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The promise of heavier lifts at petrochemical, nuclear and renewable energy sites is driving the demand for crawlers, even in this difficult economic period

BPH Equipment, a division of Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering in the UK, has taken delivery of five new Kobelco crawler cranes for work at the Blackfriars Underground Station and bridge redevelopment project in London

One of UK-based Ainscough's new crawler cranes, a Terex Demag CC 2500-1, working at the Von Roll Inova energy from waste plant in Kent, UK

Kobelco Cranes has developed a new 300 tonne lifting capacity SL4500 Light Configuration variation of its 400 tonne SL4500, launched at Intermat in April

Saturday 19 September saw the Manitowoc Model 31000 heavy lift crawler crane unveiled in the iron. The 2,535 US ton (2,300 tonne) capacity giant was first shown at the factory in Manitowoc, USA to

Chinese manufacturer Zoomlion has released details of its new 1,000 tonne capacity crawler crane.

Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion has started production at its new CNY300 million crawler crane factory in Changsha, Hunan Province

The Schmidbauer Group in Germany has extended its lifting capabilities with a 1,250 tonne capacity Terex Demag CC 6800 crawler crane. "It will allow us to significantly increase our capabilities in the upper lifting capacity segment [and] is absolutely ideal for use in industrial facilities and in work with large wind turbines."

The UK's largest crane rental company, Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd, is entering the heavy lift crawler crane sector in a big way

Liugong, one of China's largest earthmoving equipment manufacturers has branched out into the crane sector with the construction of a new factory in Bengbu, Anhui Province. The company has set a target of 3,000 crawler and mobile crane sales in 2011, writes Chris Sleight

Sany will launch new 650 and 100 tonne capacity crawler cranes by the end of the year. The 650 tonne SCC6500WE will initially be aimed at the Chinese market but exports may follow in the next three years

Steel Authority of India Limited has taken delivery of its first 110 tonne capacity Manitowoc Model 12000 lattice boom crawler crane

Sennebogen in Germany is launching a 90 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane. Target applications for the 690 HD include special civil engineering, mining, demolition and materials handling

Korean crane specialist Hanchang Heavy Equipment Co. Ltd. has taken delivery of a 1,350 tonne capacity Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane

Sennebogen in Germany is launching a 90 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane

Eight counterfeit Terex Demag crawler cranes have been found in China

US-based Link-Belt has completed luffing jib and capacity tests on its new 550 US ton (500 tonne) capacity model 548 lattice boom crawler crane.

Italy-based Fagioli has bought two Liebherr crawler cranes, a 750 tonne capacity LR 1750 and a 1,350 tonne LR 11350. Both models were ordered with a range of equipment to cover most applications

Netherlands-based Mammoet used a 1,350 tonne capacity Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane to help build a gas platform being constructed by Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) at the Johor shipyard in Johor

Wind farms are getting bigger, as are turbine capacities. In the near future 6 MW turbines will be a common sight, requiring larger and faster cranes to erect them. Euan Youdale reports