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25 April 2008

J D Irving Ltd, New Brunswick, Canada, has ordered two new crawler cranes and a new all terrain from Liebherr-Canada Ltd, Ontario. The crawlers are the 750 tonne capcity LR 1750 with a heavy lift pack and the 400 tonne capacity LR 1400/2. The all-terrain will be the 400 tonne capacity LTM 1400-7.1. Pictured completing the deal are, left to right: Jim Irving, J D Irving Ltd president; Tim Petersen, Liebherr-Canada crane product manager; Roger Cyr, Irving Equipment Division vice president; and Jim Koen, Liebherr-Canada president.

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