30.12.2009
The result of the close cooperation between Cargotec Finland Oy, Veho Commercial Vehicles, and Eltel Networks is already taking the pathless wilderness of northern Finland by storm. Originally designed for military use, the Mercedes-Benz Zetros is now used for civilian purposes in the construction of power lines - equipped with a heavy-duty Hiab loader crane.
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28.12.2009
Hiab, the world's leading supplier of on-road load handling equipment introduces an extended ST-family in December 2009. The first ST crane was previously offered only to Chinese customers but is now available on other markets - together with an entirely new edition of the family.
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17.11.2009
HIAB XS 310 L is a new, stable and sturdy crane designed especially for brick and block handling. With its long outreach and great capacity it is designed to be at its best as a productive brick and block crane.
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17.09.2009
Cargotec launches three new members of XR Power range hooklifts to further strengthen the Multilift portfolio: The new 14-18 ton capacity hooklift models XR14S, XR16S and XR18S will gradually replace the current LHS 190 and LHS 250 hooklifts for 2-3 axle 19-26 GVW trucks.
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16.09.2009
Groundbreaking invention paves the way for enterprise In the late 1940s the Terho brothers of Raisio, Finland transported lumber from an army surplus warehouse in western Finland, driving a GMC truck they had acquired. The heavy and time-consuming transports got the brothers thinking of solutions, which would ease their work and make more effective use of the truck.
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14.08.2009
Cargotec announced on 22 June 2009 of merging Hiab and Kalmar business areas. As a result of the merger, Cargotec has now formed two business areas: Marine, which comprises current MacGregor business area, and Industrial and Terminal, which comprises current Hiab and Kalmar business areas.
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22.06.2009
Cargotec has defined a new corporate-wide branding strategy and launches a new visual look, which is aimed at strengthening the Cargotec name and its main strategic brands Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor. The new brand strategy supports Cargotec's ‘One Company' approach and is built on the strong reputation of its market leading brands.
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15.06.2009
Cargotec's business area Hiab specialised in load handling solutions is developing its environmental solutions business globally. As part of strengthening its market leadership in providing solutions for waste stream management, Hiab has agreed on significant co-operation with Finnish Molok Ltd, the globally leading provider of waste deep-collection systems.
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11.06.2009
Cargotec's business area Hiab has been awarded a contract to provide hooklifts and loader cranes to new 8x8 off-road trucks which will be supplied to the Finnish Defence Forces by Sisu Defence.
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14.05.2009
Rolf Sundberg drives where no one else is allowed to drive. The working environment where he must navigate his crane truck includes 25 day nurseries and 14 school playgrounds. The safety of those around him is something to which he gives the highest priority in his truck. "And, of course, there is also the durability of the crane. The crane boom goes out and in between 300 and 400 times every day," he says.
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14.05.2009
Deep in the primary rock beneath AlbaNova at Roslagstull in Stockholm, Vejdekke is constructing something that at present most closely resembles an underground cathedral with a height of eleven metres from floor to ceiling. Once everything is finished in six years' time, and a million cubic metres of blasted rock have been removed, there will be more than four kilometres of road tunnel in the Norra Länken (northern link) motorway here. The tunnel driving itself is expected to be completed next year.
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13.05.2009
Cargotec's business area Hiab has received two orders to supply load handling equipment for the Finnish Defence Forces. Hiab will supply 78 MULTILIFT hooklifts to be mounted on Scania military on-road trucks. Hiab also supplies 21 MULTILIFT hooklifts and 9 HIAB loader cranes for Scania military off-road trucks.
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04.05.2009
The world's leading supplier of load handling equipment, Hiab, launches three new XS cranes in the 2-4 tonne metre range. The new cranes are compact with superior performance in their capacity range.
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02.03.2009
Inspired by the needs of stiff boom users, the world's leading supplier of on-road load handling equipment, Hiab, launches a new crane family of stiff and telescoping cranes. Efficiency, long life, as well as service and maintenance are the cornerstones of the new ST- family that will be launched with the first model 173-063 in China.
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19.02.2009
Hiab's HiPro series increases efficiency with eight lever remote control CombiDrive². The new CombiDrive² makes controlling of cranes using more than six functions easier and more user-friendly. Robust, ergonomic design makes CombiDrive² a perfect work mate for various situations.
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16.02.2009
Cargotec's Hiab business area has received a significant order to deliver a total of 292 HIAB loader cranes to BAE Systems Inc. in the USA.
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