Popularity Growth Liebherr

Record sales had many crane manufacturers, especially those that expanded their production to meet demand.
Despite this, the number of outstanding orders reached unprecedented levels. In its financial report for the III quarter. The company Terex Cranes showed in late September 2011 the number of outstanding orders at $ 1.74 billion, which is 23% more compared to the data at the end of June and equal to 10 months of operation of enterprises. Similarly, the Manitowoc Crane Group reported a $ 2.1 billion portfolio of outstanding orders in its second quarter report. 2011 This is almost 1 billion, or 85%, more than in June 2010.
"As noted, we are reluctant to accept orders with long delivery times, unable to accurately determine the price of the products due to price fluctuations in the supplier network," explained Glen Telok, president of the Manitowoc Company.

All Terrain Cranes

The world market of all-terrain truck cranes continued to grow in 2010, than the crane equipment manufacturers used. Liebherr sold over 1300 units for this period, which, according to the company, will account for 45% of the total market, which is estimated at about 3,000 units.
The sales curve of crawler cranes also rises sharply, and there are no noticeable signs of its decline. The rapid growth of energy demand means that the characteristics of crawler cranes help to benefit from this. An example is the growing popularity in the world of wind energy and the number of new wind generators, both on land and at sea. Demand in the world for tracked cranes in 2012 may reach about 150 units, which is 20% more than the forecast for 2011. Terex Demag continues to dominate the segment of heavy crawler cranes, but Liebherr is working to create the largest segment machines, In this direction and the firm Kobelco. Kobelco sold about 730 cranes during the fiscal year ending March 2011, which is 38%, or 200 units, more than 530 cranes sold in the previous financial year. Other manufacturers of crawler crane equipment are also successfully working. Link-Belt, located in the US, had an increase in sales of products by 35%. Japanese manufacturers have had similar success. For example, Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Crane Company sold its cranes for $ 261 million, which is more than 208 million in fiscal year 2010.
Part of the reason for the unprecedented demand for cranes is the fact that end users have long maintained their cranes, waiting for a favorable period for the renovation of the park. The industry is at a stage where the sale of used cranes, for example at US auctions, exceeds the sale of new machines.