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Konecranes buys the activity of service and assistance to means of raising of the Eleve Spanish
The company has center to Badalona, to about five kilometers to north of Barcelona
June 23, 2011
The Finnish group Konecranes Plc has bought the branch of activity of service and assistance of the Spanish Eleve S.L., society that work in the field of means of raising (cranes, hung, lifting freight elevators and platforms). Eleve, that it is founded in 1969 and it has center to Badalona, to about five kilometers to north of Barcelona, has recorded last year a turnover clearly of about three million euro. The dependent of the Spanish company that take care of the service activities are about 20.
"This transaction with Eleve - it has commented the country manager of Konecranes, Jürgen Dlugi - will remarkablly increase the cover of the services of Konecranes in the area of Barcelona. Moreover it will bring some technicians expert presents to Valencia and Saragozza".
The transaction follows others two investments completed in the 2008 from Konecranes in the Spanish market with the acquisition of the Eydimen societies 2000 S.L. And Ausió Sistemas de Elevación S.L. ( on 20 March and 22 April 2008).
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