OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016 Konecranes won the order for 10 heavy-duty, built-up steel mill overhead cranes for Commercial Metals Company’s (CMC) Greenfield Project in Durant, Oklahoma, U.S.A. The ordered cranes will be used in various stages of the production process of the steel mill, which is scheduled to be commissioned during the fall of 2017. The cranes will be delivered in phases during 2016. Konecranes will install the cranes and perform load testing and start-up as part of the supply.

"Konecranes goal is to be a life-time partner in achieving the lowest cost of ownership for our customers," says Doug Maclam, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Industrial Equipment, Konecranes Region Americas. "We are pleased to receive a major order in the steel sector where we have developed a significant niche over the years, but are also very gratified be selected by a valued customer once again."

The cranes will include several technical features which help increase productivity at the mill. Part of the cranes will include an operators cab, and part will be radio-controlled. They will also be equipped with Konecranes TRUCONNECT® Remote Monitoring, which uses sensors to gather usage data-running time, motor starts, work cycles and brake condition. This information can be viewed by the customer at any time from Konecranes online customer portal, yourKONECRANES.com, to help make informed, fact-based, maintenance decisions.

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2015, Group sales totaled EUR 2,126 million. The Group has 11,900 employees at 600 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).