ITALY Ӏ REGIONAL REPORT
Are there any other issues/challenges you think need to be addressed or highlighted with regards to the Italian lifting industry? As crane manufacturers and sellers, surely the state incentives for the purchase of cranes equipped for Transition 4.0 and the use of eco- friendly/green material was a very important challenge that allowed us to increase sales. As well as the earthquake bonuses and the tax credit for southern companies, they have allowed us to expand our brand and our products.
LOCATELLI Locatelli, a Mapello, Bergamon-based manufacturer of telescopic rough terrain cranes, city cranes and truck mounted cranes, used GIS to showcase its new TCL 55.50 truck-mounted crane with a 50 tonne capacity and a 37.2 metre boom. The model on display, mounted on a four-axle Scania XT series truck, has been bought by Sant'Alessandro- based construction equipment rental firm Maifredi.
How have the last 12 months of business been? The last 12 months have been very intense, with the national market pulled by strong financial facilitations by our
government. This condition positively affected the sales and raised the customers’ demand.
What do you expect for the next 12 months? The next 12 months could suffer a soft decrease of the national demand due to the reduced facilitations and due to the higher financing rates. In any case some international markets show great potential, again. No doubt that a new war or political crise could badly influence the new year.
Do you have any new cranes? If so, what and for which markets? We’ve presented the TCL 55.50 the truck crane as an Italian premiere at GIS. With a 50t rated capacity and a 37.2m boom it is rapidly becoming a ‘must have’ for rental companies looking for taxi cranes. 2024 will be our 70th anniversary and
we’ll introduce incredible news in our range, with the presentation of the heavy-duty RT 110t capacity GRIL 110.100 model.
What areas of growth are you seeing? We are seeing demand in Europe for our TCL truck mounted range, while in the Middle East and Far East there is growth for our rough terrain crane range.
Are there any areas of your business or markets in decline? If so, why? Ukraine, because even receiving massive European support, several local public and private companies are choosing Chinese brands for their equipment.
Are there any other issues/challenges you think need to be addressed or highlighted with regards to the Italian lifting industry? It is mandatory for the Italian industry to reduce the taxation level… but this is another story!
MARCHETTI At GIS Marchetti Autogrù, which manufacturers all terrain cranes, crawler cranes and truck-mounted cranes, was on home ground. The Piacenza- headquartered company used the show to launch its latest crane: a fully electric version of its 25 tonne capacity CW25.35 crawler. Its lithium-ion cell batteries provide 90 kWh of power which, Marchetti says, is enough to provide eight hours of autonomous work. The electric motor has a peak power of 110 kW and it has a 22 kW onboard charger. Company owner Matteo Marchetti was pleased with the interest the company received at the show saying, "We received a huge amount of visitors, more than any previous edition of GIS. The show is attracting more and more international visitors, a perfect audience for our brand-new, full-electric crawler crane".
How have the last 12 months of business been? Very positive especially for the Italian market which is taking benefit of the government’s ‘Industry 4.0’ incentive.
What do you expect for the next 12 months? We expect the domestic (Italian) market to be stable or slightly soften due to the effect of incentives; still in place but at a reduced percentage. We also expect export volumes to increase also thanks to our newly-launched products.
Locatelli’s new TCL 55.50 truck-mounted crane – bought by Maifredi CRANES TODAY 31
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