In the year 1928 within La Clayette, France, the company Potain was born. Ever since then, Potain has been the global leader in tower crane production. They are responsible for more than 100,000 cranes installed and sold around the world. At present, the company manufacturers over 60 models from different manufacturing facilities in China, France, Italy, Portugal and Germany. The company represents many different product ranges utilized for various applications. These equipments are sold through an international Manitowoc dealer network.
The family of Potain cranes are divided into different tower crane families. The smallest cranes produced by Potain are the self-erecting cranes. These cranes vary from 1 ton to 7.98 ton capacity. The next size up is the top-slewing cranes that are higher and larger. These cranes vary from 7.98 to 64 tons. Additionally, these are the largest custom-designed special application cranes. These models offer a reach capacity of one hundred sixty tons.
The company's top innovations consist of LLC series of hoists, the Dialog control system and the Vision Cab. The company's growing reputation has expanded their appeal with different models. Potain cranes are usually found on traditional construction sites, bridge building projects, power stations, shipbuilding yards and ship-building projects.
Manitowoc has 2 of their biggest manufacturing facilities within the USA. The Manitowoc manufacturing facility is situated within Wisconsin. In this state, both crawler cranes and the tower crane components are constructed in the state of Pennsylvania inside the Shady Grove facility. Here both boom trucks and mobile cranes are built. Regional offices are situated in Mexico and in Brazil. Also, the extensive dealer network situated all over Canada and the USA offers support and coverage unrivalled by any other crane manufacturer.
Manitowoc has dominated the lifting market in North America for more than 50 years. They have built their solid reputation with a combination of outstanding support and service and quality products. The well-known names of Manitowoc, Grove and national Crane have been top members of their market sectors in South and Latin America, the United States and Canada.