25.04.2007

Bauma scoops & updates

Bauma is, as predicted, bigger and better than ever, with great weather and a fantastic array of products on display, the numbers of visitors is on course to smash all previous records.

On Monday the organisers have said that the first day numbers of 41,000 visitors has been well exceeded, since then the numbers have grown with the aisle outside of our Vertikal log cabin clogged to capacity at times.

With so many stands to visit and so many visitors to our stand we are finding it difficult to cope, in spite of the fact that we have seven full time staff at the event.

We have dozens of stories to report, but precious little time to write them up.

In order not to leave you in the dark for too long here are a few of them in brief. We will follow up with more detailed coverage as soon as we catch a quiet spell.

Weldex orders two more 600 tonne Kobelco crawler cranes:
Most of the cranes on display on the Kobelco crane stand are sold to British companies, including the new SL6000 which is just one of two units sold to Scottish based crane rental company, Weldex. During the show Weldex ordered a further two SL6000.

The 14th GTK 1100 sold to Poland:
Grove took a substantial order today from its Polish distributor, which included a GTK1100 telescopic tower crane, the 14th unit sold to date.

Amquip spends over $20 million with Liebherr.
US based Amquip placed orders with Liebherr for four 400 tonne LR1400 crawler cranes two for delivery this year and two in 2008. Along with two 600 tonne LR1600 crawlers for delivery in 2008. Joe Wesley shook hands on the deal with Willi Liebherr on the company’s stand.

Hird orders 20 JLG 1230ES:
Hull based rental company Peter Hird, placed an order with JLG for 20 of its new TM12 look alike - 1230ES mast type self propelled vertical lifts.

The two Davin brothers, Nicholas and Andrew, of Aerial Platform Hire of Ireland placed a substantial order with JLG for a mixed range of booms and scissors which the two claimed will bring their JLG orders so far this year to over €22 million.

The unconfirmed word is that Aichi will begin assembling aerial lifts in Holland before the year is out.

Terex/Genie has confirmed that it is almost certain to establish small electric scissor production at its Coventry plant by spring 2008.

Iteco has launched a new roll-out side deck extension design for its IT4680M 4.6 metre platfom height electric scissor lift.

The first Genie boom to be built in Europe, is on display at the Genie stand, the Italian plant is already shipping units to customers.

Isabelle La Plume, marketing manager of the Haulotte group is leaving the company at the end of May for personal reasons.

Manitou has launched its new privilege range of 360 degree telehandlers with turbo power and larger more comfortable cabs. The company also confirmed that it will open its new 23,000 sq metre parts and service facility in Ancenis within the next four weeks.

The company also confirmed that to date it has built over 236,000 rough terrain lifting machines. With over 136, 000 of them being telescopic handlers.

Manitou has also provided Verikal.Net with information that confirms its worldwide leadership of the telehandler market, in spite of JCB’s claims that it builds the most telescopic handlers.

City Lifting became the lead customer world wide for the new UNIC 706 compact tracked crane.

Riwal Denmark has officially extended its rental operations with the addition of Riwal Norge, based in Oslo to re rent aerial lifts and telehandlers to its rental company customers in the area.

Kristian Langseth, previously with Stavdall Utlei will head up the new venture which opens its doors on May 1.

Sorry we did not have time to squeeze some photos in, they will come and we are devoting at least six pages of the May Cranes &Access to the new products at Bauma.