United Arab Emirates Customer orders 40 Hitachi Sumitomo cranes
(01/06/2006)

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV has announced it has sold 40 cranes to a customer in the United Arab Emirates. Al Jaber Heavy Lift & Transport LLC has purchased 40 units HITACHI SUMITOMO cranes from Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV.

The order consists of the following cranes:
* 10 x SCX700
* 3 x SCX900-2
* 14 x SCX1200-2
* 13 x SCX2500-2

Al Jaber Heavy Lift & Transport LLC, with its headquarters located in Abu Dhabi, is specialised in transport and handling of heavy goods. Al Jaber, founded in 1970, is a group company of 25 companies and divisions.

All 40 cranes are expected to be delivered at the end of this year. These cranes will be utilized for Al Jaber's operations in the Middle East region. HCME is scheduled to deliver more than 70 units of crawler cranes to Middle East during forth coming year including this order from AJE.