27.04.2007

Ainscough takes ESTA award

At last nights ESTA awards for excellence Ainscough of the UK took the top award for lifts with cranes of under 100 tonnes. The job involved a complex four tonne telescoping under load lift at the millennium stadium.
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(L-R) James Ainscough, Ron DeFeo, CEO of Terex, Martin Ainscough, Jacques Christian Vernazza president of ESTA and Mediaco and Brendan Ainscough

Serial winner Mammoet of Holland won the award for a 2,050 tonne lift involving two 54 metre high reactors in a remote part of China.

A new award for innovation was presented to the Manitowoc group for its Grove GTK1100.
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Grove GTK1100

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The Grove GTK1100

While a new development award went to Liebherr for its new LTM12000-9.1 for its 100 metre boom.
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The nine axle Liebherr LTM11200-9.1 is attracting attention

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The Liebherr LTM12000 boom with extension

The event held at the Hilton Munich Park hotel was sponsored by Liebherr and to a lesser extent, Terex, Manitowoc and Tadano Faun, was attended by some of the largest of Europe’s crane rental companies but was notable for the poor turnout of smaller operations.