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The Bauma trade fair proved to be a standout success for Jekko, which brought no less than 3 new products to this 33rd edition of the fair with the re-modelling of its product range. Over the years Jekko worked hard to present cranes developed to be easy to understand and use, user-friendly, and that still kept the environmental-friendly feature, as with previous models. We were very honored to see how much our products were well appreciated by the hundreds of visitors at the fair.   Four lines with four products each, this is the new concept!   The complete product range include: SPX line with new SPX328, SPX532, SPX650 and SPX1280 JF line with new JF235, JF365, JF545 and JF990 MPK line with MPK06, MPK10, new MPK20R and MPK50 Vacuum&Tools line with JVL450 and JVL600 vacuum lifters, JVM800R glass manipulator, JIB500GR grabber and 5-10-20 tons lifting beams.   This Bauma 2022 is just a new starting point from which to develop cutting-edge ideas and products that we will be happy to share with you. We would like to thank all the people who came to visit us and spent some of their time with us! See you at Bauma 2025!    

As the result of years spent in market analysis, research and development, the new SPX328 is a cutting-edge machine that offers a smooth User Experience even for beginners. With this new model, the Italian company unveils a modern, innovative, convenient and handy product that requires minimum training and guides the operator through the different working phases, streamlining the processes and turning even the most difficult operation into something easy to perform. From stabilization to operation, the operator is easily steered throughout his work. The screen of this model, where the operator is guided step by step to set the parameters of his experience, is the quintessence of the User-Friendly concept. This is the major element of the SPX328, designed and developed for both entry-level operators and skilled users.   FEATURES The brand-new design of the SPX328 proposes soft and rounded lines yet it holds to Jekko’s typically engaging boxy style. This is a crawler minicrane stands in the category that can easily drive through standard doorways with a maximum capacity of 2800 kg, powered by LiFe-PO4 210Ah lithium-ion batteries. SPX328 is the first minicrane worldwide equipped with an electric jib – with a 500-kg maximum lifting capacity   INNOVATION An onboard 10” interactive touchscreen – featuring an IP67 Protection Rating for operation in any yard and in no matter what weather conditions, from low to high temperatures, under the sun and the snow, even when using work gloves – interacts with the crane via the Jekko Touch Experience system, that guides the operator step by step in order to configure the crane before starting operation, and has tutorials that can be watched on the display. A radio remote control included as standard equipment and the HOOK Recovery system: the automatic block stowing system for multiple pulls. An advanced radio-remote-controlled self-levelling system levels the crane in an independent way so that it positions correctly no matter how the stabilizers are placed and also on uneven ground. Another system this model is fitted with is the Kick Down system, that detects the travel operation depending on how the levers are used and allows for a higher speed during drive exceeding the maximum standard speed of the crane.   The SPX328 is the outcome of a know-how developed over years of experience, empathy and attention for the dynamics of the market and its evolution. The world changes and Jekko changes as well, adapting and improving its machines, heading to the future and targeting eco-friendliness.  

After the success gathered in 2019, Jekko won’t miss out on Bauma 2022, which will take place in Munich on October 24th through 30th. Our exhibition space (outdoor area FS, booth 903/6) will spread out on a 512-sqm surface that will be set up with 5 containers in line to result into two-floor structure housing offices for meetings, a hospitality zone and a reception-living area where customers and dealers will be greeted. The containers that will be used have been salvaged and refurbished on purpose for this show and will be later installed in our headquarters in Italy and destined to become a new customer training area thus sticking to our corporate sustainability scheme, developed in 2021 and implemented since January 2022. Jekko’s machines on display at Bauma are designed and developed to be user-friendly, that is easy to use and to understand, suitable to be used by both beginner and skilled operators. The entire Jekko range can always be operated in electric mode as all the machines on display at Bauma will show: the SPX minicrane line is powered by lithium-ion batteries, the MPK minipicker range has acid-lead batteries while the JF articulated crawler cranes are bi-energy machines combining a diesel engine with an electric motor. Bauma 2022 will also be a showcase for the latest additions in each line of models: the SPX328 in the SPX range that will be officially unveiled on September 20th; the JF235 in the JF line; the MPK10 and MPK20R in the minipicker range. Jekko will also showcase other models from the above lines: Minipickers: MPK06 and MPK10 fitted with their manipulator SPX: SPX532 equipped with JVM800, SPX650 set up with tools JIB500GR and SPX1280 JF: JF545 with 2-man basket and JF990 Tools: suction cups JVL450 and JVL600 with trolley, manipulator JVM800, JIB500GR and 5-, 10-, 20-ton lifting beams. For this 33rd edition of the show, Jekko focuses on innovation and progress, two crucial values for the challenges that the company has decided to tackle in the current years in order to strengthen its position as sector leading player.

