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Compact crane from Liebherr a miracle worker where space is at a premium

A modern Liebherr compact crane was used to carry out maintenance work at a power plant in Saxony. The Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 proved to be the ideal choice of hoisting equipment to install a forced draught fan in very constricted conditions with a limited room height.

750th Liebherr mobile construction crane goes to Heros

Liebherr has delivered its 750th mobile construction crane to Heros Kraanverhuur B.V. The Belgian-Dutch haulage contractor is a long-term customer of the construction machinery manufacturer and already uses a large number of Liebherr machines for its wide range of services.

Gruas Aguilar modernises crane fleet with seven new Liebherr cranes

Gruas Aguilar based in Madrid has purchased seven new mobile and crawler cranes from Liebherr. The cranes have lifting capacities ranging from 50 to 1200 tonnes enabling the Spanish crane and heavy haulage contractor to modernise its fleet. The order comprises one LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane, one LRT 1100-2.1 rough-terrain crane, two LTM 1130-5.1 mobile cranes, one LTM 1230-5.1, one LTM 11200-9.1 and one LR 1600/2-W narrow track crawler crane.

Gruas Aguilar modernises crane fleet with seven new Liebherr cranes

Gruas Aguilar based in Madrid has purchased seven new mobile and crawler cranes from Liebherr. The cranes have lifting capacities ranging from 50 to 1200 tonnes enabling the Spanish crane and heavy haulage contractor to modernise its fleet.

Schick takes delivery of the most powerful 5-axle crane on the market – lifting capacity extension with the Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane

Anton Schick GmbH took delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane in July. “This means we now have the most powerful five-axle crane on the market in our fleet”, says Managing Director Anton Schick. The company based in Bad Kissingen in the heart of Germany will use the 250-tonne crane for major prefabricated concrete construction projects.

Absolute Crane, LLC adds Liebherr LTM 1160-5.2 to fleet

Absolute Crane, LLC, a US crane rental company, has taken delivery of their first Liebherr crane, a 190 US ton LTM 1160-5.2.

Ibarrondo receives first Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane with new SL20F2 boom system in Spain

The Ibarrondo Group has purchased a Liebherr LG 1750 for erecting wind turbines. The new 750 tonne lattice boom mobile crane features the new SL20F2 boom system which is designed for the low cost erection of heavy equipment on wind turbine towers up to 100 metres in height. The elimination of a derrick system means fast set up, easy manoeuvring from one wind power generator to the next and a reduction in the number of transport units.

First Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane in the Baltic states

Crane contractor JSC "Strele logistics" has added to its fleet with a new Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane. The long telescopic boom, outstanding load charts and the economy of the Liebherr single-engine concept on the eight-axle crane were the main points behind the investment in the new crane.

Liebherr lattice boom mobile crane hoists giant lock gates

All six gates on the barrage of the fishing and yacht dock had to be removed for the refurbishment of the dock gates in Büsum. A Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane had a genuine challenge on its hands, namely hoisting the 90 tonne steel gates. With a radius of 67 metres, the massive crane had to manage a gross load of over 100 tonnes.

Liebherr mobile cranes install a weight of 180 tonnes in a tandem hoist

Teamwork in our home town – in June two Liebherr mobile cranes replaced a 20 year old debarking drum at the Sappi paper factory in Ehingen. This is also the location of the Liebherr manufacturing plant for mobile and crawler cranes. An LTM 1350-6.1 from Rieger & Moser and an LTM 1400-7.1 from Fricke-Schmidbauer worked together to carefully hoist the 90 tonnes load.

Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane installs storage and retrieval vehicles for high-bay shelving warehouse

A Liebherr mobile crane operated by heavy haulage contractor Prangl installed several large storage and retrieval vehicles in a new high-bay shelving warehouse in Frastanz, Austria, a village in the west of the country near the border with the Principality of Lichtenstein. An LTM 1350-6.1 with a 42-metre luffing jib completed the work.

More power for Brazilian industrial company Montcalm from a Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane

Completely ready for industrial and assembly work – that is what the new LTM 1250-5.1 is facing. The mobile crane was officially handed over to Paulo Simonsen, Managing Director of the Brazilian company Montcalm Montagens Industriais S/A. on 14th of June at the Customer Days at the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen. Montcalm will use its new 250-tonne crane exclusively for the company's own jobsites.

Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane installs new bells on Paderborn Cathedral

A Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane operated by Hofmann Kran-Vermietung GmbH & Co. KG played a major role in the musical enhancement of the chimes at Paderborn Cathedral. The eight existing bells were supplemented by two additional ones. The smaller one, weighing in at just one tonne, was no challenge for the 500-tonne crane. The installation of the larger bell, weighing 13.5 tonnes and with a diameter of 2.7 metres, on the other hand, demanded precision from both the crane and the installation team.

Group of Liebherr cranes hoists roof construction

The roof construction for a future industrial building near Mechernich had to be hoisted to allow its support pillars to be extended. The job in the town in the Eifel Mountains was tackled by mobile crane and heavy haulage contractor Salgert based in Lohmar using six Liebherr mobile cranes. The steel structure measuring around 500 square metres and consisting of trusses and girders had to be hoisted in full.

Kran Kompagniet conquers hoist height with Liebherr mobile crane in a flash

Up, up and away – Danish crane operator Kran Kompagniet ApS has speeded up its crane set-up work on site and has also gained hoist height by buying a new Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1. The telescopic boom on the 450-tonne mobile crane is 85 metres long, making it unique in this crane class.

Wind farm maintenance work – CEZ purchases Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane

CEZ Group in Romania has purchased a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane and an LTM 1130-5.1 mobile crane. The subsidiary of the Czech CEZ Group runs the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. The new machines will be used for the maintenance and repair work there and for modernising the CEZ wind farm.

Customers from more than 80 countries experienced two world premieres at the Customer Days in Ehingen

According to the motto ‘Strongly connected’, Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH invited 3,000 customers to its plant in Southern Germany at 13 and 14 June. The manufacturer unveiled new crane models from its crawler and mobile crane division. During an open house day on 16 June, Liebherr invited employees’ families and friends and presented impressive mobile and crawler crane demonstrations.

75 metre telescopic boom – Liebherr unveils new LTM 1230-5.1 at its customer days

"Long, powerful and versatile" is Liebherr's description of its new LTM 1230-5.1 mobile crane at its customer days 2018 at the manufacturing plant in Ehingen. The highlights include the length and lifting capacity of the telescopic boom. Its predecessor, the LTM 1200-5.1, also had one of the longest telescopic booms in this crane class at 72 metres. The new 230-tonne crane not only delivers an extra 3 metres in length but also an average of 20 percent greater lifting capacity. In addition to a multi-functional folding jib, a 43 m fixed jib is also available. The Liebherr innovations VarioBase®, VarioBallast, ECOmode and ECOdrive mean that crane operators can use the new LTM 1230-5.1 with even more safety and efficiency.