Satoru Oyashiki, vice president of Tadano Faun, is moving back to Tadano headquarters in Japan, after six years in the job. He will be replaced by Akihiko Kitamura who moved to Germany in October. Kitamura has been an officer of Tadano since 2011.
Oyashaki’s role as sales and customer support director, will be taken over by Rolf Sonntag. Sonntag joined Tadano Faun in a production role in 1992 and has been a Geschäftsführer of Tadano Faun since 2007.
Louisiana based heavy haulage company Bengal Transportation Services has taken delivery of the first Terex Explorer 5800 in the USA.
The company, based in Geismar, purchased the 220 tonne crane from Terex distributor Dozier Crane and immediately put the crane to work at an ammonia plant.
Bryan Vigé of Bengal said: “We were looking for a crane with the latest technology, and the Explorer 5800 met that need with its cutting edge design and one engine concept. We are very pleased with the performance so far.”
Lifting and transport specialist Tiong Woon has taken delivery of five new 300 tonne capacity Manitowoc Grove all terrains to add to its crane rental fleet.
The Singapore-based company marked the addition of the GMK6300L models in a ceremony held during the Bauma China construction industry exhibition in Shanghai at the end of November. Tiong Woon Crane & Transport, 15th in the IC50 ranking of the world’s largest crane rental companies, now has 18 Groves in its fleet of more than 300 wheeled mobile and crawler cranes.
At the ceremony KH Ang, Tiong Woon chairman, commented, “Grove cranes are very popular units with our customers. When the Grove GMK6300L was launched in 2010 we could see that its onboard innovation gave it capabilities that other cranes didn’t have, particularly with its 80 metre boom. We watched the arrival of the first units in Asia with interest and quickly realised that this crane would be a great solution for many of our customers. It was only a matter of time until we ordered our own, and we saw such strong potential for the GMK6300L that we ordered five units.”
Grove has sold hundreds of units of its six-axle, 80 m boom GMK6300L since it was unveiled in IC magazine in April 2010. Tiong Woon’s other Groves include GMK3055 and GMK5095 all terrains and RT760E and RT890E rough terrains.
German crane group Max Bögl has taken delivery of its third 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200 9.1 making it six Liebherr crane so far this year.
The new crane features the 100 metre main boom option, which when combined with the luffing jib takes the maximum system length up to 188 metres.
Bögl took its first LTM11200-9.1 in April 2013 and its second in May of this year, the latest unit was recently handed over at Liebherr’s plant in Ehingen.
Peter Guttenberger, director of transport and machines at Max Bögl said: “We particularly use our LTM 11200 9.1 in the wind power industry. They are perfect for erecting hybrid towers”.
The other four Liebherr cranes taken this year include two 45 tonne LTF 1045-3.1 truck-mounted cranes a 100 tonne LTR 1100 and 220 tonne telescopic crawler cranes. The company has also ordered two more LTR1100 crawler cranes for delivery in the first half of 2015.
German crane rental company Richard Kölch & Sohn has taken delivery of a 90 tonne Tadano ATF 90G-4 is an All-Terrain crane.
The new crane joins a fleet in Fürth, Bavaria that is increasingly dominated by Tadano cranes, including the ATF 45G-3, ATF 65G-4 , ATF 110G-5 and the 220 tonne ATF 220G-5. The company’s proximity to the Tadano Faun production facility in the Nuremberg area is of course an advantage. A second ATF220G-5 is due for delivery in February.
Director Kurt Kölch said: “Reliable control and excellent engineering: that is why we keep coming back to Tadano. If we do need to use Tadano service, we get straight through to a competent technician every time”.
Richard Kölch & Sohn was established in 1977 with a 12 tonne Krupp mobile crane, and is now run by the second generation of the family, Kurt Kölch, together with his sons Alexander and Andreas. The company also provides industrial removal services and heavy transport services.
AGD Equipment, the UK and Ireland distributor for Marchetti and Sennebogen cranes, has taken delivery of a 70 tonne Sennebogen 673R crawler crane and an eight tonne 608M multi-crane for its rental fleet.
The 608M multi-crane, mounted on a wheeled rather than a crawler or rail chassis, with closer capabilities to a heavy duty telehandler than a crane, can be fitted with various attachments such as, lifting forks/bucket, hoist, a 4.5 to seven metre telescopic jib and an 800kg capacity work platform. Maximum lift height is just over 20 metres with features including an elevating operators cab and travelling speeds of up to 30kph.
The 673R features a four section 36 metre main boom and an eight to 15 metre bi-fold swingaway extension which can offset by up to 40 degrees. Features include telescoping track width, which retract to three metres, a tier IV engine and Sennebogen’s Sencon control and diagnostics system which offers a clear view of all operating parameters as well as the ability to fine-tune machine performance.
