Wincanton has ordered several HIAB L-HiPro 145 cranes

Hiab has received an order for several HIAB L-HiPro 145 cranes from Wincanton Plc, a leading third-party logistics and supply chain solutions provider in the UK and Ireland. The value of the order is around EUR1 million (USD1.06 million) and it has been booked into Cargotec's 2016 fourth quarter order intake.
 
The HIAB L-HiPro 145 belongs to the HIAB medium range of loader cranes and is a new model which is tailor-made for building materials supply.

Three of the cranes will be equipped with Crane Tip Control (CTC), a software feature which Hiab brought into market in September 2016. With the CTC feature, the crane operator controls the behaviour of the crane tip instead of each crane function (slewing, first boom, second boom, or extensions).
 
"Our market-leading construction team delivers over 400,000 loads to construction and building sites across the UK and Ireland every year," says Carl Hanson, fleet director at Wincanton. "To ensure the operational improvements across our customers' supply chain, we need to have equipment that we can trust to deliver. HIAB loader cranes have answered ... this need over the years."
 
John Bailey, director, global key accounts, Hiab, says his company has been Wincanton's supplier for loader cranes and maintenance since 2006. "Over the years, we have built up a first-class business partnership, in particular, the UK Engineering team who have worked closely with Wincanton to deliver solutions to their operational requirements which have resulted in the delivery of a large number of HIAB loader cranes. We are pleased to be able continue this cooperation with this latest valuable order."
 
The new HIAB loader cranes will be delivered during the first quarter of 2017 and will be covered by a five-year warranty on structural components as well as a general warranty of two years.