by Crane Market | May 30, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Offshore News
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has announced that it is now building one of the most advanced fibre-rope cranes on the market. The MacGregor FibreTrac crane will have a 150-tonne safe working load capacity and will be ready for testing during the first quarter of 2018....
by Crane Market | May 29, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
The construction industry may become a little more pleasant to be around thanks to Volvo Group, which demonstrated a prototype of the world’s first electric excavator at its “Innovation Summit” in London. Volvo Construction Equipment says the EX2 model – which is...
by Crane Market | May 29, 2017 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Continental Biomass Industries (CBI) held live demos of its latest equipment at the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo held in Bangor, Maine, May 19-20. CBI’s Log & Stump Screw, 484B ChipMax Wood Chipper, 5800BT Horizontal Grinder, and the 6800BT...
by Crane Market | May 29, 2017 | Constuction & Business News
Jason Denis is bringing a little bit of Las Vegas to Timmins, Ontario Canada, The northern manager for Hood Equipment visited the Las Vegas MINExpo and thought one of their activities would work well at this week’s Canadian Mining Expo. “We thought, this is...
by Crane Market | May 29, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
The Manitowoc factory in Franklin County, PA will officially welcome crawler crane production at 1 p.m. on Wednesday with a flag raising. Manitowoc Co., a leading global maker of construction cranes, consolidated its U.S. manufacturing operations in August by moving...