by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
TOKYO — Komatsu will open a site in Indonesia for developing construction equipment as early as the fall, the first time it has moved such functions outside Japan. The development center, to be set up at Komatsu Indonesia in Jakarta, will handle hydraulic...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Manufacturer News, Mining News
Productivity, innovation, and efficiency gains are what all miners are looking for in their machinery. It’s no longer just being the biggest, but you have to be the best. Australian Mining was lucky enough to see one of the machines that fulfill these criteria during...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
ALE Heavy Lift has used the revolutionary Mega Jack system for the first time in Europe as part of the Albert Kanaal Project in Belgium. The Mega Jack system, engineered to push structures of staggering weights and sizes, was utilised to jack-up the main bridge of a...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
DECATUR – Caterpillar Inc. confirmed Monday that new layoffs have been occurring at its factory operations in Decatur. As is usual company policy, Peoria-based Caterpillar would not confirm the number or types of workers involved, or say when the latest round of job...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Offshore News
The first substation topside and jacket have been installed at Dong Energy’s 573MW Race Bank wind farm off the Norfolk coast. Seaway Heavy Lifting vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the 1150 tonne topside and up to 1300 tonne jacket. The structures were fabricated by...