Yapi Merkezi signed 6.4 million USD deal with
PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes
Salzburg, 1st of December 2014
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PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes delivers construction equipment for railway project in Ethiopia
Contract signed with construction company Yapi Merkezi in Istanbul, on 8th of November 2014
New railway line will connect northern Ethiopia with central regions
PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes succeeds in expanding it’s markets
PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes has won the bid to deliver construction equipment for the
ethiopian new railway project, the Awash-Weldia railway line. The order amounting to 6.4
million USD was awarded by Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi, which is delivering
the design and construction of the railway project.
On 8th of November 2014 the Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi signed a 6.4 million USD
contract with PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes in Istanbul. After a very detailed selection process
PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes won the tender for delivering construction equipment for the new
railway project in Ethiopia. Many other companies were also interested in the deal, but PALFINGER
SANY Mobile Cranes high-quality products came out on top, after a negotiation process by providing
the most attractive offer.
The Awash-Weldia project is a new railway line, being constructed between the Ethiopian towns
Awash and Weldia. This is part of an investment programme by Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC)
connecting northern Ethiopia with central regions. The aim of the project is to extend the countries
railway network for that promising independent African country and further driving economic growth.
Yapi Merkezi has won the bid to construct Ethiopians 389 kilometres Awash-Weldia railway line for 1.7
billion dollars, which is one part of the planned 2.400 kilometres overall ERC project, developing the
countries railway infrastructure.
The construction company Yapi Merkezi has already realized many well-known national and
international projects, before winning the tender for the Ethiopian railway project. For example the
Dubai Metro Project, which Yapi Merkezi has successfully completed, the Casablanca tramway or the
Ankara-Konya high-speed railway, just to mention a few projects.
For realizing the Awash-Weldia railway project, Yapi Merkezi trusts in PALFINGER SANY Mobile
Cranes’ reliable construction machinery. PALFINGER SANY Truck Cranes and PALFINGER SANY
Rough Terrain Cranes will be used for that major project as well as SANY PALFINGER Knuckle-Boom
Cranes, SANY Concrete Pumps and SANY Concrete Mixer Trucks. A great advantage for Yapi
Merkezi in the whole purchase process was the possibility of buying all the needed equipment from
PALFINGER SANY without dealing with the different manufacturing parties involved. With this onestop-shop approach PALFINGER SANY wants to keep the complexity of such tenders as simple as
possible for the customer.
„We are very proud to be selected to supply Yapi Merkezi with our products for this important railway
project of the Ethiopian infrastructure investment programme. Yapi Merkezi is one of the world's
leading transportation infrastructure companies with a vast experience in railway systems. We are
very proud to work with Yapi Merkezi and to expand our markets once more,” Michael Gruböck,
Managing Director of PALFINGER SANY Int. Mobile Cranes Sales GmbH, said.
Picture from left to right: Yan Zhang (Project Manager – PALFINGER SANY Int. Mobile Cranes Sales GmbH), Ibrahim
KERESTECI (Machinery Operation Manager – Yapi Merkezi), Michael Gruböck (Managing Director - PALFINGER SANY Int.
Mobile Cranes Sales GmbH), Mehmet BALYAŞ (Head of Purchasing – Yapi Merkezi), Herbert Ortner (PALFINGER AG – CEO),
Metin DEGER (Machinery Manager – Yapi Merkezi), Taşkın TAŞ (Machinery Supervisor – Yapi Merkezi), Ersavas Güdül
(Regional Business Development Manager)
About PALFINGER SANY
PALFINGER SANY International Mobile Cranes Sales GmbH is a Joint Venture company that offers Mobile Cranes: Truck
Cranes with lifting capacities from 25 to 125 tons, as well as Rough Terrain Cranes with lifting capacities from 35 to 75 tons, AllTerrain Cranes (with lifting capacity of 180 to 600 tons) and Truck-mounted Telescopic Cranes. PALFINGER SANY combines
the strengths and competences of SANY Heavy Industries in construction machinery production and the high standards of
PALFINGER AG in terms of quality and service. A combination of two big players on the global market, customers and partners
can certainly rely on!
PALFINGER SANY Cranes pays off. Not only at the stage of purchase but also during the whole product lifetime PALFINGER
SANY Cranes is committed to be a reliable and steady partner. Wherever high demands are placed on the loading, unloading
and transportation of goods, systems and products, PALFINGER SANY Cranes provides high-tech solutions for seamless loading
and transport logistics.
Visit www.palfinger-sany.com and get more information about the high-quality PALFINGER SANY Mobile Cranes.
Queries to:
Michael Gruböck
General Manager of PALFINGER SANY International Mobile Cranes Sales GmbH
m.gruboeck@palfinger-sany.com | Tel: +43 662 4684-2335
Hannes Roither
Company Spokesman PALFINGER AG
h.roither@palfinger.com | Tel: +43 662 4684-82260