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01 May 2008

WUMAG ELEVANT recently delivered its 3000th truck mount to German rental company Schmidt GmbH 's Co., who has been a long-term customer since 1981. The machine in question was a WT 530 53 m (174 ft) telescopic boom mounted on a MAN chassis. Schmidt will shortly also take delivery of a WT 700 unit. Pictured from right to left at the official handover at Schmidt's Neu-Isenburg depot are Alexander Schmidt, Michael Awater (both management Schmidt), Reinhold Beller (sales manager, MAN Frankfurt), Reinhard Lauermann (managing director, WUMAG ELEVANT), Ralf Niederberger (sales, WUMAG ELEVANT), Heinz Schmidt (managing director, Schmidt), Bernhard Kerscher (plant manager MAN Frankfurt), Jurgen Schroeder (managing director, WUMAG).

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