Weekly overview 2.-6.4.2018

Operator comfort the design priority for new JCB excavators

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JCB has developed advanced new 220X crawler excavators, the first models in the next generation of JCB tracked machines for the global construction market. Over a four-year development period, JCB has employed a programme of intensive component and product testing, to achieve increased levels of build quality and reliability for customers. Read more >>

HUDDIG – more effective

Line work and cable plowing involve tough challenges. Safety requirements are high and the machines ability to cope with really difficult terrain is put to the test. With a HUDDIG 1260D CABLE you can carry out tasks that otherwise would need several machines and people. The unique off road capabilities mean that you can get through everywhere. Read more >>

Volvo launches six new skid steer and compact track loader models with D-Series rollout

The new MC110D, MC115D and MC135D skid steer loaders, and MCT110D, MCT125D and MCT135D compact track loaders offer more strength, greater capacities, and improved safety and operator comfort.

Volvo D-Series skid steer loaders and compact track loaders have been revamped with a stronger boom design, backed by Volvo’s lifetime guarantee, that provides up to 11 percent higher lifting capacities over the prior generation. Together with cabs that offer 30 percent more room and up to 60 percent greater visibility, these differentiators result in measurable advantages over competitors. Read more >>

Intermat equals innovation for Mantovanibenne

Mantovanibenne is introducing its CC60R demolition cracker at this year’s Intermat.The Italian company, which celebrates 55 years in business this year, says the new attachment is destined to influence demolition techniques, especially in the demolition of large infrastructures, where the external concrete structure incorporates a resilient metallic frame. Read more >>

UK’s largest flat-top crane lands at Heathrow Airport

Rental company City Lifting supplies a Linden Comansa tower crane model 21LC750 with maximum load capacity of 50 tonnes for the construction of a hotel next to Terminal 2.

With almost 80 million passengers in 2017, Heathrow airport in London is one of the world’s busiest in traffic. Thousands of travellers use this huge airport every day to fly away, arrive on destination or take a connecting flight, making it more and more necessary to have hotels in its own premises. Heathrow currently houses two hotels only, in Terminals 4 and 5, located opposite the runways and far from the heart of Heathrow, the Central Terminal Area with Terminals 2 and 3. Read more >>

“Grand Paris” – Liebherr involved in outstanding project of the century

Paris is growing. Massively. In 2016 the French capital and the surrounding départements were merged to form the „Metropole du Grand Paris“ administrative unit. A total of 10 million people live in this enormous metropolis and there are plans to modernise and massively extend its infrastructure over the next few decades. 200 kilometres of underground railway including 68 new stations are planned, some of which are already under construction. The order books of crane contractors are filling rapidly. Read more >>

New offerings from Manitou

Manitou is attending Intermat this year, in Paris, France during April, with a number of new items in its telehandler and aerial platform range.

First up is the 18m working height 180 ATJ and 16m working height 160 ATJ articulating booms, which both now offer a Stage V-compliant engine - the first of its kind, says the manufacturer. The engine operates without after treatment, with the energy used reduced from 26kwh to 19KwH.The models have also been updated for easier transportation and removal of the basket. They also have a new overall design and new wide wheels. Read more >>