Manitowoc at CONEXPO 2005

Manitowoc Crane Group is exhibiting products from its entire crane line at this year’s CONEXPO 2005 being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, from March 15-19. The company will have a total of 14 cranes, 12 of them new, on its 3530 m2 (38,000 ft2) booth in the outdoor Gold Lot, Stand #440, including three brand new machines and a number of units making their first appearance in the US. In addition to the lifting equipment on display, Manitowoc will have areas dedicated to Manitowoc Crane CARE, its industry-leading after-sales division, and CraneCREDIT, its financing arm. There will also be a training simulator on the stand, on which visitors to the booth are encouraged to test their lifting skills. This year’s event marks the first combined trade show of all four Manitowoc Crane Group product brands in North America. The company comprises crawler cranes from Manitowoc, mobile hydraulic cranes from Grove, tower cranes from Potain, and boom trucks from National. The units on display at this year’s CONEXPO are:

• Grove GMK5130-1 (known as the GMK5165 in the US) all-terrain crane (NEW!)
• Grove RT875E rough-terrain crane (NEW!)
• Grove TMS800E truck crane (NEW!)
• Grove YB5515 industrial crane (NEW!)
• Grove YB7720XL industrial crane (NEW!)
• Manitowoc Model 16000 crawler crane (NEW!)
• Manitowoc Model 12000 crawler crane (NEW!)
• National Series 690E boom truck (NEW!)
• National Series 9125E boom truck (NEW!)
• National Series 18103 boom truck
• Potain MDT 178 Topless City tower crane (NEW!)
• Potain HDT 80 self-erecting tower crane
• Potain Igo 50 self-erecting tower crane (NEW!)
• Potain Igo MA 21 self-erecting crane (NEW!)

CONEXPO 2005 will be the largest construction industry gathering of the year with an expected 100,000 plus visitors expected from a total of 120 countries.

Source: Manitowow, Press release

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