and
Inter Control are both linked to better
and more complex control screens, Hirschmann’s new system scales up to
cover all the functions of a mobile crane
reports Will Dalrymple

Controls start with screen

B
oth firms sell to crane VGA/SVGA), three types (monitor only, circuit) and software (a new security
manufacturers, so many of standalone unit, or unit with integrated protocol) make the system compliant for
the improvements are PLC) and three modes of operation (by EN ISO 13849-1 Performance Level C or D,
underneath the hood, so to buttons, touch screens or thumbwheels). depending on how the system is set up.
speak, but both companies Builders can mix and match these with Hirschmann is currently beta-testing
promise that the new systems will at least four types of 32-bit controllers of the new system on Terex-Demag
change the way cranes are varying complexity, of varying numbers crawler cranes.
operated, and the way they are and types of inputs and outputs, and Although Inter Control’s new Digsy
designed and serviced. housings of differing environmental v3 control system is also being used by
Hirschmann’s new scalable protection classes. All of the controllers Terex-Demag, in its upcoming 1,000t
mobile control system have the same software and updates can AT, the idea behind its system is
consists of lots of individual be done by a USB stick without a PC. completely different.
units, such as a new “Now, we want to go with more open Instead of users building up a system
operating console, and solutions,” Wolfgang Schenk, Hirschmann of lots of nodes spread across a network,
controllers and sensors, that Electronic Control Systems sales and Inter Control is packing up all of the
customers can arrange into as marketing business unit manager, tells brainpower in one box. The box
complex a control network as the Cranes Today. “More customers are connects by a single cable to the main
machine needs. doing programming themselves. We display terminal. In fact, for this new
Inter Control’s new Like the entire system, the operating want to offer them a platform for system there is a new terminal, with
system starts with a consoles are modular. There are three everyone to do system integration.” entry buttons and a touchscreen display.
box and a screen
display sizes (4.3” QVGA, 7” WSVGA, 10.4” But Hirschmann is not going The core of the Digsy v3 system
completely do-it-yourself. New standards consists of a controller (a 32-bit, 400MHz
Hirschmann has manufactured for European machinery design are Mobile Turbo Controller, or MTC),
prototypes of a new design of changing the way cranes are controlled, input/output module or modules, and
crane display that aims to show Schenk says. The standards aim to one or two displays. The architecture
vital crane data information in an improve safety through more complex, simplifies the network, which makes
intuitive way. Instead of arranging but safer, computer control networks. troubleshooting and fault diagnosis easier,
data around an image of a crane in “Now it is not enough for a signal path to the company says. It also costs less. A
profile, the new display arranges go straight ‘sensor-logic-actuator’”. He standalone industrial display unit with
the numbers around what an operator actually sees, says that to meet new safety norms, graphics, electronics and power supply
which is a raised boom. Users can see boom angle, boom control systems need to do more than purchased for a typical CAN-Bus crane
extension, working height, number of falls of rope, simply receive information from sensors, control network might cost EUR2,500. “It
maximum load and load on the hook in greater visual process it, and act on it by sending an is basically a PC,” says Thomas Pohlmann,
context, the company argues. A column of LEDs, on the appropriate output signal. It also needs Inter Control electronic division general
right-hand side of the screen, green, yellow, and red, to have another brain keeping an eye on manager. But a display linked to the main
shows the familiar percentage of working load. The inputs and outputs, and be able to turn processor costs only EUR300.
display is Hirschmann’s first touch-screen unit. It can off the machine if something seems to be Pohlmann says that automotive
also show live feeds from up to four cameras mounted going wrong. suppliers already use this architecture.
on the crane in the top left corner. The design still needs In particular, Hirschmann’s new A satellite navigation screen, for
to be approved by safety authorities before it can be additional diagnostics hardware (a example, is not an independent
installed in working cranes. security controller and security task that component; it is just a display,
monitors the main processor and control connected to the main computer.

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Good Maintained Cranes for sale!

All Terrain Cranes
REF NR MANUFACTURER MODEL CAPACITY YOM BOOMLENGTH FIXED JIB LUFFING JIB
1598 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1995 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1600 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1997 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1601 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1996 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1604 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1997 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1605 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1997 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1606 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1607 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1608 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1609 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1610 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1611 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1612 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
1613 Faun RTF 40-3 40 1998 30 Mtr 8,7 + 6,75 Mtr
678 Liebherr LTM 1040/1 40 1997 30 Mtr 14,5 Mtr
749 Liebherr LTM 1040 40 1998 30 Mtr 14,5 Mtr
557 Demag AC 40-1 40 1999 31 Mtr 13 Mtr
1597 Demag AC 155 50 1993 40 Mtr
1603 Faun ATF 50-3 50 1997 38,6 Mtr 16 Mtr
736 Liebherr LTM 1055/1 55 2001 40 Mtr 16 Mtr
1396 Faun ATF 60-4 60 2000 40 Mtr 16 Mtr
1398 Faun ATF 60-4 60 2000 40 Mtr 16 Mtr
552 Grove GMK 4070-1 70 1998 38,1 Mtr 16 Mtr
553 Grove GMK 4070-1 70 1998 38,1 Mtr 16 Mtr
711 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
712 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
713 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
714 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
716 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
717 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
718 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
876 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
877 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
878 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
879 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
751 Grove GMK 4075 75 2001 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
777 Grove GMK 4075 75 2002 43,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
614 Demag AC 100 100 2000 50,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
616 Demag AC 100 100 2000 50,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
617 Demag AC 100 100 2000 50,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
618 Demag AC 100 100 2000 50,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
1397 Demag AC 100 100 2000 50,2 Mtr 17 Mtr
636 Grove GMK 5100 100 2000 51 Mtr 18 Mtr
715 Grove GMK 5100 100 2001 51 Mtr 19 Mtr
1631 Grove GMK 5100 100 2001 51 Mtr 18 Mtr
615 Liebherr LTM 1160/2 160 1999 60 Mtr 36 Mtr
708 Grove GMK 5200 200 2001 60 Mtr 13-40 Mtr
650 Liebherr LTM 1300 300 1999 60 Mtr 42 Mtr 70 Mtr
680 Demag AC 500-1 500 2000 56 Mtr 30 Mtr

