Category Archives: People

LTM 1050-3.1 hoists a grand piano into a forest clearing for its “Muse”

ESB Kranverleih Transport und Hebetechnik GmbH received an order for a very unusual job in spring 2020 – a valuable grand piano had to be hoisted into a cleared section of forest near Erolzheim in southern Germany and set up there to be played. The order was placed by Andreas Reiner, a German photographer and […]

Raimondi Cranes appoints HLD as official agent of New Zealand

August 14, 2017 (Legnano, Italy) – Raimondi Cranes SpA, established in 1863, today announced the appointment of Heavy Lift Designs (HLD) as the official agent of New Zealand. Founded in 2014 by Managing Director, Eng. Blake Hammon, HLD’s newly-established New Zealand headquarters is situated in Wellington, servicing both the North and South Islands. HLD endeavors […]

ALE lead the way with employee development

ALE are leading the way with employee learning and development as dozens of employees graduate from the ALE Leadership Development Programme.   Launched in 2014, the programme was designed to train and develop team members across the group using internal trainers. Since then, over 100 ALE employees across different locations and teams, from finance and […]

GGR appoints first female AP

Leading lifting solutions specialists GGR Group has recently appointed Kirsty Parkin as their first female AP, for some of their biggest projects across the UK. Kiwi Kirsty joined GGR in 2012, where previously she had worked as a nanny, where she then began her training at GGR’s Long Crendon depot. After just two months of […]

ALE WELCOMES NEW COMMERCIAL MANAGER FOR SCANDINAVIA REGION

ALE has appointed Paul Karlsen as the new Commercial Manager for the Scandinaviabusiness. Paul, who started his career as Platoon Commander for the Norwegian Army, moved to sales in 1994 and has gained experience in the motor transport and agricultural industries, before joining the heavylifting industry in 2011 as a Key Account Manager and ALE […]

Makoto Yamazawa New CEO for Hitachi Europe (HCME)

At Bauma 2016, Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe (HCME) announced mr. Makoto Yamazawa as their new President & CEO. Makoto Yamazawa’s Career Having joined Hitachi straight out of university, Yamazawa has had a long and varied career within the firm. He started as a domestic sales representative. Yamazawa has considerable experience of Hitachi’s mining equipment range having […]

KONECRANES PLC – THE BOARD HAS CONTINUED CONFIDENCE IN STIG GUSTAVSON

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 21, 2016 at 8:00 Konecranes Plc has with its stock exchange release on March 18, 2016, announced that it has become aware that charges for aggravated subsidy fraud have been pressed against its chairman of the board Stig Gustavson in the so called business park matter concerning Industry Park […]

KONECRANES PLC – CHARGES PRESSED AGAINST KONECRANES

KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 18, 2016 at 16:20 Konecranes Plc has become aware that its chairman of the board Stig Gustavson is facing criminal charges for aggravated subsidy fraud in the so called business park matter concerning the company called Industry Park East Management Oy. Konecranes is not a party in the matter. According to […]

Theoretical and practical training in 2016: operator and technical training at SENNEBOGEN Akademie

The SENNEBOGEN Akademie, founded at the start of 2015, offers the ideal setting for instruction and training. The modern facilities offer space for instruction and training events in theory and practice. In addition to training for employees and service partners, customer and operator instruction is now also in focus. SENNEBOGEN knows that every machine is […]

New Owner & Chairman Raimondi Cranes: Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud

His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud, owner of Saudi Arabian investment company KBW Holding, has purchased Italian tower crane manufacturer Raimondi Cranes for an undisclosed fee. The new owner and Chairman visited the Raimondi Cranes premises to discuss major expansion plans with the staff. Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud greeted each and […]