5,000th Lift Truck rolls off Konecranes production line
The Lift Truck business of Konecranes celebrated an incredible milestone on May 28 as it handed over its 5,000th unit, the company said in its press release. Testament not only to the increasing popularity of these machines, but also to Konecranes consistency and expertise. The special customer receiving the 5,000th machine is the Cargo Terminal Lehmann, owned and managed by the Hans Lehmann group, a German shipping and ports operations company with further interests in ready-mixed concrete.
The 5,000th unit is an SMV 4538 CCX4, a reach stacker especially designed for intermodal operations and with a capacity to lift wagons, trailers and swap bodies up to 45 tons capacity at 1st rail. The reach stacker is equipped to have up to 35 tons capacity at 2nd rail to fit the customer’s row rail operation at 6,450 mm load centre. The machine is one of the latest C generation lift trucks and comes with an all-new Optima cabin, and complies with EU stage 4 engine regulations.
