The Sennebogen Academy and the Erich Sennebogen Museum have been officially opened in Straubing, Germany. The newly founded Sennebogen Academy has a modern machine training center, demonstration site, as well as training rooms and conference facilities. The Erich Sennebogen Museum exhibits with the historic machines and documents on display from the firm’s more than 60-year history. Erich Sennebogen the company's chief executive said: "With the opening of our Sennebogen Academy we are investing in the future. Instruction and training are … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Zoomlion Jost Flat-top tower crane launched
The first Zoomlion Jost flat top tower crane has been launched: the T8030-25U. A project team based at the Chinese manufacturers research centre in Germany developed the crane. The flat top tower crane T8030-25U has a maximum lifting moment of 4925kN/m. The firm said that the design philosophy was to optimise the design of major structures, including crane top, crane boom, crane boom pull rods, climbing frame, upper and under bearing, cab, and improving the safety of components, including platform, handrail, connecting screw rod and safety … [Read more...]
Mammoet use Liebherr LR 13000’s PowerBoom
Mammoet has used the 3000t Liebherr LR 13000 crawler crane on the installation of legs of the 940t 87m long Aeolus jack-up vessel. The parallel boom of the LR 13000, referred to as PowerBoom was used for this for the first time on the job in Bremerhaven, Germany. The vessel had been towed to Bremerhaven in order for the four jack-up legs to be installed. The job was the first time the LR 13000 had been equipped with the PowerBoom. This means the double lattice mast booms extend over a length of 48m in parallel to one another. The function is … [Read more...]
Kobelco see home growth
Japanese manufacturer Kobelco has recorded high levels of growth in its domestic market, whilst international markets saw a drop in demand. The firm announced that aggregate demand in the domestic crawler crane market in the fiscal year 2013 was up by 47% from the previous year. The company said that the improvement was due to an increase in the number of public work projects significantly because of the availability of deferred funds from the large-scale supplementary budget of fiscal 2012 and other factors, in addition to reconstruction … [Read more...]
Poland’s EWPA become Terex distributor
Terex Cranes has announced EWPA Maszyny Budowlane as an authorised crane distributor for Poland. EWPA will provide local equipment sales, and service and parts support for Terex all terrain, rough terrain and crawler cranes, delivering lift capabilities from 32t to 3,520t. EWPA was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Komorniki, near Poznan. With workshops in Wroclaw and Lodz, EWPA has been an authorized distributor for Terex Construction since 1999. The firm has 20 branches in Poland and over 30 team members in its service and support … [Read more...]
Palfinger Sany complete tie-up, launch RT range for Russia
Palfinger and Sany have launched a new Palfinger Sany rough terrain range aimed at Russian users, and announced the completion of the two firms' mutual capital interlinking. The new Palfinger Sany rough terrain crane series was launched at a Palfinger-Sany CIS-Dealer-Conference in Moscow. Further product developments will be displayed at the CTT 2014, also in the Russian city. The three rough terrain cranes have lifting capacities of 35t, 55t and 75t. The new rough terrain crane series has four-wheel steering, 116tm to 258tm lifting … [Read more...]