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EVENTSDIARY
This picture of themonthwas
sent in by IC reader BobMorrow.
The photo is of a 60 tonne
capacity TerexAC 60/3L all
terrain crane and a 350 tonne
capacity TerexAC 350/6 at
the LenLyeArt centre inNew
Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
The cranes are owned byNew
Zealand company TitanCranes.
Tasks for the all terrains included
lifting a 35 tonne concrete beam,
whichhad to be placed upright
and then lifted onto a trailer.
TheAC 350/6was fittedwith
116.7 tonnes of counterweight to
carry out the job.
PEOPLENEWS
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German
manufacturer of
mobileweighing
systemsPfreundt
has appointed
BRUNORECKMANN
as
general sales director. Inhis
new role, Reckmannwill be
responsible for bothGerman
and international sales for
mobileweighing systems.
Reckmann takes over from
previous sales director
STEFAN
GÖRLITZ
, who left the company
inSeptember. “Reckmann is a
mechanical engineer and brings
experience fromhis previous
activities,” a spokesperson said.
“He has extensive knowledge
of constructionmachinery and
inmechanical engineering
aswell as the
material handling.”
Reckmannwill
work alongside
DANIELKRUSE
.
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KEVINPARKES
, CEO at rental
companyHewden, in theUK,
steps down on 31 January 2015.
Parkes, a former director at
Finning, UK took
over at Hewden
in2009, leading
the business after
the sale to private
equity company SunEuropean
Partners. KevinParkes said, “It
has beenmy pleasure to lead
Hewden over the past six years,
through challenging timeswe
have radically reorganised and
rebuilt the business, relentlessly
executing our strategy so
Hewden is best placed to take
advantage of the recovering
market. I wishHewdenwell
as they transition in time to a
new leader. Aprocess I will
fully support over the coming
months.” Hewden said a further
announcement was expected in
theNew Year.
2015
SC&RASPECIALIZED
TRANSPORTATION
SYMPOSIUM
4 – 6March2015
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
DEMOLITIONCONFERENCE
TURKEY
12March2015
Istanbul, Turkey
SC&RAANNUAL
CONFERENCE
14 – 18April 2015
Carlsbad, California, USA
INTERMAT2015
20 – 25April 2015
Paris, France
ESTAAWARDSOF
EXCELLENCE
23April 2015
Paris, France
VERTIKALDAYS
13 and 14May 2015
HaydockPark, UK
INTERNATIONALTOWER
CRANES (ITC) 2015
27 and28May 2015
London, UK
PLANTWORX2015
2 – 4 June2015
Bruntingthorpe, UK
CRANES&TRANSPORT
LATINAMERICA
8 June2015
SãoPaulo, Brazil
M&TEXPO
9 – 13 June2015
SãoPaulo, Brazil
SC&RA2015CRANE&
RIGGINGWORKSHOP
23-25September 2015
Denver, USA
WORLDCRANEAND
TRANSPORTSUMMIT
4 and5November 2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BRYANCRONIE
, regional
safety director at Mammoet,
has retired from
the industry.
Cronie started
his career in the
crane industry
in the late 1980s and has been
associatedwithmany training
and industry organisations and
work groups over the years,
includingCITB, ESTA and CPA.
Cronie hasworked at several
crane companies, including
Baldwins andAinscough in
theUK, but has spentmost of
his timewithMammoet, firstly
based in theMammoet head
office in theNetherlands, and
more recently inSingapore as
theAPAC regional safety
director. Cronie retired in
December 2014. His role has
been taken over by
KALSOM
OMAR,
Mammoet APAC regional
safetymanager.
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