WORLD NEWS
INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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AUGUST 2013
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Long-serving principal at German transport
equipment manufacturer Goldhofer, Karoline
Goldhofer-Prützel, died in July at the age of 89.
“The proprietress was an outstanding individual.
She was well liked and highly esteemed not only
by our employees but also by our customers,
suppliers and partners. Over the last sixty years,
Karoline Goldhofer-Prützel has defined the spirit
of the company, and each one of us is duty-bound
to maintain that spirit in the years to come,” said
Stefan Fuchs, Goldhofer CEO.
Her most important contributions were the decisions to
reorganise Goldhofer Fahrzeugwerk GmbH & Co KG as Goldhofer
Aktiengesellschaft and to transfer all the shares in the company to the
Alois Goldhofer Foundation, of which she was the chairperson.
“With this far-sighted and selfless decision, our principal
guaranteed the long-term existence of the company and the
employment it provides. She saw that step as her personal way of
saying thank-you to the company’s loyal employees,” said Franz
Bilmayer, Goldhofer CFO.
In 2011 the Foundation, which provides financial support for
science and research, education, and cultural institutions and charities,
founded the Karoline Goldhofer Kolleg to offer continuous education
and vocational training for young people. For her great social
commitment and entrepreneurial vision, Karoline Goldhofer-Prützel
was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in 1994.
OBITUARY: KAROLINE GOLDHOFER-PRÜTZEL
World record set for
Liebherr 3,000 tonner
Liebherr has claimed a new
world record after it erected a
3,000 tonne capacity LR 13000
lattice boom crawler crane in
its maximum configuration,
reaching an overall height of
248 metres.
The record was set at the
Liebherr manufacturing plant
in Ehingen, Germany, in
July 2013.
For the assembly, the
crane was configured with a
120 m main boom and a
126 m luffing jib, creating
a total lattice boom system
height of 246 m. Added to the
2 m elevation of the boom
foot in the crawler chassis, the
overall height of the crawler
reached 248 m. For the world
record the LR 13000 was fitted
with 400 tonnes of slewing
platform ballast and
1,500 tonnes of derrick ballast
on a special foundation, a
company spokesperson added.
To assemble the crawler in
this configuration the main
boom was slowly raised with
the assistance of the derrick
winch. During this time the
luffing jib was angled down
and the roller cart was released;
The record was set at the Liebherr
manufacturing plant in Ehingen,
Germany in July 2013
the hook block was then reeved
in on a 2-line basis, a company
spokesperson said. Once these
stages were completed, the
boom system, which weighs a
total of 700 tonnes, was raised
into position.
With the crane in position
it lifted a twin-axle LTM 1030-
2.1 mobile crane weighing
24 tonnes.
Karoline
Goldhofer-
Prützel
Specialist European logistics company Van der Vlist in the Netherlands
has marked the delivery of the 1,000th unit of a fleet of Rosenbauer
Panthers for Angloco, a manufacturer of fire fighting, rescue vehicles
and equipment. Rosenbauer Panthers are airport crash tenders. The
2-, 3- and 4-axle vehicles are produced in Austria. Van der Vlist
collected the Panthers from the Austrian factory and delivered them to
airports and military bases in the UK. The transport job also included
the delivery of the 1,000th unit. The 3-axle version was delivered to
London Stansted airport.
Raman Joshi has been named
head of Manitowoc Cranes’
operations in the Greater Asia-
Pacific region (which covers
much of Asia and Australasia,
but excludes China). He takes
over as executive vice president
of GAP from Gilles Martin,
who has left the company to
pursue other interests. Joshi
will report directly to Eric
Etchart, president and general
manager of Manitowoc Cranes.
His most recent role, which
he will continue to occupy in
conjunction with the new EVP
position, was as vice president
of Manitowoc Cranes India.
Joshi will continue to be based
in India, but will also spend
time at Manitowoc’s regional
headquarters in Singapore.
Manitowoc Cranes has also
named Ingo Schiller executive
vice president of Manitowoc
Crane Care. Schiller will take
on the new role in addition
to his current responsibilities
as senior vice president of
global marketing and product
development, on an interim
basis. Schiller will report
directly to Eric Etchart.
Schiller takes over from
Bob Hund, who was recently
promoted to president and
general manager of
Manitowoc Foodservice.
Moves at Manitowoc