Crawler Cranes
REF NR MANUFACTURER MODEL CAPACITY YOM BOOMLENGTH FIXED JIB LUFFING JIB
1426 Zoomlion QUY70 70 2007 57 Mtr 18 Mtr
1727 Zoomlion QUY260 260 2008 / New 83 Mtr 60 Mtr
1728 Zoomlion QUY260 260 2008 / New 83 Mtr 60 Mtr
1729 Zoomlion QUY260 260 2008 / New 83 Mtr 60 Mtr
1730 Zoomlion QUY260 260 2008 / New 83 Mtr 60 Mtr

Rough Terrain Cranes

REF NR MANUFACTURER MODEL CAPACITY YOM BOOMLENGTH FIXED JIB LUFFING JIB
811 Terex RT 230 27 1999 28,78 Mtr 13,11 Mtr
1089 Tadano TR 350 XL 35 1999 32 Mtr 12,8 Mtr
843 Terex RT 335 35 2000 28,78 Mtr 14,86 Mtr
847 Terex RT 335 35 2000 28,78 Mtr 14,86 Mtr
848 Terex RT 335 35 2000 28,78 Mtr 14,86 Mtr
849 Terex RT 335 35 2000 28,78 Mtr 14,86 Mtr
846 Terex RT 335 35 2000 28,78 Mtr 14,86 Mtr
812 Terex RT 450 45 1999 31,5 Mtr 17,6 Mtr
813 Terex RT 450 45 1997 31,5 Mtr 17,6 Mtr
814 Terex RT 450 45 2000 31,5 Mtr 17,6 Mtr
815 Terex RT 450 45 2000 31,5 Mtr 17,6 Mtr
853 Terex RT 555 55 2001 33,5 Mtr 17,3 Mtr

Contact persons
Jan van Seumeren Jr. / Miranda Verhoef
Phone +31 (0)10 204 25 85 / 204 26 37
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M O B I L E C R A N E S a n d T R U C K
Selling Leasing Long Term Rental Financing
L O A D E R S

ML Mobilecrane Leasing A small selection from our wide range of stock:

Cranes & Finance – SENNEBOGEN HPC 40
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 8 F – FAUN ATF 50-3, 60-3, 65-4, HK 40, 50, 60
D-28217 Bremen – TEREX AC 40, 50-1, AC 100-4, AC 100, AC 120
Phone: +49-172-3240053 – GROVE GMK 4075, 5095, 5110, 5130, 5170
Fax: +49-3212-1062811 – LIEBHERR LTM 1045, 1050, 1055, 1070, 1160
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HYDRAULIC CRAWLER
WOLFFKRAN CRANE SPECIALISTS
Sales Executives wanted RENTAL
LATTICE BOOM CRAWLER CRANES
SC350 35 Tonne
Wolffkran Arabia is a fast growing crane sales and rental SC400 40 Tonne
business in Dubai with a location in Abu Dhabi. In order to SC500 50 Tonne
keep up with the increasing volume of business, we are SC650 65 Tonne
SC700 70 Tonne
looking for experienced sales executives for the Gulf region.
SC800 80 Tonne
Successful candidates will have a proven track record in the SC900 90 Tonne
SC1000 100 Tonne
sales of heavy equipment to the construction industry, ideally
SC1500 150 Tonne
with tower or mobile cranes. SC1500 S.L. 230T
Candidates must be able to negotiate and successfully close TELESCOPIC BOOM CRAWLER CRANES
5T, 8T, 25T & 40T
sales, yielding a profit for the company, in accordance with
TEST WEIGHT/CRADLES
agreed goals and objectives. They must also be able to make 1200 Ton of Test Weights
effective presentations to customers, help ensure continued 40/60/100/300 Ton Cradles
sales growth and establish accurate sales forecasts.
CRANE REPAIR & OVERHAUL
If you think that this might suit you, please send your CV SERVICE, SAFE LOAD TESTING, RECALIBRATION, FABRICATION

in strictest confidence to one of the following contacts: •HITACHI-SUMITOMO NEW CRANE DISTRIBUTOR•

