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A breakdown vehicle at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps motor-racing circuit is equipped with a Fassi F110B.2 e-dynamic hydraulic crane
Stavelot (Belgium) - Last weekend, the Total 24 Hours of Spa Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps motor-racing circuit in Stavelot, Belgium, from 26th - 29th July. In addition to this race, Round 4 of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo competition also took place there on the 27th and 28th July and involved the race car featured here in the photo.
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The video made in Piacenza with a short interview with Giovanni Fassi is now available on the YouTube channel
During the GIS Lifting, Industrial & Port Handling and Heavy Transport Show, which took place in Italy last October in Piacenza, the CEO of Fassi Gru S.p.A. emphasised the importance of the Fassi Group and the new companies which form part of it: Marrel from France and Cranab from Sweden.
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Two Fassi F1300RA.2.28 he-dynamic truck cranes execute a tandem lift of an 18-tonne underground railway car in Mexico City
Mexico City (Mexico) – The Fassi customer Grúas y Soluciones Logísticas Salas, S.A. de C.V. (GSL Salas), recently undertook tandem lifting work with its two Fassi F1300RA.2.28 he-dynamic loader cranes with L426 jibs, mounted on Kenworth T800 and T880 trucks. The work was commissioned by Mexico City’s Metropolitan Collective Transport System (“Metro” service) as part of its initiative to expand its transport network, making the transfer and placement of several rail cars necessary.
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Fassi Belgium will attend the Foire de Libramont agricultural exhibition with articulated truck cranes
Libramont (Belgium) – From 27th – 30th July, Fassi Belgium SA will be present with Fassi and Cranab cranes and equipment at the 18th edition of the Foire de Libramont, an annual open-air agricultural, forestry and agri-food exhibition. The fair will be held on the 300,000 m² of the Libramont show grounds in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.
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A Fassi F820RA.2.26 xhe-dynamic loader crane lifts Spitfire wings in preparation for the RAF Fairford’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Gloucestershire
Fairford (UK) - Last week, Fassi UK customer Allens (Stourbridge) Transport LTD spent an afternoon working at RAF Fairford (a Royal Air Force base in Gloucestershire) with a Fassi F820RA.2.26 xhe-dynamic loader crane, mounted on a Scania truck. The crane lifted the wings onto a Spitfire plane for a display that was part of the RAF’s 100th anniversary celebrations, demonstrating its millimetre precision control.
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Fassi Schweiz AG installs a Fassi F1150RA.2.28 xhe-dynamic loader crane with L616 jib in Oberentfelden for a crane rental company
Oberentfelden (Switzerland) – At the end of June, Fassi’s Swiss dealer, Fassi Schweiz AG, supplied and installed a Fassi F1150RA.2.28 xhe-dynamic loader crane with L616 jib onto a R490 LB Scania 10x4 truck with tipper trailer body for the customer Caduff SA at its workshop in Oberentfelden in the canton of Aargau. The company is based in Tavanasa and provides transport and, during winter, snow-clearing services, but specializes above all in crane work, and has cranes available with capacities ranging from 14 to 195 tm, most of which are Fassi models.
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The Fassi Customer Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. lifts an aeroplane at Cooking Lake Airport with a Fassi F455RA.2.28 e-dynamic knuckleboom crane
Cooking Lake (Canada) – Towards the end of June, the Fassi customer Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. was commissioned to assist with maintenance work to an aeroplane at the Cooking Lake Airport, with the help of the company’s Fassi F455RA.2.28 e-dynamic knuckleboom crane. The heavy-duty crane, mounted on a Sterling LT 9500 Tri Drive truck, lifted the plane so that floats could be installed underneath.
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A Fassi F545RA.2 xe-dynamic truck crane installs Viktor Paluš’ Octopus sculpture for the Sculpture Line Festival in Olomouc
Olomouc (Czech Republic) – At the beginning of June, a Fassi F545RA.2 xe-dynamic truck crane carefully installed a statue of a giant octopus into the middle of a pond in Smetana's Gardens, located close to the centre of Olomouc, for the launch of the Sculpture Line Festival. The sculpture titled Octopus by the Slovakian artist Viktor Paluš is one of three sculptures that will share the public space until the end of September.
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The Dutch Fassi dealer Van der Goes Hydraulics assembles a Fassi F990RA.2.28 xhe-dynamic loader crane with L616 jib for special transport services
Kwintsheul (Netherlands) – The Dutch Fassi dealer Van der Goes Hydraulics recently supplied a Fassi F990RA.2.28 xhe-dynamic loader crane with L616 jib and V20 winch on a Volvo FH 8x2 truck to Van der Goes Europa B.V. Both companies belong to the van der Goes Group, based in the village of Kwintsheul in the province of South Holland, with the latter providing special transport services.
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Two Fassi F710RAF.2.26 xhe-dynamic loader cranes with L426 jibs work on the New Champlain Bridge in Montreal
Montreal (Canada) – Two Fassi F710RAF.2.26 xhe-dynamic loader cranes with L426 jibs are being used in Montreal to build a replacement for the Champlain Bridge, which connects several boroughs of the city. The companies Signature on the Saint Lawrence and Infrastructure Canada (a governmental entity) began working in 2015 to construct another cable-stayed bridge by the end of 2018.
