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    Manitowoc To Display Enhanced Shuttlelift SCD15 Carry Deck Crane At Upcoming ARA Show
    Posted On: October 12, 2021
    “We’ve made a number of enhancements to the crane that make it easier to use and provide more comfort for operators,” says Michael Heinrich, Manitowoc vice president of sales for boom trucks and industrial cranes. ...
    Heavy Equipment Colleges Train Next-Generation Crane Operators With Manitowoc MLC100-1 Lattice Boom Crawlers
    Posted On: May 24, 2021
    The only Department of Education-accredited school for crane operation in the U.S. has purchased a pair of the lattice boom crawler cranes for its Stonecrest, Georgia, and Oklahoma City locations. ...
    IEA Constructors Put Manitowoc MLC300 & MLC650 Crawler Cranes To Work Installing Wind Turbines
    Posted On: January 18, 2021
    To monitor undercarriage wear and damage (a common issue for cranes used in wind energy applications), Manitowoc and dealer Walter Payton Power Equipment developed a custom wear gauge system for IEA. ...
    Manitowoc MLC100-1 Crawler Crane Logged 2,500 Hours With No Issues On Tunnel Project In Cleveland
    Posted On: September 3, 2020
    Starting in August 2019, the crane worked 2,500 hours—including months of 6:30 a.m.-to-midnight double shifts—with no problems of any kind. ...
    Hoffman Equipment Celebrates 100th Anniversary With Purchase Of Four New Manitowoc & Grove Cranes
    Posted On: April 17, 2020
    Hoffman Equipment of New Jersey celebrated its 100th anniversary this year at CONEXPO with a purchase of several Manitowoc and Grove cranes. ...
    Manitowoc’s New MLC150-1 Offers Greater Capacity, Greater Reach & Quicker Assembly
    Posted On: February 28, 2020
    The crane manufacturer will have the new lattice boom crawler crane (and several newer models) on display at CONEXPO in Las Vegas. ...
    Manitowoc To Reveal Six New Cranes At CONEXPO 2020
    Posted On: January 15, 2020
    CEO and President Barry Pennypacker credits his company’s Manitowoc Way design and manufacturing philosophy with rapidly delivering innovative products that incorporate customer input. ...
    Manitowoc MLC300 Lattice Boom Crawler Crane Speeds Up Bridge Construction In Washington State
    Posted On: October 14, 2019
    The project was originally scheduled to be complete in April 2020, but thanks to the MLC300, contractor Ceccanti says it will be finished next month. ...
    Manitowoc Talks Apps, Services At bauma Show
    Posted On: April 11, 2019
    The crane manufacturer is showing off diagnostics tools, tools for calculating proper boom and jib lengths for various loads, training simulators, and more. ...
    Manitowoc To Reveal Six New Grove & Potain Cranes At bauma 2019
    Posted On: February 8, 2019
    Six brand-new Grove and Potain cranes will make their first appearances at the Manitowoc booth at bauma 2019 in Munich this April. ...
    Manitowoc’s Shuttlelift SCD15 Crane Returns To The Rental Show
    Posted On: January 21, 2019
    The Rental Show runs February 17 to 20 in at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California; the SCD15 debuted at the Rental Show in 2017. ...
    Manitowoc Brings The Goods To Annual Mexican Crane Congress
    Posted On: December 20, 2018
    This fall, Manitowoc Cranes took four of its machines to the three-day 4th National Congress of Industrial Cranes in Irapuato in Guanajuato, Mexico. ...
    Manitowoc’s Potain Cab-IN Lift Is An Elevator For Tower Cranes
    Posted On: December 14, 2018
    Manitowoc’s new Potain Cab-IN is a 2-person elevator for the company’s top slewing tower cranes. ...
    Manitowoc’s New Potain MCT 565: Its Biggest Topless Crane To Date
    Posted On: December 12, 2018
    The new crane provides a wealth of options for capacity, jib length, and more, and its plug-and-play slewing unit and other features enable site setup in as little as two days. ...
