Year: 2008

In merely a day’s time the complete lower was pre-assembled. All crane parts were carefully transported out of our workshops, and safely and precisely pre-assembled in front of the E-Crane Worldwide headquarters in Adegem, Belgium. The E-Crane® parts are transported out of the workshop to be assembled on the outer grounds. Since then, our E-Crane® engineers have been finishing, fine tuning and testing the lower and its function in detail so everything will be in excellent working order in time for the customer’s visit later this month. A precisely and carefully executed...

After violent June storms earlier this week, since Wednesday night all Southern Ohio counties were under Flood Warnings. Despite these flood warnings the assembly of the second E-Crane® for Dayton Power and Light continued until Friday, June 6th.. The Ohio River came up faster than expected and our erection crew had to de-mobilize fast, real fast! When the river was rising above the 38.5 feet, the dock was suddenly flooded. Within hours the river crest went up to almost 42 feet. Time was of the essence and our experienced team was able to put the remaining E-Crane® parts on the barge, haled...

From 1st to 4th May 2008 over 30 Indusign / E-Crane Worldwide employees and their partners travelled from our Adegem offices (Belgium) to Glogow, home to Famaba / Smulders Group in Poland. Everybody agreed: this was a highly successful trip, and hopefully to be repeated! Although it will be a tough job to top this one.The E-Crane® management offered their employees an all-in three day trip to Poland. Main goal and highlight of the journey was a visit to Famaba, part of the Smulders Group, which produces the main steel constructions for our E-Cranes. Welcome evening in Glogow on 1st May The...

For this milestone project, Siemens VAI was responsible for the overall engineering, erection,and commissioning of the steel works. This included the turnkey supply of a 160-ton electric arc furnace, a 180-ton AOD converter, a twin-180-ton-standladle-treatment station with a common furnace, a single-strand slab caster in addition to auxiliary plants and the dedusting and automation systems. The plant was compactly designed with totally optimized logistics and offers the possibility for future expansion. Electric arc furnace Raw materials are transported to the site by either rail...

The ‘Mama Mobokoli’ was inaugurated in the port of Zeebrugge on 22nd February 2008. This floating trans-loading station, designed and built by E-Crane Worldwide, was moored in Zeebrugge, ready to be towed to its final destination in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mama Mobokoli is a 1000 m² barge, equipped with a 1500B Series E-Crane with reach of 39,5 metres and lift capacity of 13.5 tonnes. ‘Mama Mobokoli’ is Lingala (one of Congo’s official languages) for ‘the mother that takes care of you’, the nourishing / feeding mother. The barge is...

Galion, Ohio USA – E-Crane International USA (ECI-USA) officially moved from the Bucyrus, Ohio base to their new offices in Galion, Ohio. E-Crane International USA Inc. is upgrading its U.S., North and South American headquarters for sales, engineering and service of the E-Crane Equilibrium Crane. The new and modern 24,000 sq. ft. facility includes 4,000 sq. ft. of office space, overhead lift cranes and plenty of storage space for a complete inventory of Genuine E-Crane Parts. ECI-USA reported: “This is a big step for ECI-USA as we strive to provide Efficient, Economical and...