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Last November's Bauma China construction equipment exhibition broke all records. Cranes stole the show with a spectacular range of exhibits that included a 1,000 tonne crawler and large all terrains, all built in China. Alex Dahm reports some highlights

Mammoet used self propelled modular transporters to move its fully rigged 1,600 tonne capacity PTC-DS ring crane at a power station in Germany

Patrick Gillis, GG Crane Group president and managing director, was an engineer at Caterpillar for four years, at AEG for three years and then at Schneider before establishing a yacht leasing company and then one for expensive cars. In the 1960s Patrick's father, Gaspard, designed, patented and built three examples of the original design for the GG tower crane. Following his father's death in 2007, Patrick made it his mission to recreate his father's crane. He has redesigned, updated and patented it ready to become the "tower crane of the 21st Century."

"Tower cranes for the 21st Century," is how GG Crane Group promotes its range of long jib tower cranes with propeller-driven slewing mechanism. Alex Dahm talked to Patrick Gillis, GG Crane Group president and managing director, about

Last year was one of the worst ever for the stock markets, and cyclical crane stocks suffered more than most in the carnage. Chris Sleight reports

UK overhead crane and hoist manufacturer Street Crane Company is expanding its Chapel-en-le-Frith facilities with a £750,000 (US$ 1.09 million) investment. The work will improve workflow at the factory and expand the production area by about 30%. It includes a new reception area for steel plate and improved despatch facilities

Al Faris Equipment Rental, based in Dubai, UAE, supplied two 250 tonne Liebherr all terrains cranes to the Dubai Metro joint venture to lift a 140 tonne gantry footbridge into place at the new Jumeirah Lake Tower station

Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company has ordered six Liebherr Megamax ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes and 10 rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Jeddah North Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia

Hiab will deliver 292 loader cranes, newly designed for the US Army, to BAE Systems. The Hiab 222ATF-1 is to be used in the US Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) wrecker machines range

Liftall is a new pick and carry crane from construction equipment manufacturer JCB

Singapore-based crane sales and rental company Tat Hong Holdings has announced that its net profit declined by 86% in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to same period in 2007

Crawler crane rental specialist Weldex in the UK has put to work 550 tonne capacity Kobelco SL6000 crawler cranes in east London

Eight counterfeit Terex Demag crawler cranes have been found in China

FibreMax is a new Netherlands-based company specializing in the manufacture of lightweight precision ropes out of synthetic fibres. "By means of a unique endless winding production process we are capable of producing precision cables that are far lighter, stiffer, stronger and thinner than conventional steel wire ropes

Glen Tellock has been elected chairman of the Manitowoc Company by its board of directors. Tellock succeeds Terry Growcock, who retired as chairman at the end of December 2008. Tellock also continues as president and chief executive officer

Tower crane specialist Wolffkran has launched an online tool allowing customers to choose the right crane configuration for their chosen application. The system allows configuration proposals and comparable cost overviews to be viewed

More details have been obtained on the progress of Liebherr's LTR 11200 telescopic crane first announced in IC March 2008

International heavy transport and lifting contractor Abnormal Load Engineering Limited has established ALE Projects Limited

Ralf Vieten will join WHECO, a crane and capital equipment structural repair and restoration services company in the US.

Crane, heavy haulage and aerial platform rental house Boom Logistics in Australia is restructuring its Melbourne operation