Palfinger Crane Passion 10 2014 ENGLISH VERSION
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NEWS | CRANE <strong>Passion</strong><br />
PALFINGER SUPPORTS<br />
THE L.I.S.I PROJECT<br />
FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, the US Department of Energy in California<br />
has organized the "Solar Decathlon". 20 passive houses developed by<br />
university teams are set up on site, and their suitability for daily use is then<br />
tested over a period of ten days. In October 2013, a house developed in<br />
Austria took part for the first time. It was presented by the Vienna University<br />
of Technology under the participation of the St. Pölten University of<br />
Applied Sciences, the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences and the<br />
Austrian Institute of Technology – one of only two European universities to<br />
do so. The project team competed against 200 competitors worldwide<br />
with the high-tech "LISI" house ("Living Inspired by Sustainable Innovation").<br />
With the aid of ultra-modern technologies and techniques, LISI is a<br />
so-called "plus-energy home", i.e. it generates more energy that it consumes.<br />
More than 90 percent of the LISI house construction is made up of<br />
wood. But how does an entire house make its way from Austria to California?<br />
Dismantled into small units and packaged in overseas shipping containers,<br />
it was sent on the long trip to America. And PALFINGER came into<br />
play here during loading. In light of the very limited space available in the<br />
assembly hall where the LISI house was pre-assembled and the very heavy<br />
and bulky nature of the load, the use of a knuckle boom crane with a large<br />
lifting moment was a basic pre-requisite for loading. The only company<br />
that came into consideration here was PALFINGER, with its recently<br />
launched PK 200002 L SH. Thanks to the good overall relationship between<br />
PALFINGER and the universities and research institutions, it went<br />
without saying that the company would support this project. PALFINGER<br />
congratulates the project team on this outstanding success!<br />
„<br />
LIFETIME EXCELLENCE DESCRIBES OUR CORE BRAND VALUES OF<br />
EFFICIENCY, RELIABILITY AND INNOVATION.<br />
“<br />
Wolfgang Pilz, CMO PALFINGER<br />
TRADE FAIR NEWS INTERNATIONAL<br />
MATEXPO, Belgium<br />
PALFINGER was awarded the Innovation<br />
Award 2013 at Matexpo, the largest<br />
trade fair for machinery and equipment<br />
for the construction industry, industry<br />
and environment in Kortrijk, Belgium. A<br />
five-member jury awarded the main prize<br />
to the intelligent rope winch solution SRC<br />
(synchronised rope control) (see report<br />
on page 13).<br />
BAUMA AFRICA, South Africa<br />
South Africa. Around 700 exhibitors took<br />
part in this trade fair in Johannesburg,<br />
and they were clearly very pleased that<br />
there is now a trade fair in Africa that<br />
focuses on construction equipment.<br />
Most of the companies came from South<br />
Africa and its neighbouring countries.<br />
PALFINGER exhibited the entire product<br />
and model range that is offered in South<br />
Africa.<br />
FENATRAN, Brazil<br />
Just under 400 exhibitors took part in<br />
this international trade fair for the transport<br />
industry in Sao Paulo. Around<br />
57,000 visitors had an opportunity to see<br />
the latest trends in the industry at an<br />
event that is extremely important for<br />
South America. PALFINGER presented<br />
important solutions for the South American<br />
market here. They were successful,<br />
as the influx of more than 950 visitors at<br />
the PALFINGER stand showed.<br />
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