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Tadano: Japan’s crane leader, now with Demag

Tadano is one of the world’s largest mobile crane manufacturers, known for rough-terrain cranes and, since buying Faun and Demag, all-terrain cranes up to 1,200 tonnes.

Alexey Puzanov ByAlexey Puzanov Updated 1 min read
Tadano truck crane

Photo: FBenjr123, CC BY-SA 4.0 · license

Headquarters
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Founded
1919
Ownership
Public (TSE: 6395)
Acquisitions
Faun (1990), Demag mobile cranes (2019)
Official site
www.tadano.com

Model guides

Tadano machines we cover

Mobile Cranes

Tadano rough-terrain crane

Mobile crane

Tadano GR-1000XL-4

Max. lifting capacity
100 t
Main boom
51 m
Type
Rough-terrain

Tadano models compared

3 models · click a column to sort

Tadano AC 4.080-1 Mobile crane — —
Tadano ATF 220G-5 Mobile crane — —
Tadano GR-1000XL-4 Mobile crane — —

Masuo Tadano founded the company in 1919 as a welding business in Takamatsu, Japan. Tadano built Japan's first hydraulic truck crane in 1955 and became a world leader in rough-terrain cranes. In 1990 it acquired the German all-terrain crane maker Faun, and in 2019 it bought Demag mobile cranes from Terex.

Lineup

Rough-terrain cranes like the GR-1000XL-4, all-terrain cranes including the AC 4.080-1 and ATF 220G-5, truck cranes, crawler cranes and aerial platforms.

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