News Release
Manitowoc and Kobelco celebrate 10 years of partnership
3/6/2014 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Eric Etchart, president of Manitowoc Cranes, and Asihiko Tsukamoto, president of Kobelco, celebrate with colleagues from both companies
Today at CONEXPO 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev., executives from Manitowoc Cranes and Kobelco Cranes gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their crane supply agreement.
The celebration included an exchange of commemorative gifts from representatives of both companies. Representing Manitowoc Cranes was Eric Etchart, president of the company, and representing Kobelco Cranes was Akihiko Tsukamoto, also president.
Etchart highlighted the cooperation between Manitowoc and Kobelco as the key to success.
“This celebration is the direct result of two companies successfully working together for mutual benefit,” he said.
The agreement being celebrated calls for Kobelco to supply Manitowoc-branded crawler cranes in classes up to 120 USt, and for them to be sold around the globe by the Manitowoc Distribution network. Conversely, the agreement enables Manitowoc to supply all-terrain cranes to Kobelco for sale in Japan.
Tsukamoto said that the 10-year long agreement is a testament to each company’s strengths.
“We are pleased to have Manitowoc supply our all-terrain cranes in Japan, since Kobelco has well-established relationships with the major customers of lifting equipment in Japan,” he said. “This complements our supply agreement for crawler cranes, and we look forward to a continuing business relationship for the benefit of both parties.”
Both Manitowoc Cranes and Kobelco Cranes have extensive displays at CONEXPO, where more than 130,000 visitors from 124 countries are in attendance.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (“Manitowoc”) was founded in 1902 and has over a 117-year tradition of providing high-quality products and support services that are tailored to customers’ needs. Its 2019 net sales were approximately $1.83 billion. Manitowoc is one of the world's leading providers of engineered lifting solutions. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Manitowoc designs, manufactures, markets and supports comprehensive product lines of mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, boom trucks and industrial cranes under the Grove, Potain, Manitowoc, National Crane, Shuttlelift and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names.