ACE receives crane supply order from Defence Ministry

17 Jan 2023 CW Team

Action Construction Equipment announced that the DRDO and Ministry of Defence had placed an order for the delivery of cranes (MoD).

As part of its efforts to grow its business in the defence industry, ACE has created an indigenous special mobile crane for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), DRDO, and programme MRSAM (Army). The aforementioned cranes, which have the required tonnage, are the first of their kind to be produced by an Indian company.

The company has been given a pilot order for the production and supply of the aforementioned cranes, which ACE has incorporated onto HMV 8X8 chassis. The cranes use telescoping boom sections, are hydraulically propelled, and have cutting-edge safety features.

With market dominance in the mobile and stationary tower crane divisions, Action Construction Equipment is one of India's top manufacturers of material handling and construction equipment.

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