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Published: 08 March 2017

Excellent cargo handling in Prague with an F660RA.2 he-dynamic articulated crane

Prague (Czech Republic). On the 10th February, the Prague-based company Koma Rent s.r.o., which rents and sells residential, sanitary and storage containers, was able to complete a heavy lifting operation of containers onto a cargo barge in Port-Holešovice on the Vltava river, thanks to their F660RA.2 he-dynamic crane. (Courtesy of Everlift Spol. s.r.o. and Koma Rent s.r.o.)

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Published: 07 March 2017

An F70BC.0.23 loader crane installed to Unimog Bluetec 6 truck for Vorarlberg

Alberschwende (Austria). On the 27th February, Fassi service partner Fahrzeugbau & Hydrauliktechnik WILLI GmbH, installed a Fassi F70BC.0.23 loader crane to the rear of a Mercedes Unimog Bluetec 6 truck for their customer, the Office of the Provincial Government of Vorarlberg. The truck was installed with an approx. 3 m³ 3-sided tipper trailer, external hose reels and the crane, which has a lifting capacity of 6.22 tm at a hydraulic reach of 7.55 m. (Courtesy of Kogler Krantechnik GmbH.)

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Published: 28 February 2017

An interview with Giovanni Fassi in the L'Eco di Bergamo newspaper

Bergamo (Italy). A long interview with Italian entrepreneur Giovanni Fassi has been published today in the local newspaper, L'Eco di Bergamo, in which Mr Fassi speaks of the current situation in the international market of his sector and the recent commercial and industrial collaborations of his Albino-based group.

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Published: 28 February 2017

Greece. Last week, Fassi’s Greek distributor, Arsis Co. Ltd., facilitated the installation a medium-range crane onto a fixed base aboard a vessel, with a separate command station dedicated to the manual control panel alongside. This crane has a hydraulic extension of almost 13 m and is one of the smaller models in the medium-duty range, which includes all cranes with a lifting capacity from 13.05 tm up to 34.15 tm. (Courtesy of Arsis Co. Ltd.)

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Published: 24 February 2017

Fascan International to exhibit at the 2017 International Roofing Expo

Las Vegas (USA). Next week, Fassi’s US dealer, Fascan International Inc., will exhibit several models at the International Roofing Expo (IRE) held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, from the 1-3 March. The trade fair is the foremost international roofing construction and maintenance event, where Fascan staff will be on hand to answer questions about some of Fassi's most popular and versatile building material handling cranes. (Courtesy of Fascan International Inc.)

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Published: 23 February 2017

An F425A.2.25 loader crane for Dutch construction company Vlassak Materieel

Budel (Netherlands). Last week, customer Vlassak Materieel, a building contractors in Budel in the South of the Netherlands, asked the Terberg Techniek Baarlo workshop to fit a Fassi F425A.2.25 loader crane to a MAN TGS 35.440 8x4-4 BL truck body. The customized black crane has radio remote control and a maximum lifting capacity of 37,21 t/m and maximum reach of 14,4 m, which can increase to 24,6 m with its five hydraulically extendable boom sections. (Courtesy of Terberg Techniek and De Jong Ijmuiden B.V.)

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Published: 22 February 2017

Kurko-Koponen work on sky-high building site in Finland with an F2150RAL.2.28 loader crane

Tampere (Finland). Last week, one of Fassi’s top customers, Kurko-Koponen, the lifting services provider based in Vantaa, Finland, was working in Tampere on a multi-storey building site with its Fassi F2150RAL.2.28 with jib. This crane is top of the heavy-duty range and, as this picture shows, has an exceptional vertical reach of 46.45 m with an L816L jib. (Source: Kurko-Koponen Facebook page)

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Published: 21 February 2017

A special installation of an F365A.2.27 hydraulic crane in Hungary

Aszód (Hungary). The Hungarian company MVM OVIT Zrt, which provides electrical grid installation and maintenance on a national scale, have recently taken delivery of a special installation done by Fassi’s Hungarian distributor, Gif Modul Commercial and Supplying Ltd. Gif Modul installed an F365A.2.27 crane onto a Renault K 460 6x6 truck, which is able to function perfectly on difficult terrain and therefore solve a wide variety of troubleshooting tasks. (Courtesy of Gif Modul Commercial and Supplying Ltd.)

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Published: 20 February 2017

Albino (Italy). Last week, a group of students from ECAL Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (a Swiss Art school located in Lausanne) came to Fassi headquarters in Albino to begin shooting the photographs for next year’s CraneArt Project Calendar. The group worked intensively over the course of two days, alongside Fassi employees in different locations within the Fassi organization and Bergamo: in and outside the factory spaces, inside the logistics centre, the offices and even in Bergamo city centre.

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Published: 13 February 2017

A Fassi F820RA.2 xhe-dynamic loader crane and "Colossus" make a winning partnership in the UK

Earls Colne (UK). David Watson Transport Ltd, a British cargo and freight company headquartered in Weeting, Norfolk, is getting excellent results from their front mounted Fassi F820RA.2 xhe-dynamic crane with a fly-jib, which was fitted to a Volvo FM460 8x2 rigid truck. The vehicle was the company’s seventeenth new truck of 2016 and went on the road on the 10th January 2017. (Courtesy of David Watson Transport Ltd and Fassi UK.)