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How the hierarchy of top construction OEMs continues to change
Updated animated chart shows how the top construction OEMs have traded positions over the last 20 years, now including data for 2023.
India’s largest airport project using five Potain cranes
The Noida International Airport has been in development for more than two decades
Extinguishing EV fires poses unique challenges
When lithium ion batteries catch fire, they burn differently from internal combustion engines. Fighting those fires poses difficulties in vehicle fire suppression
Launch of electric construction equipment accelerates in 2022
Almost half of new construction products launched this year have been electric
Giant test pad installed at Liebherr factory
Betonpumpen-Union uses Liebherr’s 42 M5 XXT concrete pump to create crane test pad at manufacturer’s factory 
Record turnover for Liebherr
Liebherr Group achieves best sales result to date
Bridge jobs involve creative lifting and rigging
ACT provides a roundup of bridge projects that rely on innovative lifting and rigging.
New Phase Lifter supports energized power lines
The Phase Lifter allows workers to come in from underneath and hold the conductor, as opposed to over the top with rigging sticks hanging from a crane
A solid bond for height safety system
Refinement of the TRAM fall restraint system for mobile cranes and other vehicles has led to the development of a bonding method for attaching the components to a crane's boom that satisfies manufacturers’ concerns over interference with structural integrity
Liebherr to build batching plants, mixers and cranes in Pune
Liebherr is building a factory in Pune, India that will manufacture concrete truck mixers, batching plants and tower cranes. Truck mixer manufacture is due to start shortly, with full production coming on stream by the middle of the year.