SECTOR FOCUS Ӏ REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT


director Pete Issitt. “And it is a good thing for us both. Sharing our experiences and using each company’s services only strengthens both our positions when completing crane repairs.” The companies had already


worked closely over the past few years on various crane repair projects. "The new arrangement opens new channels for both of us,” explains Issitt. “We can both benefit from the experience and knowledge that we each hold


within the crane repair business.” On the Dutch side Bert Avezaat


Jr is equally pleased: “We have been working with Crowland Cranes already for many years and completed a lot of projects and have learned to know them. We are looking forward to expanding our working relationship.”


MANUFACTURER REFURB Almost all crane manufacturers offer after-sales services while some go even further


Gouweleeuw’s


restoration of a Terex Demag TC 2800-1 for Global Crane Services. Above: the old crane being taken apart for restoration. Below: the finished product.


with complete refurbishment, remanufacture, and used-crane sales departments. Liebherr has its ‘Reman’


programme: designed for mobile and crawler cranes it offers three different levels of remanufacturing levels and demand has been such that last year (2022) Liebherr relocated its German repair facility for it from its manufacturing base at Ehingen (where it had been for 40 years handling around 200 used machines a year) to new and


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