Terex moves crane production out of Italy
Terex Cranes has announced that it is relocating the manufacture of self-erecting tower cranes from its manufacturing plant in Italy to Montceau Les Mines, France. Terex said that this will affect its full range of self-erecting tower cranes, which includes 12 models ranging from 1 to 6 tonnes maximum capacity and 16 to 45 meters […]
Montceau Les Mines is home to Terex' Reachmaster production
Terex Cranes has announced that it is relocating the manufacture of self-erecting tower cranes from its manufacturing plant in Italy to Montceau Les Mines, France.
Terex said that this will affect its full range of self-erecting tower cranes, which includes 12 models ranging from 1 to 6 tonnes maximum capacity and 16 to 45 meters jib length.
Effective as of July, the upcoming production transfer will provide for the creation of 150 new jobs in France, says Terex.
“We started to find that we lacked sufficient space to cater to the demand for our self-erecting tower crane products at our Italian facility,” said Steve Filipov, president developing markets, Terex Corp. “We see the move to Montceau-les-Mines as a good opportunity to continue our strategy of improving our production capabilities and finding synergies with our existing production facilities.”
The Montceau Les Mines facility currently builds Terex AC 40, AC 60, TC 40, TC 60, Roadmaster 5300 road mobile crane, and Terex reach stacker product lines.
“Our facility in Montceau-les-Mines has an excellent track record for its manufacturing quality,” said Filipov. “It’s an ambitious challenge that we now feel ready to take on. We expect the reduction of transport costs, based on the geographically central location of our French plant, to have a positive impact for our customers.”
In other news Terex has completed the purchase Italian luffing jib tower crane manufacturer Recom after buying out the 33% of remaining shares in the company. Recom was previously owned by Ferruccio Moritsch, who also had his Comedil tower cranes company bought by Terex in 1999.