Wolffkran Arabia LLC NRC PLANT LTD

P.O. Box 48903, Dubai, UAE Neagron House, Stanford Road, Orsett, Essex RM16 3BX
Tel: 01375 361616 Fax: 01375 361818
Fax: (971) (4) 3920276 Email: sales@nrcplant.co.uk
E-mail: acctmgr@wolffkranarabia.ae Website: www.nrcplant.co.uk

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HOVAGO IS MOVING!
On December 1st 2008, Hovago Cranes will be operating
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Hovago Cranes b.v. Our new mail address will be:
Galvanistraat 35 Hovago Cranes b.v.
NL-3316 GH Dordrecht P.O. Box 23474
The Netherlands NL-3001 KL Rotterdam
T: +31 (0)10 8920475 The Netherlands
F: +31 (0)10 8920485
E: info@hovago.com
W: www.hovago.com

CRANES FOR SALE

ALL TERRAIN-CRANES
Ton Make / Type y. o. m. Drive Boom / Fly Jib
20 t Krupp KMK 2020 1994 4x4x4 20,50m + 3,80m
30 t Kato KA 300 E 1990 4x4x4 26,40m + 7,30m
30 t PPM ATT 335 1997 4x4x4 27,40m + 15,00m
35 t PPM ATT 400 1998 4x4x4 30,40m + 15,00m
35 t PPM ATT 400/2 2000 4x4x4 30,40m + 8,00m
40 t Faun RTF 40-3 2001 6x6x6 30,00m + 15,45m
40 t Liebherr LTM 1040-1 1994 6x4x6 30,00m + 8,00m
50 t
50 t
Demag AC 155
PPM ATT 590
1993
1996
6x4x6
6x6x6
40,00m + 17,60m
40,00m + 15,00m Supplying Crane Parts World-Wide
50 t Liebherr LTM 1050/1 1995 6x6x6 40,00m + 16,00m
50 t Faun ATF 50-3 1997 6x6x6 38,00m + 16,00m www.upstatecraneparts.com
55 t Liebherr LTM 1055 2004 6x6x6 40,00m + 16,00m

Terex RT230, RT335,

60 t Faun ATF 60-4 2000 8x6x8 40,00m + 16,00m
75 t Grove GMK 4075 2001 8x6x8 43,20m + 27,00m
75 t Grove GMK 4075 2001 8x6x8 43,20m + 17,00m
80 t
80 t
90 t
Demag AC 205
Liebherr LTM 1080/1
Liebherr LTM 1090/2
1996
1999
1998
8x6x6
8x6x8
8x8x8
50,00m + 17,60m
48,00m + 17,00m
52,00m + 18,00m
RT665 & RT780’s
100 t
250 t
Grove GMK 5100
Demag AC 665 SL
2001
1996
TELESCOPIC – TRUCK CRANES
10x8x10
12x8x8
51,00m + 34,00m
57,80m + 65,00m T560-1 & T775 truck cranes
25 t
25 t
Tadano TL 250 E
Tadano TL 250 E
1997
1997
6x4x2
6x4x2
30,00m + 7,50m
30,00m + 7,50m HC80 & HC230 & Demag AC140
All available immediately
25 t Kato NK 250 E 1997 6x4x2 30,00m + 7,50m
25 t Kato NK 250 E 1998 6x4x2 30,00m + 7,50m
70 t Grove TT 865 1997 8x6x8 38,00m + 18,50m
REACHSTACKER 7021 Performance Drive, North Syracuse, NY 13212
40 t PPM 40 GMI 1991 4x2x2 4 th height
Phone: (315) 458-4101 Fax: (315) 458-3169
BOOMLIFTER
3t JCB Telehändler 535-95 2003 4x4x4 9,50 m Serving Metropolitan NYC & NJ Areas: 130 Allen Street, Netcong, NJ 07857
3,3 t JCB Telehändler 535-105 2006 4x4x4 10,50 m Phone: (973) 398-2757 Fax: (973) 398-2645
3,5 t JCB Telehändler 535-125 2007 4x4x4 12,50 m
M. STEMICK GMBH, Serving Boston & Connecticut: 20 Industrial Road, Wrentham, MA 02093
Kran-u. Baumaschinenhandel Import - Export, Phone: (508) 384-4122 Fax: (508) 384-8230
Annabergstr. 97, D-45721 Haltern/Germany TOLLFREE: 1-800-342-7575 SALES * SERVICE * PARTS
Tel: +49-2364-108203 Fax: +49-2364-15546 Mobile: +49-172-2332923
e-mail: info@stemick-krane.de Internet: http://www.stemick-krane.de www.empirecrane.com Email: sales@empirecrane.com

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WANTED
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Demag AC 1200 1998 Grove GMK 3050 1997 Grove GMK 4080 1997 Faun RTF 60/4 1999

Van Schaften Trucks B.V. Telephone: +31 (0)10 4157488

Polderweg 74 Mobile: +31 (0)65 3246922
3125 KE Fax: +31 (0)10 4624902
Schiedam Email: johan@trucks-r-us.eu
Holland Web: www.trucks-r-us.eu

