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lifting innovAtion
Raimondi Cranes SpA will be exhibiting
Manitowoc will display a collection of
at Conexpo in Las Vegas this year
its newest products at its booth G3348
with a view to increasing its visibility
in the Gold Lot of Conexpo 2017,
in the North American market.
including a host of new innovations
The Italian brand, which is owned
crawler cranes, all-terrain cranes,
well known globallly for its innovative
rough-terrain cranes, boom trucks,
tower cranes and according to
tower cranes and self-erecting cranes
Domenico Ciano, technical director,
Barry Pennypacker, president
this will be the first time in the
and CEO of Manitowoc, said the
history of Raimondi Cranes that the
company’s showing at the event
company has taken steps to increase
reflects its new direction as part of
its prominence in North America.
The Manitowoc Way and underlines
“By confirming our participation in the 2017 edition of Conexpo,
its pre-eminence across the spectrum of lifting applications.
we are signalling to the markets
“The Manitowoc booth will be
of Canada and the United States
the premier destination in the Gold
that we are looking to cultivate
Lot at Conexpo. Each of the cranes
strong, new relationships, while
on our booth will combine class-
simultaneously developing upon
leading design and performance,
cooperative efforts with our
as a result of key input from our
existing client base,” said Ciano.
customers in the development of
“Our entire executive team,
our products. We are unveiling a
including the company’s technical
number of cranes that should surprise
specialists, together with export
and delight customers,” he said.
and aftersales care experts, will be
equipment and machinery of between 16.2% and 16.6% for the year. This year is expected to be no better, with a further fall projected in sales, according to several economic forecasting and market research consultants, who expect 2017 to be the bottom of the cycle, especially in the Middle East. With sales of construction machinery still showing little sign of scaling the peak on which they stood a few years ago, the spotlight for both manufacturers and customers has moved to technological advancements that afford economy and enable the extraction greater use of existing stock. One of the ways this is possible is through better application of technology and at Conexpo 2017, a new 7,000 sqm Tech Experience offers an interactive look at the trends and solutions emerging in the near future in three key areas: the jobsite, workforce and infrastructure. Highlights include the unveiling of the world’s first fully functional 3D steel printed excavator, the Infrastructure Vision 2050 initiative of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), a Drone Zone and 3D Printworks. And at the Tech Talks forum with short yet contentrich presentations to inspire and inform, speakers will focus primarily on the growing opportunity for applied and blue-sky innovation to benefit infrastructure projects and construction jobsites. The 40-session line-up includes some of the world’s leading innovators, including Wayne Rapp, director of manufacturing, Hyperloop One; D’Arcy Salzmann, senior director, strategy, Microsoft HoloLens & studio manager, Future Bureau, Microsoft; Captains Mark and Scott Kelly, former NASA astronauts; Scott Brusaw, co-founder, Solar Roadways; and James Benham, CEO, JB Knowledge.
from across the company’s range of
by Dubai-based KBW Investments, is
Among the cranes the company
onsite at the Raimondi booth to
has confirmed for the show are the
liaise with existing and prospective
GMK5250L and the GMK5150L from
customers,” he added.
the range of Grove all-terrain cranes.
“As an Italian heritage brand
These two long-boom units are both
that has now transitioned into a
appearing for the first time at a trade
more advanced technical space by
show in North America. Both models
implementing research-based design
are mounted on five-axle carriers
into our latest product launches,
and are notable for their boom
the luffing LR213 and the MRT159,
lengths. Another Grove mobile crane
we believe it’s now time to increase
confirmed for CONEXPO 2017 is the
our North American activities.”
GRT880 from the line of rough-terrain
For Raimondi Cranes, which will be located at the exhibition at Silver 1-2, booth S5035 for the duration of the
cranes, being publically displayed in North America for the first time. The Manitowoc range of crawler
event, the 2017 edition of the event is
cranes will be represented with a
an opportunity to further its re-entry
product at the company’s booth, with
in the North American markets.
the model on display to be disclosed
“We are dedicating considerable
later. For the Potain brand of cranes
resources to re-establishing
meanwhile, there are three machines
Raimondi’s heavy lifting market
on show: one new self-erecting crane,
share in both the United States and
plus two top-slewing tower cranes.
in Canada, and our on-the-ground
From the National Crane brand, an
participation at the event is just
all-new boom truck series will make
one part of our planned activations
its tradeshow debut. Manitowoc will
targeting those regions,” said Ciano.
feature a model from the NBT40-
He added that in pursuance of this
1 series, a new trio of boom truck
objective, the Italian tower crane
cranes that are fully compliant with
specialist’s Canadian dealer, Meridion
ANSI A92.2 and ASME B30.5 ratings,
Group Inc., had facilitated a recent
as well as OSHA standards, to offer
tour of the company’s headquarters in
customers the versatility of both
Italy by prospective Canadian clients.
a boom truck and an aerial lift.