by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
PRENTICE (WAOW) – A Minnesota-based company said Monday it completed the acquisition of a heavy equipment factory in Prentice formerly owned by Caterpillar, saving dozens of jobs. Caterpillar’s Prentice Forestry facility in Wisconsin will close in September...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Paderborn-based crane service provider Hofmann Kran-Vermietung & Co. KG Autokrane relied on the Terex Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane in order to erect a 200-meter Nordex wind turbine close to Bickenbach, in the Hunsrück mountain range, on behalf of its...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
The Terex CTT 161 tower crane had more than proven its worth during the first stage of new construction for the “Matthias-Claudius-Haus” nursing home in Waldshut, Germany, so Waldshut-Tiengen-based construction company Schleith insisted on the use of a Terex crane for...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., the world’s biggest maker of giant excavators, has offered 689 million Australian dollars ($529 million) to buy Australia’s Bradken Ltd. The purchase would be its biggest ever and is likely to boost profit by about 10 percent,...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A 19-year-old woman has been seriously injured after a crane outrigger hit her in the village of Kritzendorf, just outside Vienna. The young woman, who lives in Vienna, was walking down the pavement next to a main road in Kritzendorf on Monday afternoon when a truck...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
A CEMENT truck which crashed onto its side in a four-vehicle accident causing afternoon peak hour chaos in Sydney’s inner west. Action Cranes 130-ton Capacity Liebherr LTM 1130-5.1 mobile all terrain crane was brought in but initial attempts failed because the load...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Offshore News
Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam in the Netherlands has completed a three-week repair project on the Jumbo Javelin, a DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel owned and operated by long-standing Damen client Jumbo. The major aspect of the repair was the replacement of the...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
BRISTOL, Tenn. — The senior pastor of Sacred Cross Assembly of God on Volunteer Parkway saw a tangible representation of his church towering over him as crews hoisted a 107-foot cross into place. The church took down the cross six weeks ago to refurbish it. The...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
The Falkirk Depot has become the latest Ainscough branch to open its doors and stage for the Scotland Customer Open Day. Customers from Sir Robert McAlpine, Robertson Construction, Technip, Carillion, FCBC, Babcock Rosyth and Graham Construction were among the guests...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
PT Freeport Indonesia, a mining company that operates one of the largest copper and gold mines in the world, has added three Grove cranes to its fleet. The RT765E-2 and two RT530E-2 rough-terrain cranes join the company’s operations at its Irian Jaya location, one of...