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DEMAG AC350SSL ALLTERRAIN 350T 2002
GROVE GMK5100 ALLTERRAIN 100T 2003
LIEBHERR LTM1095 ALLTERRAIN 100T 2006
FAUN ATF80-4 ALLTERRAIN 80T 2006
FAUN ATF70-4 ALLTERRAIN 70T 1998
FAUN ATF60-3 ALLTERRAIN 60T 2006
DEMAG AC60 CITYCRANE 60T 2003
FAUN ATF50-3 ALLTERRAIN 50T 2008
GROVE GMK3050 ALLTERRAIN 50T 1999
DEMAG AC35L ALLTERRAIN 35T 2004 & 05
PPM ATT350 ALLTERRAIN 30T 1999
Tel: +44 (0)1794 322777 Fax: +44 (0)1794 322070
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USED CRANES AND CRANE HIRE GUIDE
All Terrain Cranes
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: 510-638-8100
F: 510-639-4053
E: ct@Bigge.com
W: www.bigge.com
BMS A/S
T: (+45) 44949048
F: (+45) 44943760
E: info@bms.dk
W: www.bms.dk
HAC Cranes GmbH & Co. KG
T: +49 4231 9821190
F: +49 4231 9821199
E: hac@hac-germany.com
W: www.hac-cranes.com
Hellmich Kranservice
T: 0049 6158 1001
F: 0049 6158 6929
E: info@hellmich-kranservice.de
W: www.hellmich-kranservice.de
King Lifting Limited
T: 0117 982 1121
F: 0117 982 6244
E: sales@kinglifting.co.uk
www.kinglifting.co.uk
KMS GmbH & Co. Handels-KG
T: 0049 2595 386980
F: 0049 2595 3869888
E: mail@kms-cranes.com
W: www.kms-cranes.com
M. Stemick GmbH
T: 0049 2364 108203
F: 0049 2364 15546
E: info@stemick-krane.de
W: www.stemick-krane.de
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
T: +65 6269 0022
F: +65 6367 1917
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
W: www.tathong.com
Vema Cranes
T: 0031 162 68 1050
F: 0031 162 68 6262
E: sales@vemacrane.com
W: www.vemacrane.com
Crawler Cranes
BET
T: 0031 514 569608
F: 0031 514 569186
E: f.kramer@borcherts.com
W: www.borcherts.com
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: 510-638-8100
F: 510-639-4053
E:ct@Bigge.com
W: www.bigge.com
BMS A/S
T: (+45) 44949048
F: (+45) 44943760
E: info@bms.dk
W: www.bms.dk
Cranebusiness BV
Logicrane – Fushun
T: +31 168 381 575
F: +31 168 381 576
E: info@cranebusiness.com
W: www.cranebusiness.com
Hellmich Kranservice
T: 0049 6158 1001
F: 0049 6158 6929
E: info@hellmich-kranservice.de
W: www.hellmich-kranservice.de
House of Equipment
T: + 971 – 4 – 8803079
F: + 971 – 4 – 8803078
E: info@hoeuae.ae
W: www.hoeuae.ae
Mammoet Trading
T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637
F: +31 10 204 24 42
E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com
W: www.mammoettrading.com
NRC Plant Ltd
T: 01375 361616
F: 01375 361818
E: sales@nrcplant.co.uk
W:www.nrcplant.co.uk
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Crawler Cranes (continued)
Promech Resources Co. Ltd
T: 00(662) 7171406-7
F: 00(662) 7171408
E: sales@promechresources.com
or mtwi@ksc.th.com
W: www.promechresources.com
PVE Cranes Middle East LLC
T: +971 4 271 9138
F: +971 4 271 9236
E: info@pvecranes.com
W: www.pvecranes.com
PVE Cranes & Services BV
T: +31 184 425 949
F: +31 184 424 820
E: info@pvecranes.com
W: www.pvecranes.com
PVE Cranes & Services, Lp
T: +1 904 354 1940
F: +1 904 354 1942
E: info@pvecranes.com
W: www.pvecranes.com
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
T: +65 6269 0022
F: +65 6367 1917
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
W: www.tathong.com
Vema Cranes
T: 0031 162 68 1050
F: 0031 162 68 6262
E: sales@vemacrane.com
W: www.vemacrane.com
Dockside Cranes
Grove Worldwide
T: 0191 522 2000
F: 0191 522 2051
E: jcantle@groveworldwide.com
W: www.groveworldwide.com
Gantry Cranes
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: 510-638-8100
F: 510-639-4053
E: ct@Bigge.com
W: www.bigge.com
Heavy Crawler Cranes
Sarens UK Limited
(Middlesbrough)
Cranes up to 1200 Tonne
T: +44 (0)1642 621621
F: +44 (0)1642 621620
E: info@sarens.co.uk
Heavy Strut Jib Cranes
Sarens UK Limited
(Middlesbrough)
Cranes up to 2000 Tonne
T: +44 (0)1642 621621
F: +44 (0)1642 621620
E: info@sarens.co.uk
Heavy Telescopic Cranes
Sarens UK Limited
(Middlesbrough)
Cranes up to 1000 Tonne
T: +44 (0)1642 621621
F: +44 (0)1642 621620
E: info@sarens.co.uk
Hooks and Slings
Gunnebo Industrier AB
T: 0046 220 384 00
F: 0046 220 384 98
E: export@gunnebolifting.com
W: www.gunnebolifting.com
Hydraulic Cranes
Mammoet Trading
T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637
F: +31 10 204 24 42
E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com
W: www.mammoettrading.com
Hydraulic Lifting Gantries
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: 510-638-8100
F: 510-639-4053
E: ct@Bigge.com
W: www.bigge.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 8269 7743 Email: khearn@progressivemediagroup.com
Hydraulic Lifting Gantries
(continued)
Krah GmbH
T: 0049-7941-8325
F: 0049-7941-37994
E: krah@Lift-systems.de
W: www.Lift-systems.de
Loader Cranes
Hebe Ladekrane
T: 0049 (0) 2351 677453
F: 0049 (0) 2351 677455
E: arnd.bruckhaus@heba.eu
W: www.heba.eu
Machinery Installations &
Industrial Removals
King Lifting Limited
T: 0117 982 1121
F: 0117 982 6244
E: sales@kinglifting.co.uk
www.kinglifting.co.uk
Mobile Cranes
A Soulis Enterprises
T: +357 24 64 24 30
F: +357 24 64 24 42
E: asoulis@spidernet.com.cy
W: www.soulis-cranes.com.cy
Grove Worldwide
T: 0191 522 2000
