The crane specialist is offering nine new or revamped models to showcase the breadth of its innovation and the speed with which it can get products to market
Earthmoving machines remain the backbone of construction operations - writes Mike Woof.
ADTs, excavators and wheeled loaders play pivotal roles in most construction jobs with the earthmoving stage providing a key component of most projects.
At the BICES exhibition in Beijing, it was clear that the Chinese construction market has bounced back - Mike Woof writes.
Demand for construction machines is now improving in China once more, with the backlog of unsold or nearly new secondhand units having been absorbed. This was apparent at the recent BICES construction machinery exhibition held in Beijing, where firms were more bullish than in previous years.
Manitowoc is celebrating 90 years of Potain tower cranes with its first visit to Intermat since 2009. And it has brought three of its newest tower cranes along: the Hup 32-27, a Hup 40-30 self-erecting crane and the MDT 389, which is the largest topless crane to feature Manitou’s Crane Control System (CCS).
Manitowoc shed its food equipment arm, Manitowoc Foodservice, in March 2016 and the last two years have been ‘challenging’, according to executive vice president Aaron Ravenscroft. “It’s a difficult bu
An array of versatile new machines from different segments is available for the rental sector - Mike Woof writes
The rental machine market continues to develop in many countries around the world. Equipment rental has a long history in the UK and the US and in more recent years has developed well in France also, while other countries are also benefiting from growth in this sector.
As with other machines, equipment for the European and US rental sector now has to meet tough exhaust and noise emissions legi