    Potain Brings Hup & Igo Self-Erecting Cranes To ARTIBAT 2018
    Posted On: November 6, 2018
    Manitowoc Cranes subsidiary Potain brought its Hup 40-30 and Igo M 14 self-erecting cranes to ARTIBAT 2018 in Rennes, France, in late October. ...
    National Launches The Tractor-Mounted NBT30H-2 TM
    Posted On: October 23, 2018
    Manitowoc designed its latest mounted boom truck crane in response to customer feedback. ...
    1962 Grove RT-58 Still Going Strong For Detroit Crane Company
    Posted On: October 12, 2018
    Detroit-based JJ Curran Crane Company is still making good use of its nearly 60-year-old Grove RT-58 rough-terrain crane. ...
    Manitowoc Helps Overhaul Maxim Crane Works’ Fleet
    Posted On: October 5, 2018
    Maxim Crane Work sis the proud new owner of 19 new cranes from Grove’s rough-terrain and truck-mounted models and National Crane’s boom truck family. ...
    Manitowoc Unveils New All-Terrain Cranes
    Posted On: March 22, 2018
    At the most recent National Congress of Infrastructure in Colombia, visitors were treated with a preview of several new cranes and some cutting-edge technologies from Manitowoc. ...
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    Next In Line: Scania Launches Its New Generation Touring Coach
    Posted 10/7/2026
    Scania reveals its next generation of coach to the world – the new Scania Touring. ...
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    John Deere Returns To LAMMA With New Machinery Line-up
    Posted 9/30/2026
    The show will give visitors the chance to experience the cabs of John Deere’s new tractors and foragers and see a key wrapping baler for the UK and Ireland. ...
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    Five-Star Quartet! 4 More Scania Trucks Receive Euro NCAP's Top Rating
    Posted 9/15/2026
    Joining Scania's L-series and P-series trucks, which received Euro NCAP's top rating earlier this year, are a pair of R-series and G-series trucks in 4x2 tractor and 6x2 rigid forms, respectively. ...
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    Steyr Advances Hydrogen-Powered Farming With New HYTRAC Research Project
    Posted 9/15/2026
    TU Wien, Vienna's leading technology university, together with Steyr and other project partners, has launched the HYTRAC hydrogen agriculture research project. ...
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    Volvo CE Upgrades L30 & L35 Compact Wheel Loaders For Greater Versatility & Uptime
    Posted 9/15/2026
    Volvo Construction Equipment is upgrading its L30 and L35 compact wheel loaders with their most significant frame redesign since their introduction in 1998. ...
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    JCB: Built For The Job
    Posted 9/8/2026
    Wotblock precast needed the manoeuvrability of a skid steer, the mobility of a tracked machine, impressive lifting capability and the reach of a telescopic handler, and chose a JCB Teleskid. ...
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    Krone GX: New Generation With Contactless Forced Steering & A New Job Computer
    Posted 9/8/2026
    Krone has further developed its GX general-purpose wagon’s comfort and versatility to meet the growing demands of agricultural transport even more effectively. ...
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    JCB Electric Compact Excavators Report
    Posted 9/4/2026
    Technical Journalist Dane Gilkes assesses the development of the JCB E-TECH range of electric equipment including compact excavators models. ...
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    High-Performance XPower Wheel Loaders From Liebherr At Steinexpo 2026
    Posted 9/2/2026
    At this year’s steinexpo, the international demonstration trade fair for the raw materials and construction materials industry, Liebherr will showcase two high-performance XPower wheel loaders. ...
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    Volvo Construction Equipment Tests First-Ever EC500 Electric Pre-Build Machine In Norway
    Posted 9/1/2026
    The EC500 Electric is a 50-tonne-class electric excavator designed to deliver the same performance as the conventional EC500 while offering flexible electric operation through both grid connection and onboard battery power. ...
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