SARILAR orders biggest ever crane for Turkey
Terex Cranes’ distributor in Turkey, Das Otomotiv is to supply SARILAR Co. LLC with the heaviest lifting crane in Turkey. Terex has revealed that the contract to purchase a 1,600-tonne Terex CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane was officially signed at SARILAR’s headquarters in March. SARILAR is becoming an increasingly prominent player in major infrastructure […]
Sealing SARILAR’s purchase, Hanifi Gürbüz, founder and Chairman, SARILAR (left) and Frank Bardonaro, Vice President & Managing Director Global Sales, Terex Cranes (right) shake hands.
Terex Cranes’ distributor in Turkey, Das Otomotiv is to supply SARILAR Co. LLC with the heaviest lifting crane in Turkey.
Terex has revealed that the contract to purchase a 1,600-tonne Terex CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane was officially signed at SARILAR’s headquarters in March.
SARILAR is becoming an increasingly prominent player in major infrastructure projects in the global arena, most notably in the Middle East, and this new contract follows the purchase of 38 other heavy-lifting Terex crawler cranes in the past decade.
Featuring a 108-meter main boom and SWSL 108-meter luffing fly jib configuration, the Terex CC 8800-1 will be manufactured at the company’s facility in Zweibrücken, Germany. Delivery is planned for the second half of this year.
“Our customer is not only one of the world’s leading rental companies, but also one of the most respected,” said Frank Bardonaro, managing director global sales, Terex Cranes. “Based on the triangle formed by SARILAR, Terex Cranes and our local market distributor DAS OTOMOTIV, we are going to help SARILAR expand their global footprint so they can achieve their goal to compete in a higher league.”
SARILAR is planning to use the crane for the Izmit Bay bridge project, the construction of a power station, and plans for a third bridge linking a 44-km stretch between Ankara and Istanbul over the Bosporus – all great project opportunities to put the CC8800-1’s unmatched lifting abilities to the test.
Currently ranked in 12th place by International Cranes and Specialized Transport (IC Top 50 list), SARILAR already stands among the largest crane service providers in the world. According to Hanifi Gürbüz, founder and Chairman of SARILAR the new crane will open “new doors for our company.”
He added: “Our primary objective of putting our company’s signature on today’s most impressive infrastructure projects is now within our reach.”
Furthermore, SARILAR also sees its new CC8800-1 as a significant contributor in the development of the Turkish economy.
“Our company aims at using 100 per cent domestic funds to support projects in Turkey and abroad. Machines of this quality are few and far between. Our new crane’s cutting-edge abilities will be a strong asset in securing our country’s economic success and keeping more capital within our country,” explained Gürbüz.
