Tag: crane
Buy in haste, repent at leisure
The capital equipment buying decision carries risk. There is cost and, quite often, a deadline. The scale of financial outlay must be carefully considered:...
Specialised crane for rescue training
South African crane manufacturer Condra has been appointed mechanical subcontractor to MH Automation for the University of Johannesburg’s new Rescue Simulation Centre under construction...
New yard crane for Mpumalanga refinery
CONDRA has completed a 32-ton, 30-metre span container handling crane for Manganese Metal Company (MMC), the Mbombela-based metal refinery.
The working element of a multi-component...
Condra acquires iTek Drives
Condra, a South African leader in crane and hoist manufacture, has bought iTek Drives, a distributor of the Optidrive range of variable frequency drives...
Compact cranes go underground
CONDRA has won the crane and hoist order for Mupani Mine, one of several Zimplats operations in the mineral rich Hartley Geographical Complex, Zimbabwe.
Situated...
Big Carl Lifts ESTA Crane Job of the Year
THE ESTA awards 2021 were announced on 22nd April in an online event. The two-hour event was a combination of awards ceremony and a...
Advanced hoist and crane technology
“KONECRANES recently installed their C Series electric chain hoist at a local rail company’s brake and motor assembly line. The C Series chain hoist...
Crane with Telescopic Boom under test; Condra Cranes
Telescopic cranes from Condra will soon be helping a South African chemicals company to produce alcohol in very large volumes for hand sanitiser to...
Multi-role crane has beam-changing hoist
A contract won by GTB Industrial Services will see Condra manufacturing a technically complex crane to service an Mpumalanga colliery’s dragline excavator
GTB is Condra’s...
Copper Twin
Thirty years’ reliable duty in a corrosive environment has won for Condra a repeat order from Lonmin Platinum for an overhead tank house crane...
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Cummins secures contract to maintain Transnet’s aging tugboat fleet
By Larry Claasen
CUMMINS’ seven-year contract to maintain Transnet’s tugboats not only cements its decades-long relationship with the transport authority but also positions the company...