Fensterbau Frontale is scheduled for July and Jekko won’t miss the chance after exhibiting in 2018. Taking part in this show is a not-to-be-missed showcase for the products dedicated to the glass sector. Jekko will be an exhibitor in hall 4A-317 with a 73-sqm stand and will put on display an electric-powered SPX532 equipped with a JVM800 vacuum manipulator for glass panes, an MPK06 minipicker and the new entry MPK10 – both fitted with vacuum manipulators for glass panes – as well as the JVL450 and JVL600 vacuum lifters with their dedicated trolley for laying-up and transport. All these models and their tools are the company’s flagship products dedicated to the glass pane handling and fitting sector. The Treviso-based company offers a wide range of machinery designed for glass pane fitting. Minicranes and minipickers have reduced weight and compact dimensions, are easy to transport and stabilize, and can be fitted and integrated with a glass pane manipulator or a vacuum lifter to become machines ideal to operate in confined spaces and in the top floors of a building. The minicranes used in the construction of skyscrapers are an example. These cranes can operate and be stabilized on the top floors so that glass facade fitting at lower floors is fast and simple. Glass panes can even be lifted from the ground floor up to the floor where they’re needed by means of a radio remote controlled winch. On the other hand, minipickers have a right/left turret rotation of at least +/- 9° making them the sole pick&carry lifters that – when equipped with a 360° continuous rotation, tilt and swing glass manipulator – can drive through narrow places with a panel placed on their side keeping it within the crane loading gauge. Glass pane fitting is controlled via a wire control or a radio control. These machines can be fitted with tools such as hydraulic or electric manipulators or vacuum lifters for glass pane handling. Battery-powered hydraulic manipulators are used for an accurate fitting of glass panes and are faster and more effective of vacuum lifters since they’re radio remote controlled by an operator, can move in all four directions and can also tilt and rotate for a precise and careful positioning of the glass panes. Vacuum lifters are used with any crane fitted with a hookblock lifting system to move glass panes in a fast and safe way. Here follow the main characteristics of the products that will be on display at the show. Characteristics of the SPX532 minicrane Max capacity: 3200 kg Lithium-ion battery-powered Hookblock or rope operating mode Can work in pick&carry mode 45° extensible tracks 1,250 possible stabilization configurations Characteristics of the MPK06 minipicker Max capacity: 600 kg Lead-acid battery-powered JVM06 manipulator (600-kg max capacity) Manipulator continuous rotation, tilt and swing +/- 10° turret rotation Wire control on board Characteristics of the MPK10 minipicker Max capacity: 990 kg Lead-acid battery-powered JVM10 manipulator (990-kg max capacity) Can be equipped with JVM06 manipulator Manipulator continuous rotation, tilt and swing +/- 9° turret rotation Wire control on board ad optional radio control Characteristics of the JVM800 glass manipulator Max capacity: 800 kg Battery-powered Suction cups: 4 + 2 + 2 100% integrated with Jekko minicranes and software Dedicated remote control Can be installed on any crane Characteristics of the JVL600 vacuum lifter Max capacity: 600 kg Battery-powered Suction cups: 4 + 2 Hook operating mode Dedicated remote control

On April 22nd and 23rd, Jekko’s official dealer for southern Germany, the company Schwenk Arbeitsbühnen GmbH located in Schramberg, will be home to the Jekko crane demo days. Over these two days, the company will give a demonstration of the showcased models MPK06, SPX532, SPX650 and JVM800. The guests will be offered the chance to personally test and operate the machines and discuss their technical features with the hosting company’s specialized operators. Schwenk Arbeitsbühnen GmbH w   ill also offer great deals to the customers attending the event as well as technical advice. An Italian food catering service and entertainment for children will further cheer up these two days.    

