Munck Cranes AS
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ounded on 25th October 1924 by Mr Sverre Munck, an educated electrician engineer from the University of Trondheim, Munck AS initially began as a trading company with products ranging from fuses and lightbulbs to escalators, elevators and electric wire rope hoists. With the first manufacturing plant completed in 1946, the number of employers significantly increased from 30 to 300 people, which was mainly due to the result of a major contract to make 18 units of trolley buses for Bergen Sporveier, the local bus company. It was during this milestone in the company’s short history that the Munck electric wire rope hoist was designed and full production commenced, which involved hoists, industrial cranes for all types of industry onshore as well as onboard vessels. A pioneer within the Norwegian export industry, the company exported its first hoist to Sweden in 1948, which was shortly followed by another two to England; since then, export to overseas became a rapidly growing market for Munck. In response to this, subsidiary firms were set up in locations such as the US, Canada, the UK, Sweden and Belgium and a network of agents were established in other strategic areas across the globe. Taken over by the family company Furnes
By focusing on customer satisfaction, enhancing quality and the continuous development of its products, Munck Cranes AS has become a leading manufacturer of cranes in Norway, the Nordic countries and Northern Europe Hamjern Holding AS in 1996, Munck Cranes AS today owns two separate companies, Munck Kraner AS Danmark and Munck Cranes AB, in Sweden and continues to work closely with its subsidiaries, which are being managed by local owners. Representing experience and competence, Munck Cranes AS has grown to become one of the main producers and suppliers of cranes and lifting equipment in Norway, an enviable position that was earned through a continuous focus on quality, development and innovation. Capable of delivering equipment for lifting loads of up to 500 tonnes, the company is viewed as a total supplier of cranes and material handling equipment for a broad range of industries, both in Norway and further afield. Discussing the company’s product portfolio is
Rune Vabø, Managing Director at Munck Cranes AS: “Our main product can be divided into four segments: service and maintenance, standard cranes, automatic crane systems for offshore installations and offshore special equipment. Within the latter division we are strongly involved in supplying winding turntables, in fact, we are currently producing two large turntables with a load capacity of 16,000 tonnes.” This current contract follows the company’s recent involvement in a number of notable projects, including the delivery of three Munck semi gantry cranes with an operator cabin mounted to a centre fixed column as well as a six tonne column crane with arm length of seven metres and a column height of 11 metres. This cable handling system was mounted to a turntable used for storing umbilicals in Norway five months ago.
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