Spain: Formaco Expands Supply Package with Heavy-Lifting Hooks

The Dutch company Formaco, which has been active for more than 15 years in the Dutch and Belgian market with primarily heavy quality forging- and casting works, recently signed a contract with the Spanish forge Irizar Forge from the Basque Country for the exclusive sale of special forged lifting hooks, crane lifting blocks and compositions thereof.

According to general manager Robert Heester, the collaboration totally fits in the pursuit of Formaco to be able to offer a total package in the field of specialized heavy casting- and forging works for offshore, shipbuilding, the dredging industry, machinery, pumps, construction, the petrochemical industry and builders of hoisting machines.

“We missed this package in our overall picture: high quality forged and processed lifting hooks and composite crane lifting blocks with a high lifting capacity,” according to Robert Heester. “With the collaboration with the Spanish family company Irizar Forge, we can now offer this package to our customers. Irizar – hooks are manufactured for a lifting capacity and anchoring up to 1500 tons S.W.L. (Safe Working Load) and a forging weight of 9000 kg. The S.W.L. will even be extended to 4000 tons as from 2015, with a forging weight up to 20 000 kg.”

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Press Release, November 05, 2012