January to March 2004 has generated some interesting orders for KCI Konecranes. Below are some of its notable orders.

448 chain hoists for Kuala Lumpur’s new convention and exhibition centre

An automated aluminium coil storage crane, four heavy-duty cranes and 20 CXT hoists for the hot and cold rolling lines of the Nanshan, China mill of Nanshan Aluminium

An explosion proof crane ordered by Exxon Mobil of Houston, USA for maintenance of compressor motors an a floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) working offshore near Equatorial Guinea

Nine power house cranes ordered by International Bechtel for Aluminium Bahrain’s ALBA Line 5 Expansion Project

An automated special crane for the roll shop system in Angang, China of Maschinenfabrik Herkules

Automated roll storage crane for Nordland Papier’s paper mill in Dörpen, Germany

A waste-to-energy crane with automated hopper feeding system for the Roskilde, Denmark plant of the company I/S Kara Forbrændingsanlæg

A modernisation of two special cranes including replacement of open winches and crane electrification at Fernwärme Wien’s power station in Vienna, Austria

A stamping plant crane for General Motors facilities in Shanghai and Mansfield, Ohio, USA

A process crane for the Scunthorpe, UK steel mill of Corus

A coke-handling bucket crane for Alliance Refinery in Louisiana, USA, ordered by Conoco Phillips

Several cranes for a new factory for automotive supplier TWB Fahrzeugtechnik in Artern, Germany

Four CXT cranes for maintenance in Voestalpine’s new continuous casting plant in Linz, Austria