"The Machines de l’île" is an entirely new cultural and entertainment project. François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice are the originators of the project, a blend of Jule Verne's "invented worlds", the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci and the industrial history of Nantes in the West of France at a former shipyard turned into an amazing leisure and cultural centre. SERE maintenance has installed a number of VERLINDE hoists and suspended crane kit components to lift the various assemblies and installations.

Stephan SA, integrator in the Verlinde network, has erected 7 suspended cranes in Grisoni-Zaugg SA's new machine maintenance shop.

Eurocrane(Asia) Co.,Ltd., in Thailand, was appointed by the main contractor ITD (Italian Thai Development Public company limited) to supply and install a complete electric overhead traveling crane for NARESUAN DAM Hydro Power Plant in Pitsanulok Province, Northern of Thailand. This 8.4 mega watt Power Plant is one of EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) new hydro power plant according to the government strategy plan to increase the capacity of power generation using the clean energy to allocate to northern part of Thailand.

Equipped with VERLINDE's new 6300 kg gantry crane Midi Bobinage now offers an ever wider range of services to its customers.

ELECTROLEVAGE, a company using VERLINDE hoists, has installed an overhead monorail fitted with a VERLINDE EUROCHAIN VL10 electric chain hoist in the Manufacture des Orgues Thomas workshop in Belgium. The installation is used for the assembly of organs that can weigh up to 25 metric tons.

With its completely new design, EUROCHAIN VR is VERLINDE's new range of electric chain hoists. Thanks to its new, fully ergonomic design, EUROCHAIN VR offers a wide range of innovations that guarantee the highest levels of safety, productivity and ease of maintenance.

The EQUIBLOC AIR range of pneumatic load balancers for loads of from 70 to 350 kg offers an even wider range of load hoisting and handling solutions for industry.