A Russian bear wakes: Avtokran's achievements are as big as its Russian homeland. Now that it has rebuilt its home market dominance, it is looking overseas

摘要

Avtokran is the largest mobile and truck crane plant in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Its cranes range from 16t to 100t, and it manufactures slewing rings from 600mm to 3,000mm diameter. It is the only Russian plant that manufactures mobile cranes with a lifting capacity of 100t. The company's Ivanovets brand truck cranes have been exported to Europe, the Near East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. During its first 50 years, Avtokran produced more than 150,000 cranes on chassis manufactured by the Minsk (MAZ), Ural (UraIAZ) and Kama (KaMAZ) car plants, Minsk wheel truck tractor plant and Bryansk Automobile Plant (BAZ). The BAZ plant manufactures the special crane chassis, a support frame which forms an integral platform for the chasis, customised for crane use.