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Street Crane Company launches mid-range hoists for the engineering sector
Street Crane Company has launched a new generation of mid-range hoists (zero to 25 tonnes safe working load) for the needs of the engineering sector. The new ZX6 and ZX8 offer superior flexibility with multiple options on drum, gearing, controls and other optional equipment. ZX6 and ZX8 Series hoists are the product of a radical design process. They are engineered for high volume production, but with the adaptability to meet individual cus... [more]
Manitowoc forms a joint venture with Chinese company for the production of mobile and truck-mounted hydraulic cranes
China is the world's largest market for mobile hydraulic cranes, accounting for more than 70% of all mobile hydraulic units produced in 2006. Tower cranes and mobile hydraulic cranes are in very high demand in China, with the domestic construction market expected to grow at compounded annual nominal growth rate of 18.1% through 2016, according to Global Insight, with infrastructure segment spending expected to grow 26% in 2008. The Manitowoc C... [more]
ABM Group invests to boost capacity and provide greater production flexibility
Civil engineering precast concrete structures specialist, ABM Group, has completed the first phase of a major expansion programme. Investment in new high-capacity cranes and additional moulds has boosted capacity and provided greater production flexibility. As licensees for the Matière modular concrete buried box and arch systems, ABM has had considerable success in Ireland. The company has identified further major opportunities for these r... [more]
Street Crane Company advanced cranes installed at Milbank factory
Three advanced cranes, with a total value of £400,000, from Street Crane Company have been installed at Milbank Group’s newly opened floor factory. Business is booming for this building systems supplier and the new facility is designed to cope with an ever rising demand for pre-stressed and reinforced concrete flooring units. At their Weeting site in Norfolk, Milbank has installed two 16 tonnes safe working load factory cranes. Each crane sp... [more]
Special Liebherr civil engineering machines help extend Bremerhaven container terminal
In order to create additional berths for the latest generation of container ships, the container terminal at Bremerhaven is currently being extended from 3,200 to 4,872 metres. This large-scale project will involve 37,000 tonnes of steel sheet piling, 10,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel, 60,000 cubic metres of concrete and ten million cubic metres of sand. A major and complex phase in the project is the construction of the upstream sheet-pile w... [more]
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Cranes aim for 3-0 win over TZ (The Monitor)Uganda must beat Tanzania by a three-goal margin today if they are to maintain interest in the African Nations Championship. The Cranes lost the reverse fixture 0-2 in Mwanza but are hoping to take advantage of home ground to make amends. |
Uganda: Cranes to Prove Point Against Tanzania (AllAfrica.com)CRANES forwards Caesar Okhuti and Geoffrey Sserunkuuma are determined to play their way into coach Laszlo Csaba's 2010 World Cup qualifying side with a goal-laden performance against Tanzania tomorrow. |
Muganga storms out of Cranes camp as TZ arrive (The Monitor)Bunnamwaya FC winger Ronald Muganga has abandoned the Cranes camp following criticism from Cranes coach Laszlo Csaba. Muganga had been tipped for a first team place in Saturday’s African Nations Championship return leg tie against Tanzania. The Taifa Stars won the reverse fixture 2-0 in Mwanza. |
City streets to close for cranes’ removal (icWales)VEHICLE access to parts of Cardiff city centre are to be closed to remove two cranes from the St David’s 2 site. |
Central Texans driving into GPS dead zones (KXAN 36 Austin)AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Cranes, toll roads, new homes -- you don't have to look far for proof that Central Texas is on the move. Drive around, and one can feel the congestion. Even with a high-tech GPS system, getting lost is still possible. |
Bake Sale To Aid Leukemia Patient (Hernando Today)BROOKSVILLE - It all started with a book. A book called "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes," by Eleanor Coerr, which tells the true story of a 12-year-old Japanese girl's struggle with leukemia, which she developed after the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan toward the end of World War II. |
Third Time's a Charm: Edison Orders another Crane from MacGregor (Rigzone)Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has ordered its another 150-tonne Hydramarine Active Heave-Compensation (AHC) crane from MacGregor's Offshore division, its third within the past 18 months. These cranes are being delivered in February and October 2009, and the first quarter of 2010. |
Auditions (The Charlotte Observer)NORTH CAROLINA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (NCSF) Auditions for non-Equity actors for “A Thousand Cranes,” May 23-24, 7p.m., at NCSF's Spirit Center campus, 807 W. Ward Ave., High Point. Actors 15 and older needed. Must demonstrate graceful movement, have musical sensibility and ability to improvise. Prepare brief speech telling a story of survival. Improv and singing also required. Bring 8-by-10 ... |
Uganda: Ssenoga, Aduni Worry Cranes Coach Csaba (AllAfrica.com)Cranes coach Laszlo Csaba is uncertain as to whether he will have defender Sam Ssenoga and striker Moses Aduni for Uganda's must-win match against Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Stars. |
Uganda: Sekagya Makes Cranes Pledge (AllAfrica.com)Uganda's enduring love affair with the Nations Cup and World Cup tournaments has been a roller-coaster of pure agony since 1978, with the intervening years authoring a series of near-misses and abject failures. |
