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at competitive prices. Sany also
points to the accessibility of the new branch – a strategic decision designed to help provide fast service and support.
MULTIPLE BULK ORDERS Chinese companies are far from alone in actively seeking to increase their participation in this booming, and lucrative, market. In the first quarter of the year
Saudi Liebherr Co., Liebherr’s Saudi Arabian subsidiary, cemented the largest order in the history of its business. It was from the Saudi company Arabian Machinery & Heavy Equipment Co. (AMHEC) and was for no fewer than 55 new Liebherr all-terrain cranes. The cranes are of lifting capacities from 100 to 800 tonnes and range from five axles up to nine. The nine-axle machine, the LTM 1750 – 9.1 (which has 800t capacity), in particularly notable. “We already have numerous cranes with a lifting capacity between 50 and 500 tonnes,” explains Abdullah Al-Suwaiket, chief executive officer at AMHEC. “We are now proud to complete our fleet with a nine-axle crane so that we can fulfil orders for our customers.” AMHEC uses its cranes
throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for industrial lifting jobs and many other applications. “We serve a wide variety of tasks in Saudi Arabia,” he says. “To take account of these different areas of application, and the requirements of its major customers, AMHEC ordered its cranes with the maximum possible number of driven axles, and with the ‘emergency package’ for the highest level of safety.” AMHEC is not the only Saudi- based company making a bulk order from Liebherr. Crane and heavy haulage company Arabian Consolidated Trading (ACT) placed
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Handover
ceremony between Liebherr and AMHEC. From L to R: Daniel Türkis, Thamer Al Harbi, Ajanthas Kumarathas (Saudi Liebherr Co.), Abdullah Al-Suwaiket (AMHEC), Christoph Kleiner, Georg Reinbold, Marius Kleck (Liebherr-Werk Ehingen)
a major order in December 2023. It was for 18 new cranes with lifting capacities ranging from 100 to 150 tonnes. Long-term partnership, safety, and after-sales service were, says ACT, key factors in the purchase decision.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT ACT bought its first crane from Liebherr back in 1987 and now operates over 190 of the company’s machines. The new order is for three LRT 1100-2.1 rough-terrain cranes and 15 all-terrain cranes – of which seven are LTM 1120-4.1s and eight are LTM 1150-5.3s. “The LRT rough terrain cranes convinced us with their simplicity,” says CEO Mohammed Hassan Al Naimi. “They are self-explanatory and at the same time very safe to use.” The 120-tonne LTM 1120-4.1 crane is the most powerful four- axle crane on the market and has the longest boom in its class, says Liebherr.
Al Naimi explains the reasoning behind the purchase of the LTM
1150-5.3 machines: “An important factor for us there is the longer 66-metre telescopic boom compared to the LTM 1160-5.2. The 150-tonne crane is the perfect addition to our fleet.
One of the main application
areas for the new cranes will be refineries, where high safety standards are required. “With Liebherr cranes, we can be sure of generating a good return on our investment,” Al Naimi says. “That is, of course, important to us.” And in July this year Liebherr announced that Al Askar Group had placed an order for 26 used all-terrain cranes with lifting capacities between 50 and 110 tonnes. The smallest of the 26 mobile cranes is an LTM 1050-3.1, the largest is an LTM 1110-5.1. As agreed with Al Askar, all the cranes will be fully refurbished in Germany and painted in brilliant white, before delivery to Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Al Askar explains: “These relatively new used cranes are equivalent to new cranes once they have been
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