In July, MIC Co., Ltd., headquartered in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, took delivery of its fourth Demag® CC 8800-1 crawler crane which will be put into operation in a wide variety of infrastructure work sites such as bridges, steelworks and oil refineries, and in the construction of offshore wind power facilities. With this order, MIC has the distinct honor of purchasing the first crawler crane for the Japanese market since Tadano acquired Demag in 2019.
For the second consecutive year, CNH Industrial has been ranked amongst the ten most innovative companies in Brazil. The award, which recognizes the Company’s contribution to innovation, is conferred by the Valor Econômico newspaper in partnership with consultancy firm Strategy.
The Liebherr-France SAS development and production site launches a new machine on the global market: As a successor to the R 944 C, the R 940 Demolition complements the product range, which already includes the R 950 Demolition and the R 960 Demolition.
Konecranes has won an order to deliver over 40 next-generation lifting products to the Smart Technology Hub, a new integrated center of research, product development and production in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa owned by Wärtsilä Finland, with a preliminary agreement for additional lifting products. The order was booked in September 2020.
Manitowoc is honoring 12 Potain dealers for their dedication in providing NCCCO training and certification for self-erecting tower cranes for the industry.
Finnish construction contractor, Maanrakennus Mykrä Oy, have recently added a Hyundai HX520L, 52 tonne excavator to the company’s growing fleet of Hyundai’s, purchased from Finnish Hyundai dealer, Suomen Telakone Oy.
Designed with the demands of today’s job site in mind, John Deere introduces the new E-II Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs). The models, including the 410E-II and 460E-II, incorporate customer-driven features, resulting in greater operator comfort, reduced fuel burn, increased uptime and lowered daily operating costs. With a redesigned dump body, updated operator station, and new drive and transmission retarder modes, the John Deere-designed and -built E-II models deliver ultimate productivity on the job.
On June 25, longstanding Swiss Manitowoc dealer Stirnimann added a new Potain Hup M 28-22 (80 km/h) to its fleet of rental cranes. Shortly afterwards, the self-erecting crane with 2.2 t maximum capacity and 28 m jib left the Stirnimann premises in Olten for its first job in rural Reisiswil, in the canton of Bern.
Reinforced concrete sub- and superstructure specialist MR Concrete has commissioned the world’s first Potain MRH 175 on a job site. With a maximum capacity of 10 t, the MRH 175 is the largest of a new generation of hydraulic luffing jib cranes launched at Bauma 2019.