F: 0191 522 2051
E: jcantle@groveworldwide.com
W: www.groveworldwide.com
Hineman Crane Sales Ltd
T: 01794 322777
F: 01794 322070
E: sales@hinemancranes.com
House of Equipment
T: + 971 – 4 – 8803079
F: + 971 – 4 – 8803078
E: info@hoeuae.ae
W: www.hoeuae.ae
M. Stemick GmbH
T: 0049 2364 108203
F: 0049 2364 15546
E: info@stemick-krane.de
W: www.stemick-krane.de
Sarilar
T: 0090 262 641 3868
F: 0090 262 641 1301
E: info@sarilar.com.tr
W: www.sarilar.com.tr
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
T: +65 6269 0022
F: +65 6367 1917
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
W: www.tathong.com
Mobile Hydraulic Cranes
King Lifting Limited
T: 0117 982 1121
F: 0117 982 6244
E: sales@kinglifting.co.uk
www.kinglifting.co.uk
Radio Remote Controls
Cavotec
T: 0046 8556 5220
F: 0046 8556 52219
E: lars.hellman@cavotec.com
W: www.alfab.se
Rough Terrain
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: 510-638-8100
F: 510-639-4053
E: ct@Bigge.com
W: www.bigge.com
M. Stemick GmbH
T: 0049 2364 108203
F: 0049 2364 15546
E: info@stemick-krane.de
W: www.stemick-krane.de
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
T: +65 6269 0022
F: +65 6367 1917
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
W: www.tathong.com
Tower Cranes Tower Cranes (Self Erecting)
Bigge Crane & Rigging Co. (continued)
T: 510-638-8100 Machine Trading International
F: 510-639-4053 T: 00352 2674 5480
E: ct@Bigge.com F: 00352 2674 5483
W: www.bigge.com E: Mtilux@aol.com
House of Equipment
W: www.mtilux.com
T: + 971 – 4 – 8803079
Mantis Cranes
F: + 971 – 4 – 8803078
T: +353 74 914 9981
E: info@hoeuae.ae
F: +353 74 914 9932
W: www.hoeuae.ae
UK DEPOT
Mohr Gmbh
T: Lo-call 0845 309 8158
T: 0049 722 930490
F: +44 1388 748962
F: 0049 722 95133
W: www.mantiscranes.ie
E: michael.mohr@mohr-gmbh.de
Multi-Crane International B.V.
W: mohr-gmbh.de
T: +31 172 440481
Tower Cranes (Luffing Jib)
F: +31 172 442340
Machine Trading International E: info@multi-crane.com
T: 00352 2674 5480 W: www.multi-crane.com
F: 00352 2674 5483 Tower Cranes (Self Erecting)
E: Mtilux@aol.com New and Used
W: www.mtilux.com Nouman Fouad Trading
Tower Cranes (Luffing Jib) T: 00 971-2-6730778
New and Used F: 00 971-2-6730434
Nouman Fouad Trading E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae
T: 00 971-2-6730778 W: www.nftcrane.com
F: 00 971-2-6730434 Tower Cranes (Spare Parts)
E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae Saudem
W: www.nftcrane.com T: +33 1 48 52 80 00
Tower Cranes (Saddle Jib) F: +33 1 48 92 02 01
Kranen Bouw E: SAUDEM@wanadoo.fr
T: +31 (0)497 551100 W: www.saudem.com
F: +31 (0)497 573674 Stafford Tower Cranes
E: info@kranenbouw.com Spare Parts:
Liebherr, Comansa, Peiner, Wolff etc.
Machine Trading International
T: 00 353 1 810 7752
T: 00352 2674 5480
F: 00 353 1 810 7706
F: 00352 2674 5483
E: info@towercranes.ie
E: Mtilux@aol.com W: www.towercranes.ie
W: www.mtilux.com Transport Equipment
Multi-Crane International B.V. Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
T: +31 172 440481 T: 510-638-8100
F: +31 172 442340 F: 510-639-4053
E: info@multi-crane.com E: ct@Bigge.com
W: www.multi-crane.com W: www.bigge.com
Promech Resources Co. Ltd Mammoet Trading
T: 00(662) 7171406-7 T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637
F: 00(662) 7171408 F: +31 10 204 24 42
E: sales@promechresources.com E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com
or mtwi@ksc.th.com W: www.mammoettrading.com
W: www.promechresources.com Truck Cranes
Stafford Tower Cranes TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
Sales: T: +65 6269 0022
Comansa, Liebherr, Peiner, Wolff etc. F: +65 6367 1917
T: 00 353 1 810 7752 E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
F: 00 353 1 810 7706 W: www.tathong.com
E: derek@towercranes.ie Truck Cranes (Lattice Boom)
W: www.towercranes.ie Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
Stafford Tower Cranes T: 510-638-8100
Hire: F: 510-639-4053
Comansa, Liebherr, Peiner, Wolff etc. E:ct@Bigge.com
T: 00 353 1 810 7752 W: www.bigge.com
F: 00 353 1 810 7706 M. Stemick GmbH
E: win@towercranes.ie T: 0049 2364 108203
W: www.towercranes.ie F: 0049 2364 15546
Tower Cranes (Saddle Jib) E: info@stemick-krane.de
New and Used W: www.stemick-krane.de
Nouman Fouad Trading Promech Resources Co. Ltd
T: 00 971-2-6730778 T: 00(662) 7171406-7
F: 00 971-2-6730434 F: 00(662) 7171408
E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae E: sales@promechresources.com
W: www.nftcrane.com or mtwi@ksc.th.com
Tower Cranes (Self Erecting) W: www.promechresources.com
King Lifting Limited Truck Cranes (Telescopic)
T: 0117 982 1121 Bigge Crane & Rigging Co.
F: 0117 982 6244 T: 510-638-8100
E: sales@kinglifting.co.uk F: 510-639-4053
www.kinglifting.co.uk E:ct@Bigge.com
Ladybird Crane Hire W: www.bigge.com
T: 01527 889889 King Lifting Limited
F: 01527 889879 T: 0117 982 1121
E: hire@ladybirdcranehire.co.uk F: 0117 982 6244
or info@ladybirdcranehire.co.uk E: sales@kinglifting.co.uk
W: www.ladybirdcranehire.co.uk www.kinglifting.co.uk
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Lift your image!

