by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
German forklift truck (Linde) and robotics maker Kion has agreed to buy U.S. firm to expand into the market for automated warehouses and supply chains that have ballooned with the growth of e-commerce. Excluding certain liabilities, the purchase price will be about...
by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
The Wacker Neuson Group is planning to open a new plant near Shanghai in China. Initially compact excavators will be produced for the local market, further products will follow. It is planned that the first compact excavator should roll off the production line at the...
by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Terex Corporation announced that it has agreed to sell its German compact construction business to Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. for cash proceeds of approximately $60 million. The German compact construction business manufactures and sells mini excavators, wheeled...
by admin | Jun 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
With the backing of its parent company, Torre Industries, SA French is growing the popularity of the Potain tower cranes in sub-Saharan African countries. Quentin van Breda, managing director of SA French which is a division of Torre Lifting Solutions, says one of the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2016 | Manufacturer News
The Austrian construction company Hilti & Jehle recently used the new Liebherr LRB 355 piling and drilling rig on a jobsite in St. Gallen. The LRB 355 was equipped with the double rotary drive type DBA 300. In combination with a Liebherr concrete pump type THS 80...
by admin | Jun 16, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A unique load-out of a container crane will take place at the Broekman Logistics Breakbulk Terminal (Broekman Project Services) in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam. The Liebherr crane is more than 50 meters high, weighs 700 tonnes and was built by Sarens with the assistance...
