Crane conferences speaker update

Several speakers have been added to IC’s crane conference programmes in the last few days, almost completing the line up for two of the events being held later this year.

Frank Bardonaro, president at Maxim Crane in the USA, one of the largest crane rental companies in the world, will talk about the role of private equity in the crane industry. Bardonaro will make his presentation at the 2015 World Crane and Transport Summit (WCTS) being held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 4 and 5 November.

Also recently signed up for the WCTS is Saket Agarwal managing director at crane rental, manufacturing and shipping operations company ABG Infralogistics in India. Agarwal will take part in a round table discussion on emerging markets. Also on that panel are Carsten von der Geest, Terex Cranes EMEAR region director, and Fuad Mammadov, regional business development manager at ALE in the Caspian.

At the International Tower Cranes Conference in May, a speaker from Wolffkran will discuss fleet management: Challenges and best practice regarding product mix, crane deployment, maintenance and assessment of crane lifetime costs.

Also at the ITC, Matthias Uhl, GEDA-Dechentreiter product specialist, will take part in a panel discussion on operator access for tower cranes. He will be joined by Leif Loftmyr, Procrania Elevation CEO, and Thomas Herse, head of international product management at Liebherr-Werk Biberach in Germany.

For full details and to sign up for any of the events in the IC and KHL Group programme, see: www.khl.com/events