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Tiong Woon Corporation Holding reported a 36% increase in revenue for the six months ended 31 December 2011

China remains under-constructed and continues to experience the largest scale of urbanisation in human history. A consequence is huge demand for cranes for a vast range of applications but the business is not without its challenges

Specialized heavy lifting and moving company Rolf Riedl in Germany is celebrating 25 years in business. It was started by Rolf Riedl

 February 2012

A Liebherr LHM 550 will be the manufacturer's hundredth mobile harbour crane in Africa. In March the 144 tonne capacity crane will go to APM Terminals' Apapa container port in Nigeria. With the addition of the new machine, APM Terminals' fleet will comprise nine heavy-duty machines operating in Benin, Luanda and Apapa

Chinese manufacturer XCMG has started building an 88,000 tonne-metre rated lattice boom crawler crane

Shinwoo Development is using seven Liebherr tower cranes, including a new 1250 HC 40, to build a plant for Samsung Electronics in Asan, South Korea. The saddle jib crane was purchased by contractor Shinwoo Development from Gintex Korea Co Ltd, Liebherr's distributor in South Korea

Vernazza Autorgru used eight Terex all terrain cranes to help build the new Juventus football (soccer) club stadium in Turin, Italy over three years. The Juventus Arena, opened in September 2011, replaces the Del Alpi Stadium, which was built for the 1990 World Cup

US crane rental company AmQuip has put its most recent fleet addition - a Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 - through its paces in the tight streets of Boston

US-based All Erection & Crane Rental has added five new Link-Belt hydraulic truck cranes to its fleet, including two HTC-8675 Series II and three HTC-86100s

Palfinger posted the highest revenue figures ever recorded at the company in its 2011 financial year results

Debt Restructuring for Cranes & Other Heavy Equipment is the title of SC&RA's next free educational webinar on 15 February

Sarens Polska has acquired Gdansk-based crane rental company Zuraw Grohman complete with its fleet of 160 cranes

Finnish crane maker Konecranes posted a 39% drop in profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010

Japan's Kobe Steel Group, parent company of Kobelco Cranes has reported a 4% increase in consolidated net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 (April to December 2011)

Singapore-based heavy lift and transport specialist Tiong Woon has been contracted to lay pipelines and construct intake towers at the Tuaspring Desalination Plant under construction in the country

Penny Hydraulics installed LoadLift platform lifts into two cellar service vehicles for for UK brewer Adnams

 February 2012

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has agreed that basic electronic calculators can now be permitted for use on certain CCO written exams.

In the USA Manitowoc and Trimble are working to develop a crane positioning software that will map active construction sites to within 10 mm.