SUCCESS STORIES
Towering Cranes with Powder Coatings Wilbert, a German company manufacturing cranes for construction industry for more 80 years, relies on weatherproof, UV-resistant powder coatings from Karl Bubenhofer AG to keep its innovative products, which are rented out and in operation over a number of years, looking as good as new.
C
ranes are eye-catching machines, particularly when they grow
an interest in supplying powder coatings for cranes. “These fascinating
along with the structure that is being built. Wilbert TowerCranes
machines are masterpieces of technology and can be seen from miles
from Waldlaubersheim in Germany has been well known for
away. They have to withstand all types of weather conditions over long
its innovative products for more than 80 years. The company’s trolley
periods. I think a hard-wearing powder coating is the perfect solution for
and luffing jib cranes are based on a sophisticated modular system
them.”
that makes it easy to add individually manufactured components as
One day, Markus Ammann was talking to a business colleague about
required. These tower cranes are used by major building companies
the fact that a producer of grape harvesting machines in the town
worldwide, particularly for the construction of high-rise buildings and
where Wilbert TowerCranes is based is successfully using KABE powder
power stations. Wilbert relies on weatherproof, UV-resistant powder
coatings. His contact mentioned that Wilbert TowerCranes also powder
coatings from Karl Bubenhofer AG to keep its cranes, which are rented
coated its cranes. After Markus Ammann had made initial contact with
out and in operation over a number of years, looking as good as new.
the company, plant manager Andreas Glaser took him out into the
Regional sales manager Markus Ammann from KABE has always had
yard and showed him an old crane. “The plan was to have this crane
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