Premier battery powered crawler crane rises in Sunshine and Golden States

Florida’s largest private crane rental and rigging service company showcased the world’s first battery powered crawler crane at its corporate headquarters in Tampa. Sims Crane & Equipment Co. hosted the machine’s late-2023 U.S. debut in conjunction with engineer and manufacturer Liebherr. The unveiling followed the national anthem and a MacDill Air Force Base color guard presentation. Sims Crane and Liebherr…

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Liebherr tailors self-service plant to small, QR-coded orders

Virginia-based Liebherr USA’s parent company is set for global launch of an automated batch plant especially suiting small professional or do-it-yourself project customers. With output at about 35 yd./hour, the model is equipped for adjustable height discharge of .20- to 2.5-yd. loads in small trailers or larger vehicles, including conventional mixer trucks.

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Liebherr engineers invite small orders with self-service batch plant

Sources: Liebherr-Mischtechnik GmbH, Germany; CP staff

Virginia-based Liebherr USA’s parent company plans a global launch this summer of an automated batch plant tailored to small professional or do-it-yourself project customers. With output at about 35 yd./hour, the model will be equipped for adjustable height discharge of .20- to 2.5-yd. loads in small trailers or larger vehicles, including conventional mixer trucks. 

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Holcim flagship books first Liebherr electric mixer truck order

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Sources: Liebherr-Mischtechnik GmbH, Designwerk Products AG, Germany; CP staff

Germany’s Liebherr and Designwerk have developed the first fully electric concrete mixer trucks with 10- or 12-m³ drums on a five-axle chassis. The models are scheduled to premier later this year in Holcim and KIBAG fleets in Switzerland, where five-axle mixers with 40-tonne GVW are legal.

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Intelligent assistance systems steer larger Liebherr loaders

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Liebherr USA Co. parent, Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH, will premier safety- and service life-augmenting technologies for XPower wheel loaders at bauma 2019, staged next month in Munich. Topping the roster are active rear person recognition and a sensor-supported, integrated tire pressure monitoring system. Each has been developed in house and fully integrated into machine controls.

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Liebherr imparts independent shaft, agitator speed control on pan mixer

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Liebherr Concrete Technology has announced North American market availability of the RIV 2.5 D Ring-Pan mixer, equipped with separate motors driving the main shaft and mixing arms plus agitator rotors. Rotational speeds of the shaft (7 to 34 rpm) and agitator (51 to 232 rpm) can be adjusted to specific concrete mix designs, and set at different rates for dry or wet loads and discharge cycles. Variable mixing control features make the model especially suited to high performance concrete.

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Liebherr marks pan mixer first: Independent shaft, agitator speed control

Sources: Liebherr Concrete Technology, Front Royal, Va.; CP staff

Liebherr Concrete Technology has announced North American market availability of the RIV 2.5 D Ring-Pan mixer, equipped with separate motors driving the main shaft and mixing arms plus agitator rotors. Shaft and agitator rotational speeds can be adjusted to specific concrete mix designs, and set at different rates for dry or wet loads and discharge cycles. Variable mixing control features make the model especially suited to high performance concrete.

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MANUFACTURERS – OCTOBER 2017

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Amid start up of its 2 million ton/year Port-Daniel–Gascons mill in eastern Quebec, McInnis Cement has outlined an Atlantic provinces distribution plan anchored on the acquisition of two CRH Canada terminals serving New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. McInnis will honor the facilities’ order log, integrate current staff, and—under a separate agreement—begin cement deliveries to CRH Canada terminals in Long Pond, Argentia and Corner Brook, Newfoundland this fall.

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MANUFACTURERS – July 2016

Liebherr USA Co. has promoted Ana Cabiedes-Uranga to the position of general manager, Marketing, responsible for leading and facilitating programs and strategy across the eight divisions under the recently designated Liebherr USA umbrella. She has 10-plus years’ marketing and management experience with the manufacturer, and has managed public relations and large-scale projects, including the ConExpo-Con/Agg exhibit. She most recently served as Liebherr Construction Equipment Marketing and Communications manager.

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Liebherr Concrete Technology joins sister operations under new umbrella

Sources: Liebherr USA Co., Newport News, Va.; CP staff

Liebherr Concrete Technology Division and seven companion businesses are operating under a new entity effective this month. The formation of Liebherr USA Co. nets what management notes is “a simpler structure with broader reach. In practical terms, all points of contact and business relationships will remain the same for our business partners and all contracts/programs/arrangements/agreements will remain in effect.”

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