Comansa, a leading manufacturer of tower cranes for construction, has announced that it will officially launch two of its new luffing-jib crane models - CML280 and CML310 - at the bauma China trade show to be held in Shanghai from November 27 to 30.

With these brand new models, Comansa aims to cover the growing demand of 18 and 24-tonne luffing jib cranes, particularly in Asia and the Middle East, said a statement from the company.

Those markets are seeing an increase in vertical construction on very narrow spaces, projects in which luffing jib cranes are the best solution. The CML280 and CML310 cranes will also available in Africa and South America, it stated.

At bauma China, Comansa will unveil the new CML310, which has maximum load capacity of 24 tonnes and maximum reach of 60 m.

This model shares most of the elements from the slewing part (jib, cat-head and counterjib) with the CML280, which has the same reach, but maximum load capacity of 18 tonnes, it added.-TradeArabia News Service