Manitowoc opens plant in Portugal

Archiv – Manitowoc celebrated the opening of its latest facility in Portugal with an Open Day for hundreds of customers, dealers, senior company management and local government officials.Portugal | Manitowoc celebrated the opening of its latest facility with an Open Day for hundreds of customers, dealers, senior company management and local government officials. The company’s newest manufacturing plant is located in Baltar, Portugal and will operate in addition to the company’s existing plant in nearby Fanzeres for the manufacture of Potain tower cranes.
The Baltar plant will produce Potain’s MC, MCT and MDT ranges working with the Fanzeres factory. Operations at the two facilities are split into upstream and downstream functions. The upstream operations ‘€’ the majority of cutting and welding ‘€’ will take place at Baltar. The downstream operations ‘€’ the painting, assembly, testing and shipping ‘€’ will take place at Fanzeres. This split enables Manitowoc to further improve quality as both areas of production require different skills, levels of cleanliness, flow management and technology.
The MC, MCT and MDT cranes produced in Portugal are popular in EMEA and beyond, and their designs are ideally suited to contractors both locally and in markets as far away as the Americas. The plant will employ over 100 people in all areas including production, sales and administration as well as customer service.
Speaking at the opening of the Baltar plant, Glen Tellock, CEO of The Manitowoc Company, said the new plant was more than just a factory. ’We are extremely proud to open this new facility and strengthen our presence in the important Iberica market,’ he said. ’Two of our core goals are to achieve manufacturing excellence and differentiate ourselves through customer proximity. That means establishing premium manufacturing processes and providing close and dedicated sales and service support. You will find both here at Baltar.