Whois & Analysis for konecranes.com

Konecranes Plc (KCI Konecranes prior to 16 March 2007) is a Finnish company, headquartered in Hyvinkää, which specialises in the manufacture and service of cranes and lifting equipment as well as the service of machine tools.

The firm produces about one in ten of the world's cranes, of which around 80% are for use in factories and the remainder at ports.

Konecranes products are made for industries handling heavy loads meaning ports, intermodal terminals, shipyards and bulk material terminals.

On August 11, 2015, the company announced that it intended to merge with Terex.

Terex shareholders will own approximately 60% of the combined companies, but the transaction will result in the companies headquarters being relocated to Europe to benefit from favorable EU taxation policies.

An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments.

An overhead crane consists of parallel runways with a traveling bridge spanning the gap.

A hoist, the lifting component of a crane, travels along the bridge.

If the bridge is rigidly supported on two or more legs running on a fixed rail at ground level, the crane is called a gantry crane (USA, ASME B30 series) or a goliath crane (UK, BS 466).

A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally.

It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places.

The device uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of a human.

Cranes are commonly employed in the transport industry for the loading and unloading of freight, in the construction industry for the movement of materials, and in the manufacturing industry for the assembling of heavy equipment.

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land.

Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water, for commercial demand, and for shelter from wind and waves.

Ports with deeper water are rarer, but can handle larger ships.

Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic, support and storage facilities vary widely, may extend for miles, and dominate the local economy.

Some ports have an important military role.

In economics, a service is a transaction in which no physical goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer.

The benefits of such a service are held to be demonstrated by the buyer's willingness to make the exchange.

Public services are those that society (nation state, fiscal union, region) as a whole pays for.

Using resources, skill, ingenuity, and experience, service providers benefit service consumers.