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JULY 2013
ACT
LIEBHERR
SITE VISIT
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company plans to expand the simulation
training concept to other construction
machinery in the future.
“A major benefit of simulator training is
the ability to simulate harsh environmental
conditions when required,” says Frainer.
“Our simulator-based training avoids
costly downtime and reductions in
productivity caused by on-crane training.”
Technologies demonstrated included
such software solutions as the LiDAT data
transmission and positioning system,
PDE process data recording system, PDR
process data report software and Crane-
Planner software, a web-based tool for
selecting the optimum crawler crane for
the particular application.
The newly built complex is situated
on a total property area covering about
431,000 square feet, with the three story
building comprising some 41,000 square
feet, 23,000-square-feet of office space
and 18,000-square-feet of storage space.
In 2013, about 52 staff members will be
working in this new facility.
Full service
The sales and service center
accommodates a fully furnished workshop
with a 10-ton overhead crane, two 20-foot
welding containers, one 20-foot wire rope
reeling container and two fully equipped
mobile harbor cranes commissioning
containers. In addition, special tools and
center is ideally located, Schranz said. The
port of Miami and Miami International
Airport are in close proximity to the new
site. This allows Liebherr to respond to
customer enquiries within a short time
and to accelerate the distribution of parts
and services, he said.
Guests enjoyed the music and dancing
of an Oom-pah band and a Latin band,
a biergarten tent with authentic German
cuisine, a Latin-style dinner, and then the
last event of the evening was a grand finale
performance that featured ribbon dancing
and acrobatics by two dancers hanging
from the booms of two Liebherr cranes.
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equipment for after sales service are also
available for machines that come through
the facility. Six service trucks that will
serve the greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale
area and surrounding ports will be located
at the facility.
The new $20 million sales and service
center was completed 15 months after
groundbreaking.
“The new facility perfectly meets the
requirements to further improve our sales
and service performance in both North
and Latin America”, says Gernot Schranz,
president of Liebherr Nenzing Crane Co.
In terms of logistics, the sales and service
Among the impressive demonstrations at
the Miami event was a Liebherr LR 1250
crawler lifting a excavator and corking a
champagne bottle.
The warehouse was decorated to look like a
fine dining room. A band played traditional
Latin music while guests enjoyed several
types of cuisines and desserts.
