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JANUARY 2015
NEWS
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Terex Cranes introduced
Cranes Expert, the lifting
industry’s first electronic
application for iOS and
Android designed specifically
for crane companies.
This app gives customers
unprecedented access to
the company’s expansive
range of media information.
Available for both iOS and
Android operating systems,
the newCranes Expert
app puts specific Terex
cranemodel information at
customer’s fingertips 24/7.
It brings together all available
cranemodel marketing
information –equipment
brochures, datasheets,
photography, 3-D panoramic
views and videos – into one
convenient location, so lifting
equipment companies can
makemore informed buying
decisions. “Using the Cranes
Expert App, customers can
now see the full Terex story
for themselves,” said Sven
Ebinger, director of Global
Communication and Brand
Management, Terex Cranes.
“Our app goeswell beyond the
printed piece of literature. In
one user-friendly program,
customers now have access
to our entiremedia library.”
Stephenson Equipment
opens new crane shop
Since StephensonEquipment
was established in1957, they
have always beendriven to
keep their customers satisfied.
Stephenson’snew crane shop
building is onemore step they
have taken to satisfy their
customers’ needs.DaleHeiner,
vicepresident of service
operations for Stephenson,
gives a fewhighlights of the
new crane shopbuilding just
completed at theirHarrisburg,
PA location.
“Ournew shophas a40-foot
ceilingheightwith four 100-
foot deepbays and a15-ton
two-hoist overhead crane
spanning the entire 12,000
square foot building featuring
radiant floor heat,” said
Heiner. “We also constructed a
new4,000 square foot test pad
givingus the ability tobetter
inspect and test a crane after
repairs havebeen completed.”
Heiner added, “There is
something thatwas said tome
manyyears agobyStephenson
Equipment ownerDennis
Heller: ‘Always try todowhat
is right, for our customers and
for StephensonEquipment. If
whatwedobenefits both, then
it is the right thing todo.’ This
new crane shop remindsmeof
that statement.”
Heiner believes thenew shop
benefits their customers, the
manufacturers they represent
andStephensonby shortened
repair times and improved
qualitydue to the ability to
performmore repairswithin
the shop safelyversus outside
repairs invaryingweather and
safety conditions.
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The new Stephenson shop has four 100-foot deep bays and a 15-ton
two-hoist overhead crane.
NewPotain
dealer forMexico
Ibergruas, a leadingPotain
dealer and rental company
headquartered inMadrid,
Spain, has just added
Manitowoc’s tower crane lines
to its offerings inMexico. The
two companies began their
partnership inSpain three
decades ago and arenow
extending toLatinAmerica.
“We’reproud tooffer the
best products and services
toour customers inMexico,”
saidRamónArroyoOrtega,
general director at Ibergruas
inMexico. “Our partnership
withPotain in the country
brings together thebest tower
cranes in themarket andour
30years of expertise in the
industry.”
Ibergruas celebrated the
announcement at Expo
CIHAC2014,Mexico’s largest
construction industry event,
inOctober.AlvaroAlanis,
Potain’s regional business
manager, said the eventwas a
great opportunity to announce
thepartnership inMexico.
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Ramón Arroyo Ortega, Ibergruas; Jean Pierre Zaffiro, Manitowoc;
Antonio Bello Gil, Ibergruas; Antonio Bello Diaz de Figueroa,
Ibergruas; and Alvaro Alanis, Manitowoc, in front of a Potain Igo 18
at Expo CIHAC 2014, inMexico City, Mexico.
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Crane and transport service
provider Bengal Crane has
taken delivery of a Terex
Explorer 5800AT. Themodel
is the first of the Explorer
range to be sold in the U.S.
Purchased from distributor
Dozier Crane, the 5-axle AT
is in the 220-ton capacity
class and it is powered by
a single 405 kW Euromot
IV / Tier 4 Final engine. The
70.2-ton counterweight can
be automatically rigged and
it also has the IC-1 touch
screen control system and
a 2.85meter-widewalk-
through carrier cabinwith air
conditioning. The first task
for the newATwas at an
ammonia plant.
Bryan Vigé, Bengal Crane,
said, “Wewere looking
for a cranewith the latest
technology, and the Explorer
5800met that needwith its
cutting edge design.”
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