Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2018 – Construction work on rail tracks which require railway traffic to be postponed for a limited time generally have one thing in common – massive time pressure. The essential thing is that the trains start moving again on schedule after the end of the planned track closure. The installation […]
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Greater safety for wind turbine erection work using the single-line guiding system from Liebherr
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Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) December 2018 – The blades on the latest generation of wind turbines are nowadays installed individually using rotor blade yokes. Liebherr has developed a system for this future-oriented application, which makes the installation process safer, more economical and in many cases also greener – the SLGS single-line guiding system. To stabilise long […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany), November 2018 – The Polish crane and heavy haulage company Dźwigi Mazowsze Marcin Zielonka has taken possession of the first Liebherr rough-terrain crane of type LRT 1100-2.1 in Poland. It is the first rough-terrain crane in the company’s fleet and is earmarked for long-term construction sites and applications on rough terrain. […]
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The Mammoet outlet in Leuna made quite an impression with a smart solution and the use of two large Liebherr mobile cranes on a site in Berlin. The positioning of lattice supports weighing around 80 tonnes for a future municipal railway bridge from just one side of the river made both financial and logistic sense […]
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Reiden (Switzerland), 23 November 2018 – Swiss crane contractor VHB SA took delivery of a Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane in November. The mobile construction crane was commissioned at Liebherr-Baumaschinen AG in Reiden as part of an induction training programme for the new crane. Managing Director Philippe Porret travelled with crane driver Alexis […]
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Nenzing (Austria) November 2018 – By 2030 the container port in Jätkäsaari will be transformed into an attractive district of Helsinki. In order to improve the soil conditions, the Finnish company Takanen is applying Liebherr equipment. The noteworthy on this jobsite: nine years ago, the Nordic countries experienced a highlight in their musical history here. […]
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Liebherr Tower Cranes concludes test phase for its first high-tensile fibre ropes
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Biberach (Germany), 20 November 2018 – Working with Austrian rope manufacturer, Teufelberger, Liebherr has developed a new type of high-tensile fibre rope for hoisting applications which will increase the lifting capacity. During the development project, more than 100 different fibre rope prototypes, measuring around 70,000 metres in length, were developed. These underwent extensive testing on […]
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The complete solution – Liebherr tower cranes build Axel Springer new building in Berlin
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Berlin (Germany), 24 October 2018 – Together with its dealership, WASEL GmbH, Liebherr Tower Cranes has provided a full service package for the Axel Springer publishing company for the construction of its modern new building in Berlin. Liebherr tower cranes are building the “New Way of Work” showcase project in Germany – the Axel Springer […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) October 2018 – A modern Liebherr compact crane was used to carry out maintenance work at a power plant in Saxony. The Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 proved to be the ideal choice of hoisting equipment to install a forced draught fan in very constricted conditions with a limited room height. A large […]
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750th Liebherr mobile construction crane goes to Heros
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Biberach / Riss (Germany), October 2018 – Liebherr has delivered its 750th mobile construction crane to Heros Kraanverhuur B.V. The Belgian-Dutch haulage contractor is a long-term customer of the construction machinery manufacturer and already uses a large number of Liebherr machines for its wide range of services. The landmark crane was handed over at Liebherr-Werk […]