Manitowoc continues its expansion and investment in support services with the launch of CONNECT, a new digital platform that will launch at bauma 2022. It enables remote monitoring through an app-based system that gives owners and operators the ability to view real-time crane information, receive alerts, exchange data, and more with further functionality to be added in the future.

Longstanding Potain customer Demathieu et Bard has deployed three top-slewing tower cranes to construct a data center near Paris, France. All were assembled during a three-week period in March 2022. The crane that installed the tower cranes was a Grove GMK5250XL-1 from rental company Occilev, based in the Île-de-France area.

Manitowoc is gearing up for a major display of its latest cranes, technologies, and services at bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany. The Company will showcase a dozen cranes from Grove and Potain, and will highlight its expanded range of support solutions that cover monitoring, parts, service, rental, remanufacturing, finance, and more. The new technologies shown will include CONNECT, an advanced telematics platform that is being unveiled at the exhibition.

Potain has expanded its top-slewing sales and services further into Western Canada through its authorized dealer Cropac Equipment.

The crane’s performance characteristics have helped contractors in their drive to lift ever-larger precast concrete sections and other heavy items as the construction process becomes more modular. In addition to the 32 t version, the Potain MCT 565 A is now available with a shorter jib and counter-jib, which makes it ideal for busy jobsites where several cranes operate within close proximity.

At the JDL Expo, taking place June 22-24 in Beaune, France, Manitowoc will showcase two Grove mobile crane models and two Potain self-erecting tower crane models.

Manitowoc has kickstarted the production of its popular Potain MCT 135 topless tower crane at its plant in Pune, India. The company announced the new addition to local production at Excon 2022, which took place in Bengaluru this May.

The Spanish rental company has specialized in mobile cranes for more than 50 years, offering high quality machines, that are operated by the best people, to jobs across Andalusia. A focus on quality led Grúas Alhambra to develop a relationship with Manitowoc and its Grove brand, which is renowned for class-leading capacities, innovative technology, and reliable operation.

Over the past year, the rapidly rising, 43-story One Congress office tower has become a distinct new landmark in Boston’s North End. But going largely unnoticed are the Potain MR 415 and MR 418 A tower cranes that are quietly growing along with the building — and also inside it.

Taiwanese crane rental company Huixiang Crane Lifting has purchased its first Grove crane, adding a GMK5250XL-1 to its growing fleet. The powerful 5-axle all-terrain crane was unveiled at Bauma 2019 in Germany and has been added to rental fleets across the world ever since.