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Kalmar buys the Mareiport Spanish
the society of Algeciras takes care of the maintenance and restructure of harbour cranes
May 7, 2013
Kalmar, branch of the Finnish group Cargotec, has acquired the entire property of the Mareiport Spanish, company constituted in 1985 to Algeciras that takes care of the maintenance and restructure of means of raising and is active mainly in the harbour field. From the 2007 Kalmar it stopped 30% of the capital of the Iberian society. Mareiport appoints to a job some 250 people and in 2012 it has recorded a turnover of about 20 million euros.
"In the world - the president of the Kalmar has declared, Olli Isotalo - there are about 5.000 cranes portualiin activity. Great part of these is in function from more ten-year-old and needs restructures and modernizations. Meanwhile our customers demand modifications and potenziamenti of the their current harbour cranes in order to enliven ships still larger. Acquiring the entire property of Mareiport, Kalmar will widen own services and own ability to restructure of the cranes above all in southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa and, with our current abilities in central Europe, the Asian south-east and on the coast oriental of the USA, we will be able to answer to the increasing requirements of the customers to total level".
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