Top tips for assembling tower cranes
What does it take to assemble some of the world's largest and tallest tower cranes today? Looking Up explores the key elements and steps ...
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‘Pulling many cranes out of the market’
Semiconductor demand is bolstering American manufacturing and boosting the construction industry.
Manitowoc celebrates World Environment Day
World Environment Day is a global day of awareness that encourages the protection of the Earth and all its ecosystems. It has been ...
Voice of the Customer: the power of listening
The NFT Group has been a collaborative partner to Manitowoc for decades, delivering valuable insights to the Company’s Voice of the ...
Grove rough-terrain cranes: the oil and gas industry’s #1 choice
Why are Grove rough-terrain (RT) cranes so popular for oil and gas work? We spoke to Saudi Arabia’s Tamimi Rentals, to find out.
Top troubleshooters
Via the newly formed Potain Academy, the brand is leveraging the remarkable expertise of its trainers and renowned “flying doctors” to ...
2023 boom truck trends
Boom trucks are offering operators increased asset utilization as they steadily muscle in on jobs once reserved for truck cranes...
Six challenges: six solutions
Potain self-erecting cranes help contractors overcome a whole host of roadblocks on today’s jobsites. In this article we take a look at...
A trio of champions
For decades, the name “National Crane” has been synonymous with boom trucks. It’s a name that stands for innovation, practicality, and an...
Potain self-erecting cranes: a go-to solution in an evolving marketplace
Potain self-erecting cranes are designed to offer maximum mobility, versatility, and capacity to get the job done. Let’s look at the...
Grove: 75 years of innovation
The crane manufacturer’s history spans generations of technological breakthroughs, which resulted in some of the most iconic cranes of...
Training for success
A new Manitowoc MLC150-1 ensures IUOE’s International Training & Education Center in Crosby, Texas, stays at the forefront of equipment...
Financing a crane: What you need to know
Manitowoc Finance offers a wide choice of funding programs, each tailored to meet the needs of today’s crane businesses. In this article...
Celebrating success: National Crane marks its 75th anniversary
The company was founded in 1947 as Burg Manufacturing in Nebraska and merged into National Crane Corp. in 1963. It became part of the...
Boom upkeep
Looking Up convened a panel of experts to discuss the crucial aspects of boom maintenance and repair. To protect your crane investment,...
Six good reasons to buy original parts for your crane
Using counterfeit parts in your crane can have devastating consequences. In this article we look at six good reasons not to take the...
Upwardly mobile: becoming a crane operator has never been such a rewarding career option
Latest U.S. figures on crane operator salaries show a national annual wage of $64,000, while the top 10% can earn over $117,000/year. The...
Investing in quality
Manitowoc has invested in its European Potain factories to deliver new levels of quality, safety, productivity and environmental...
Meet the team and inspiration behind National Crane’s new boom trucks
National Crane boom trucks have been at the forefront of innovation for over 50 years. Its two new iterations — the NBT60XL and the...
Closer to the customer – Why Manitowoc started Grove rough-terrain crane production in Italy
As demand increases for larger rough-terrain cranes in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia-Pacific, the addition of RT...
HEC chooses Manitowoc cranes to educate the next generation of crane operators
HEC purchased two Manitowoc MLC100-1 crawler cranes to train students. The U.S. has seen an acute shortage of skilled trades workers over...
Learning Lessons all the Time
The Manitowoc Way “Lessons Learned” program encourages every employee to contribute to improving the way the company works, and that...
Single-family homebuilding: U.S. contractors reap benefits with Potain self-erecting tower cranes
In 2021, new construction of single-family homes could exceed 1 million units in the U.S. for the first time since 2007, according to the...
Pump it up! Hydraulic technology gives Potain luffing jib cranes a boost
Innovation is about challenging the status quo and in the crane industry no one does that quite like Manitowoc. Over its many decades...
Wood-frame construction – U.S. contractors reap benefits with Potain self-erecting cranes
Wood framing is a popular construction method for low-rise commercial and multi-unit residential buildings in North America. As general...
How lean manufacturing is transforming Potain crane production in China
Over the last few years, the Manitowoc factory in Zhangjiagang, China, has implemented the principles of The Manitowoc Way, improving its...
GMK3050-2 convinces Austrian equipment rental company to purchase first Grove mobile crane
Austrian family business W. Reitinger picked up its first Grove mobile crane from the Manitowoc factory in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in...
“Getting better every day”
Manitowoc’s new president and CEO, Aaron Ravenscroft, believes continuous improvement is fundamental to the company’s next phase of...
Kings of the road
Potain self-erecting cranes are widely recognized as the best in the world. This comes from a long-standing culture of innovation and a...
The interview: Quality control
John Bair talks about the progress Grove has made in recent years in enhancing rough-terrain crane reliability and efficiency, along with...
10 steps to safe and efficient tower crane erection
Manitowoc Crane Care’s Didier Forest is a 32-year veteran of the company. He has co-authored several technical manuals on tower crane...
Making the best even better
For over four decades, National Crane boom trucks have led the industry in innovation, helping owners get more jobs done each day. Now...
Finding room in a tight space
As job sites get increasingly compact, users want a solution that offers more flexibility in how they configure their Grove mobile crane....
No mission too tough
For nearly 60 years, Manitowoc has been supplying the U.S. military with its tough, durable cranes. Many of them are specifically...
Taller, longer, wider and stronger
How cranes from Grove, Manitowoc and Potain are shaping modern bridge building.
Supporting the growing energy sector
With demand for energy continuing to grow worldwide, Manitowoc is continuing to support the sector with its latest generation of cranes...
Solving the lifting challenges of urban growth
Our cities are growing upwards, outwards and downwards. In this article we look at how the latest generation of Manitowoc cranes is...
Bringing infrastructure development to life
Cranes from Manitowoc have been at the heart of the world’s infrastructure development. And with the sector now back in the limelight,...
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