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Issue No. 20

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PALFINGER pays off the proof.

Specialist for special assignments

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PALFINGER
in the Middle East

As a leader in technology and after-sales service, the

PALFINGER brand is considered to be the epitome of
quality and reliability all over the world. It goes without saying that our declared philosophy of making
customers more successful in their jobs also applies
to the Arab world. In line with PALFINGERs close-knit
network of agents and service centers, the technology
leader also has an extremely strong and capable presence in the Middle East.

UMBRELLA RULE
Large-scale sunshade project in Saudi Arabia
250 sunshades arranged in a square around the mosque in Medina. A
project implemented with substantial participation by PALFINGER
delivers impressive images from the Arab world. Medina, the radiant
city in the western part of Saudi Arabia, is the second most important
holy city in Islam after Mecca and the destination of huge numbers of
pilgrims from all over the world. Hundreds of thousands of Moslems
visit every summer gathering in the squares around the mosque. The

Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is one of the five pillars of Islam and takes
place annually during the month of Dhu al-Hijjah (the 12th and last
month in the cycle of the Islamic calendar). While the Hajj as a major
pilgrimage is only carried out during certain days of the year (8th to
12th Dhu al-Hijjah), the minor pilgrimage known as Umra can take
place at any time.
The sunshades around the mosque provide the pilgrims with protection from the sun. The Shade Project was executed on behalf of Madinah Haram, the municipal administration of Medina, under the lead
management of the Saudi Liebherr Company Ltd. A PALFINGER
PK 20002 Performance truck-mounted crane was used to erect the sunshade mountings and the sunshades themselves as well as to install the
generators and accessories. Supplied and mounted by AMI Arabian
Metal Industries from Jeddah, the truck-mounted crane coped brilliantly with its assignments over the projects three year duration. Its
precision and maneuverability thanks to the sophisticated crane geometry paid off particularly well during the difficult installation assignments. ]

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PALFINGER power on the move in the United Arab Emirates. Territory of PALFINGERs partner Al Masaood, Abu Dhabi.

PALFINGER
strong in the Arab world
PALFINGER truck-mounted cranes are becoming more and more
familiar on the roads and construction sites of the Middle East. They
are used mainly for transshipment in the building trade and ancillary
building trades in addition to assignments for governments, local
authorities and electricity supply companies. Cranes of the PW range
are particularly popular for delivering and distributing pallets of bricks
to construction sites with the specific requirement of lifting the pallets
up to the 3rd floor.

Spirit of optimism. Sales and Service Manager Meeting in Oman,

October 2010. Two senior people from each of the sales agents in
the Middle East took part in the four-day training course. Training
was given on PALFINGER cranes, access platforms and tail lifts.

Although mainly simple and in particular cost-efficient truck-mounted

cranes are used in the Middle East, even in this market the demand for
truck-mounted cranes with state-of-the-art equipment is rising continuously. Not long ago, for example, two PK18001 EH High Performance
cranes with radio remote controls were delivered to Qatar. ]

BIG deal in Saudi Arabia. 40 brick cranes (PW 360 / PW 400) for
the Saudi Red Bricks Company Al-Amoudi. PALFINGER partner
Arabian Metal Industries (AMI) was the project manager.

New crane eet for RedX Industries Bahrain. Sheik Ali

bin Isa Abdulla Al Khalifa (second from the left) and Gopi
Subramanium from PALFINGER Partner Y.K. ALMOAYYED &
SONS (second from the right) at the handover.