MTI-LUX S.A.
2a, Rue Prince Henri
L-6735 Grevenmacher
Luxemburg
Tel. +352 / 267 454 80
Fax +352 / 267 454 83
MTILUX@aol.com
MTILUX@pt.lu

www.mti-lux.com

Used Towercranes for sale:

LIEBHERR
K-M-S 45EC, 71EC, 112EC-H, 140EC-H-10,
Krane-Maschinen-Service GmbH & Co.
Handels KG 80HC, 120HC, 201HC, 256HC

WE HAVE ALWAYS ABOUT 30 CRANES IN STOCK WOLFF

WK 71SL, WK 91SL, WK 122SL,

PEINER
SK 96, SK 126-1, SK 186

MW Krane GmbH+Co KG
60 t Liebherr LTM 1060-2, 80 t Liebherr LTM 1080-1, 100 t Terex Demag AC 100, Iffezheim/Germany
2001 2004 2003 Tel.+49 7229 304915
Telescopic-AT-Cranes Fax.+49 7229 5133
22 t Liebherr LTM 1022, 1984 mail: mwkrane@gmx.de
30 t PPM Terex ATT 350, 1999
35 t Liebherr LTM 1030-2, 2002
35 t PPM Terex ATT 400-3, 2002
35 t Terex Demag AC 35, 2003
40 t Terex Demag AC 40-1, 1999
40 t
40 t
Liebherr
Tadano Faun
LTM 1040-1,
RFT 40-3,
1993
1992 used cranes
40 t
45 t
Kato
Tadano Faun
KA 400 E,
ATF 45-3,
1992
2003 for sale
50 t Terex Demag AC 50-1, 2002
50 t PPM Terex ATT 600, 1998
Contact: David Symon
50 t
50 t
Grove
Liebherr
AT 755 – C,
LTM 1050-1,
1998
1997
Nigg Plant Limited Mobile Number: +44 (0) 7747 568587
60 t Liebherr LTM 1060-2, 2001
70 t Grove GMK 4070-1, 1999 Telephone Number +44 (0) 1226 785588
75 t Grove GMK 4075, 2001 + 2002
80 t Liebherr LTM 1080-1, 2000 + 2004 Fax Number +44 (0) 1226 785577
100 t Terex Demag AC 100, 2003
120 t Terex Demag AC 120, 2002 davidsymon@niggplant.com
More cranes available, visit our website: www.kms-cranes.com
Email: mail@kms-cranes.com
Tel: +49-2595-38698-0 Fax: +49-2595-38698-88 www.niggplant.com