Great satisfaction for Jekko at the 8th edition of GIS GIS, the Italian Lifting Day, has taken place at the Piacenza exposition area from the 7th to the 9th of October 2021. Jekko, present with its two stands throughout the entire exhibition, has registered an incredible number of visitors. On Friday night, the ILTA, Italian Lifting and Transportation Awards, opened the night-time event of the exposition, the GIS by Night. During this exclusive event, Jekko has been recognized as a trailblazer company once more, receiving the Product Innovation Award for its SPX650. Launched in July 2020, this telescopic spider crane on tracks possesses great versatility, distinguished by technological features that make this machine unique in its category. The electrical motor, the adaptive stabilization system and its lifting capacity, when fully extended with the jib, compared to its compact dimensions, are some of the features that identify SPX 650.

GIS, the only Italian event dedicated to the users of cranes, AWP, industrial handling equipment, and heavy transport, will occur as usual in Piacenza from the 7th to the 9th of October 2021. Jekko will expose a wide range of products, receiving its visitors in two new areas. The main stand, number N28 outdoor, will display Jekko foremost mini-cranes, with the two families SPX and JF. The stand A20/B19, in the indoor pavilion N1, is for industrial applications and tools. The outside booth will see the presence of SPX532, the 3.2-ton best seller, SPX650, the 5-ton mini-crane presented in July 2020, and SPX1280, with its maximum lifting capacity of 8 tons. These three machines can mount lithium batteries or diesel engines to give the operator more versatility. Representing the JF family, there will be JF545, an articulated crane successful in Italy and abroad thanks to its performances, and JF990, able to lift a maximum of 21500 kg. MPK50, the industrial mini-picker, will occupy the limelight of the indoor stand, together with Jekko lifting accessories. The tools catalogue includes the vacuum lifters JVL450 and JVL600, the manipulators JVM800R for glass and slates, and JIB500GR for iron bars. Not to forget the lifting beams in three sizes, 5, 10 and 20 tons. During the eighth edition of GIS, Jekko will also present MPK10, the new 1-ton mini-picker that will expand the glass-handling range with the praised MPK06. The latest model will appear at the Italian mini-picker dealer LEVO stand, number L2/M1b (outdoor), renamed ORION06 and ORION10. Visitors can also spot some Jekko cranes in other customer’s stands throughout the exhibition.

Jekko’s dealer Hocap received the first unit of new SPX650 to be delivered in the Netherlands  The new multifaceted mini crane SPX650 has landed in the Dutch market. With a maximum reachable height of 23.5 m, compact dimensions, a lithium battery power supply, cutting edge stabilisation and hydraulic systems, the new 5-ton mini crane had already captured the attention of the international market after the official launch last year. After the first tests with the machine, Hocap comments: “We are proud of having the first unit of SPX650 in the Netherlands! The machine is characterized by its elegant Italian design, its high safety standards and embodies all the latest major innovations. Literally every function of the crane can be controlled from the radio remote control. Furthermore, this Jekko has a boom that every crane operator is dreaming about. This new model is fully in line with the SPX532 and both machines stand for a new generation of mini cranes, achieving the maximum performance”.  SPX650 embodies the most advanced technical solutions: it can count on a sophisticated hydraulic system by Danfoss, 100% electronically-operated, which allows smooth and accurate crane movements, and on a new stabilisation system for endless operating configurations. The crane features also a new 1.2 tons hydraulic jib with 3 extensions and a new 2 tons runner jib. Last but not least, SPX650 is equipped with a custom designed 48 V lithium battery pack which allows unchanged and constant performance even in case of intense use with heavy loads and the possibility of operating indoor without any kind of emission. Looking ahead to the next steps, Hocap adds: “In the upcoming months we will present this new model to the market with demo and events. We believe that the new 5-ton mini crane has many chances to succeed in the Dutch market and will stand out in the lift and handling sector”.

The first weeks of 2021 have brought important news at Jekko. The Treviso-based mini cranes producer has just signed a new dealership agreement with the Danish company Stiholt Hydraulic, 30-year-old company of Stiholt Group, specialised in sale and assistance for Scania and from 1st February 2021 for Fassi cranes too.. Mr. Alberto Franceschini, Jekko Sales Director, expresses full satisfaction about the new partnership too: “Central and Northern Europe is a really strategic area for Jekko, it is an established market but still with a great potential. Some Jekko machines were already sold in Denmark in the past, but due to the lack of a dealer our presence was not as strong as wished. For this reason this new partnership is extremely important for us, we have big expectations and we believe Stiholt will give customers the proper support”.