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Siltbuster will present its "Big pHil" at UK Concrete Show
Siltbuster Limited is soon revealing ‘Big pHil’, the latest in its range of Concrete Washout Solutions at the UK Concrete Show at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on 22nd February. A larger and more versatile version of Siltbuster’s groundbreaking RCW (Roadside Concrete Washout) unit, ‘Big pHil’ provides on-site capture, treatment and neutralisation of high pH cement laden washwater runoff from a wide range of concreting plant equipment, including crane... [more]
Fläkt Woods use helicopter as an aerial crane to carry jet fans to Westfield Stratford City
Westfield Stratford City is the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. The 1.9 million sq ft retail and leisure destination is located at the gateway to the site of the 2012 London Olympics. Working in partnership with E&S on the car park contract, Fläkt Woods engineers installed 150 of their jet fans. These have been prefabricated off-site and come complete as plug and play units with controls and a strict noise deadening acoustic design. ... [more]
Siemens selects Street Crane Company for Leeds manufacturing site
The Siemens Leeds manufacturing site produces drives and power transmission components for industry. These include geared motors, couplings, gear units and drive train assemblies with a comprehensive service and repair facility. Manufacturing processes involve component handling, assembly and advancing product through key stages until final test and shipping. Siemens have called on Street Crane Company for a variety of cranes to meet their dif... [more]
Multi-Pump allows precise tracking of every fluid for each individual vehicle and equipment unit in the fleet
OEM Data Delivery's Multi-Pump allows management to precisely track and document the usage of every fluid, including fuel, engine oil, transmission fluid, and hydraulic fluid, for each individual vehicle and equipment unit in the fleet. Multi-Pump is a wireless, paperless, "hands-free" technology that IDs each vehicle, its location, and the fluids dispensed to it. It has a GPS antenna, and a radio antenna. GPS coordinates are stamped into t... [more]
Street Crane to share technical expertise with Dubai Crane
Dubai Crane is one of many subsidiaries of Dubai Investments PJSC a public company with capital of a total asset value of AED 14.745 billion (USD 4 billion) and diverse interests. The 47 companies in the Dubai Investments portfolio span activities such as building, development, glass, technology, plastics, pharmaceuticals and food. The UK’s largest factory crane manufacturer, Street Crane operates globally via a network of over 60 high quality lo... [more]
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Grounded whooping cranes taking to the road
(Reuters) - A flock of young whooping cranes stuck in Alabama have lost interest in following an ultra-light plane leading them to a Florida winter habitat, so the rare birds' human coaches prepared on Friday to drive them to a nearby marsh. "Whether the birds have recognized this is as far as they need to go, we just don't know," said Liz Conde, a spokeswoman for Operation Migration, a public ...
Whooping Cranes Guided by Plane to Stay in Ala.
Whooping cranes being guided by plane birds will stay in Alabama for winter instead of Florida
With whooping cranes unwilling to continue, annual migration ends in Alabama
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Thursday, February 2, 2012 CHASSAHOWITZKA — The annual migration of ultralight-led whooping cranes had barely gotten off the ground in October when the problems began. First it was rain and wind that halted the birds in Wisconsin and across the Midwest. They would fly for a day, then have a week of downtime. In December, they finally reached northern ...
Kobelco Cranes mulls capacity expansion
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Crane manufacturer Kobelco Cranes India Pvt Ltd, a Japanese subsidiary, plans to increase its production capacity by 2013 and roll out higher capacity crawler cranes, said a top company official.
Lawmaker Proposes Hunting Season For Sandhill Cranes
A state lawmaker is proposing a new hunting season in the state on sandhill cranes.
Sandhill cranes bring their trumpet and dance to the Delta each winter
Bird-friendly farming helps provide food and shelter to wintering birds
Short count of whooping cranes puzzles officials
Short count of whooping cranes puzzles officials Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:24 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 The first official whooping crane count of the year was released Thursday and brought up more questions than answers.
Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes heading to Northern Alabama
Nine juvenile whooping cranes on their first ultralight-led migration south will now be taken to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alabama in the next few days.
Whooping cranes opting for Alabama instead of Citrus County
The flock of whooping cranes heading for the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge apparently won't make it to Florida.
Wisconsin lawmaker wants to allow sandhill cranes to be hunted
To bird lovers, sandhill cranes are majestic creatures whose cries hearken back to prehistoric times. To others, they're the rib-eye of the sky.