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The Market Place

HOMAR B.V.
Import-export hydraulic and lattice boom cranes

Homar B.V Tel: +31-341-253982

Marconiweg 15 Fax: +31-341-254207
8071 RB Nunspeet Email: info@homar.nl
STOCKLIST The Netherlands Web: www.homar.nl
Telescopic AT-cranes
capacity manufacturer type year drive/steering boom/jib (m) delivery
90 t Liebherr LTM 1090/2 1998 8x8x8 52 / 18 direct
80 t Demag AC 80-1 2001 8x8x8 50 / 17,6 direct
80 t Demag AC 80-1 1998 8x6x6 50 / 17,6 direct
80 t Liebherr LTM 1080/1 2001 8x6x8 48 / 19 direct
80 t Liebherr LTM 1080/1 2000 8x6x8 48 / 19 direct
80 t Liebherr LTM 1080/1 1999 8x6x8 48 / 19 direct
80 t Demag AC 205 1996 8x6x6 50 / 17,6 direct
75 t Grove GMK 4075 2001 8x6x8 43,2 / 17 direct
75 t Grove GMK 4075 (2x) 2001 8x8x8 43,2 / 17 direct
60 t Faun ATF 60-4 2000 8x6x8 40,2 / 16 direct
60 t Liebherr LTM 1060/1 1995 8x6x8 40 / 16 direct
60 t Krupp KMK 4060 1990 8x6x8 35 / 16 direct
50 t Demag AC 50-1 2002 6x6x6 40 / 17,6 direct
50 t PPM ATT 590 1996 6x6x6 40 / 15 direct
50 t Liebherr LTM 1050/1 (2x)1995 6x6x6 40 / 16 direct
50 t Liebherr LTM 1050/1 1995 6x4x6 40 / 16 direct
50 t Demag AC 155 1993 6x4x6 40 / 17 direct
40 t Liebherr LTM 1040/1 1994 6x4x6 30 / 8 direct
40 t Liebherr LTM 1040 1993 6x4x6 30 / 9 direct
40 t Liebherr LTM 1040-3 1990 6x4x6 30 / 14,5 direct
40 t Demag AC 95 1997 4x4x4 32,3 / 17,6 direct
40 t Demag AC 95 1995 4x4x4 32,3 / 17,6 direct
35 t PPM ATT 400/2 2000 4x4x4 30,4 / 8 direct
35 t PPM ATT 400 1998 4x4x4 30,4 / 15 direct
30 t PPM ATT 335 1997 4x4x4 27,4 / 15 direct
30 t Kato KA 300 E 1990 4x4x4 26,4 / 7,3 direct
25 t Demag AC 25 2000 4x4x4 25 / 13 direct
20 t Krupp KMK 2020 1994 4x4x4 20,5 / 3,8 direct
20 t Grove AT 422 E 1991 4x4x4 21,4 / 7,6 direct
20 t Grove AT 400 E 1988 4x4x4 21,4 / 7,6 direct
15 t Coles Transit 515 1981 4x4x4 17,2 / 9 direct
Telescopic Truck-cranes
25 t Kato NK 250 E (2x) 1998 6x4x2 31 / 8 direct
25 t Tadano TL 250 E (2x) 1998 6x4x2 31 / 8 direct
Telescopic RT-cranes
36 t Grove RT 740 1982 4x4x4 24 / 9 direct
Tower cranes
Spierings AT-5 598 2003 direct
Yard cranes
8t IHI CTR 80 1978 4x4x2 8,5 direct
Reach stackers
40 t PPM 40 GMI 1991 4x2x2 12,30 direct

More machines, pictures and details on www.homar.nl

VEMA Crane b.v. Im-and export of Heavy Equipment

ALL TERRAIN CRANES:

LIEBHERR LTM1030-2, 35t, 2004
LIEBHERR LTM1030-2, 35t, 2003
LIEBHERR LTM1040, 40t, 1997
LIEBHERR LTM1120, 120t, 1997
KRUPP KMK4055, 55t, 1989
FAUN ATF70-4, 70t, 1997

CRAWLER CRANES:
BRAND NEW ZOOMLION QUY70 (70t),
AVAILABLE DIRECT!
BRAND NEW LIEBHERR LR and HS Cranes
HITACHI KH230-3
HITACHI KH300-3
SOBEMAI KTR 251, 25t, 1988
Also other equipment available, please check out our updated website:

www.vemacrane.com
Contact: Rob or Henk van Oorschot
Tel.+31-162-681050 Fax.+31-162-686262
E-mail: sales@vemacrane.com
Brieltjenspolder 32, 4921 PJ Made, Netherlands.
Located near highway A59, 10 minutes from auction

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For more information and our complete stocklist

visit our website: www.waterland-trading.nl
60 ton Faun ATF 60-4 2004 90 ton Faun ATF 90-4 1999
8x6x8, boom 40.2m, jib 16.0m 8x6x8, boom 42.1m, jib 16.0m

40 ton Compact Truck CT 2 AT 2001 60 ton Faun ATF 60-4 1999

4x4, boom 30.3m 8x6x8, boom 40.2m, jib 16.0 m

Please contact Waterland Trading B.V. The Netherlands

P.O. Box 1171 - 1440 BD PURMEREND
Tel. +31 (0)299-39 00 55 Fax: +31 (0)299-39 00 60
Email: info@waterland-trading.nl

LIEBHERR
71 EC 5,6t 1992
90 EC 6t 1991
91 EC 6t 1994
110 EC-B 6t 2006
112 EC-H 8t 1996
112 EC-H 8t 2006
280 EC-H 12t 2000
Visit our Website for more
details and additional offers.

