Manitowoc has updated its free diagnostic app to include Crane Control System (CCS)-equipped Potain tower cranes, helping operators to interpret diagnostic codes generated by on-board control systems and reduce machine downtime. The app already supports many Grove, Manitowoc and National Crane cranes.

In Sheboygan, Wisconsin, locally-headquartered Quasius Construction has deployed a Potain Igo T 85 A self-erecting tower crane to build the 7 Penn Apartments complex on the corner of 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

L’Etoile Verte ‘Green Star’ incineration and energy recovery center in Saint-Ouen, Paris, is currently undergoing a revamp of its fume treatment system.

Crane Norway Group recently purchased nine new Grove all-terrain cranes to add to its company fleet and to meet increased demand from customers for high capacity cranes.

Manitowoc’s product development under The Manitowoc Way continues to accelerate, with the Potain MCT 275 the latest new launch from the company. The unit further expands its popular MCT range of topless cranes built in China.

 Sparrow Crane Hire Ltd. has taken delivery of a new Potain Hup 40-30 self-erecting tower crane, responding to an increase in restricted urban job sites.

R&D Crane, a division of the Cherubini Group of Companies operating in Atlantic Canada, recently expanded their extensive fleet with the purchase of a new Grove GMK5250L. The addition of the 300 USt (250 t) all-terrain crane was fueled by increased demand in the market, especially in R&D Crane’s primary fields of focus, which includes bridge and structural erection, tilt-up building panel erection and industrial mechanical machinery (air conditioning units) installation.

Xian Xintuo Construction Machinery deployed a Potain MCT 328 tower crane, which is badged as the MCT 325 L16 outside of China, to build a new vocational school in Xian, China.

Sarens Canada strengthens its fleet with three new National Crane boom trucks supplied by Strongco.

At the end of May, Southern Cranes & Access became the first Manitowoc customer in the UK to receive a new Grove GMK5250XL-1. Manitowoc announced the debut of the new five-axle all-terrain crane at bauma 2019 and its arrival on the UK crane hire market has been hotly anticipated.