Tel: (+49) 62 21 82 81 80
Fax: (+49) 62 21 83 12 04
www.wetzelcranes.de
info@wetzelcranes.de

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With many years experience in the crawler crane industry, the Cranebusiness
Company is focussing on the future by offering more practical, economical and
advanced solutions to its customers.
Cranebusiness is the EU distributor for Fushun Exc. Co. Ltd, and works closely
with this high quality manufacturer of crawler cranes. As a result, there are a
growing number of new, more modern cranes that comply fully with international
standards and requirements. Proven relations with the Fushun factory, combined
with an increasing number of customers, motivate us to work harder. It is our
absolute intention to work internationally with Fushun and provide even more
high quality and innovative products such as the LOGICRANE.
Located in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, we offer unique advantages being close to
the country’s main seaports and airports.
We are proud to work with you, we are HOOKED ON CRANES.

Cranebusiness BV.
Apolloweg 144782 SB
MOERDIJK
The Netherlands
T: +31 168 381575
F: +31 168 381576
E: info@cranebusiness.com
W: www.cranebusiness.com
Fushun Exc. Co. Ltd’s roots lie in China’s industrial northeast. For over 100 years
Fushun has contributed to China’s industrial development by manufacturing a
host of heavy equipment. Since the 1980’s Fushun has accumulated vast
experience and currently leads the field in developing and manufacturing
modern hydraulic crawler cranes. Large investment in human resources, and in
an advanced industrial plant, has seen Fushun become a leading manufacturer
of safe and reliable cranes to both the domestic, and international markets.
An ever-growing network of reputable distributors offering even better quality
products is seeing a strong relationship develop with the global customer base.
We look at the world; THE SKY IS OUR LIMIT.

FUWA HEAVY INDUSTRY CO. LTD.

No. 2 Shuangyang Road, Shuncheng District,
Fushun, Liaoning
113126 CHINA
T: +86 413 7642558
F: +86 413 7642766
E: export@cnfuwa.com
W: www.cnfuwa.com
 THE BACK PAGE
In Our Fleet: Scotland
William Whyte Cargo Handlers
We are a family business, started in 1983, and have grown quite a lot in the
past few years simply because we focus strongly on customer service and our
customers keep giving us the work. A lot of it is based on word-of-mouth, as
we’ve all been in the game a long time. For example, I’ve been in the industry
35 years with people like Greenham, Sparrows, Taylor Crane and James Jack.
Our heavy cranes manager, John Spillings, has worked for companies like
Ainscough and Baldwins. So we have plenty of experience as well as the
technical capability to plan, supervise and execute major lifting operations.
When I joined this company four years ago we had 12 cranes. We’ve now
got 25, almost all Liebherr, although we also have an 80t Tadano Faun.
The size of the cranes we buy is governed by our clients. Small cranes are
a dying breed. Our smallest crane now is 35t but in a few years time I expect
it will be 50t. All loads are getting bigger.
Although our three depots are all in northeast Scotland – in New
Aberdour, Aberdeen and Montrose – our heavy cranes work all over the
UK. Three years ago we got a 400t Liebherr and last year added a 500
tonner, mainly for
windmill work.
As well as word
of mouth, our
growth has also
been partly driven
by the demise of
other companies.
For example,
Ainscough’s recent
acquisitions of
James Jack and
Crane Services has
left a bit of a gap in
the heavy lift
market for clients
that might not want
to always use a big
national player.
Arthur McKerron –
marketing director

Match the brand

Bauma China was full of domestic, international and internationalising crane
manufacturers. Can you match up these Asian crane logos with their
brands? Solutions next month.
1. Foton Lovol A
2. FUWA (Fushun Excavator Corp)
3. LiuGong Texan musician Ezra Reynolds has taken to photographing cranes in his home
4. Maeda town, Austin, in an attempt to come to terms with the city's rapid growth.
He's collected 12 of the best shots in a new calendar, Cranes of Austin 2009.
5. Sany Reynold's is selling the calendars on the web (myspace.com/cranesofaustin).
6. XCMG Talking to local newspaper the Austin American-Statesman, Reynolds talks
7. Zoomlion about what it was like to grow up in the city during an influx of (what the
paper calls) 'carpetbaggers': "I went through a phase in high school where I
C B D tried being mean to people so they just wouldn't come here, but it just didn't
work. At some point, you have to stop fighting and define something
beautiful in the surroundings that exist.”

Quote of the month

E F G
"If you want to be in Germany, you
need to rent"
Peter Schiefer, Wolffkran CEO, p40

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