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Established in 1970, Avi Cranes Ltd. is a privately owned company incorporated according to Israeli law. Avi Cranes Ltd. has been active over 35 years in providing comprehensive lifting solutions. It operates a crane rental service, rents out and sells elevated platforms, transports heavy-duty equipment and relocates entire factories. The company provides its services to Israeli industries both public and private.

Avi Cranes Ltd. carries out its many projects with the help of state-of-the-art elevating and transporting equipment. As a result of its quality service, at international standards, Avi Cranes Ltd has acquired a reputation as one of the largest and most important companies in its field and it is the leading company in Israel and the.

The company is ranked among the 50 biggest companies of its kind in the world

Avi Cranes Ltd is certified according to the ISO 9001-2000 quality standard.

 
Logistics

Avi Cranes Ltd owns more than 80 cranes, with lifting capacity between 25 and 1000 tons. Included in its wide variety of cranes are hydraulic telescopic cranes, mechanical cranes, Omega RT cranes, cranes placed on trucks, heavy carriers with cranes and forklifts.

The company owns several crawler cranes, among them Demag CC-1000, Demag CC-2000, Demag CC-2600. These cranes are capable of elevating heavy units and moving them around the job site.

Other special equipment includes floating marine cranes, assembled on barges, with 100 ton crane capacity.

 

 
Mobilization and transportation Department

Our Transport and Mobilization Department operates heavy trucks and trailers. Most of them equipped with built-in cranes whose lifting capacity ranges from 25 ton to 150 tons, as well as smaller mobile cranes, capable of entering building.

As Auxiliary equipment we use forklifts with loading capacity from 2.5 to 35 tons, diesel and monorail cranes, telescopic loaders for lifting equipment out of containers, special mobilization equipment such as skates, wagons, various jacks and a "lifter" mechanism, especially suitable for work in limited areas and heights.

The department's team of skilled foremen and laborers is expert at transporting and positioning equipment inside factories, and at assembling and connecting electrical, water and air circulation systems. They are capable of moving whole factories, caravans and special electronic equipment.

Clients who hired us for the relocation of factories and the installment of equipment are: Air Product in Kiryat Gat, Hazorfim silver workshops, juice and soft drinks factories such as Carlsberg, Tempo, Coca Cola, Yafora-Tavori and also other factories such as Visonic, Habarzelan in Beth Shemesh (Factory assembling), Best Carton (factory relocation) and many others.

 
Access Platforms Department

Avi Cranes owns around 500 access platforms that allow efficient and safe elevation to a height of 72 meters.
The platforms are self propelled, and can be operated from the platrorm at max. height.
The department utilizes a wide variety of machine types that includes electrical and diesel platforms, scissors platforms, straight and jib telescopic arms, vertical baskets, trailer mounted and truck mounted.

To minimize any potential risks involved in working from an elevated position, we use only safe and reliable equipment, user-friendly procedures, and a work area sufficient to comfortably hold two people with equipment combine As a result we are able to save both time and manpower, thus reducing customer cost.

 
Maritime Department

Our maritime department performs marine transport and tasks that require heavy duty lifting. Tasks are performed by: floating cranes, barges, tugs and service vessels.
- Marine transport and marine hoist tasks, especially transport of heavy vehicles that would otherwise cause damage to the roads if moved by land.
- Operates a taxi-boat service inside Ashkelon oil port.
- Salvages ships
- Elevates ships for repair
- Constructs piers, docks and breakwaters
- Assembles all types of port cranes.

 
Our Employees

We presently employ 250 workers in all four branches as crane operators, engineers, garage workers, drivers, office workers and so on. Our teams are capable of operating any of our equipment and operate most complex tasks at the highest level of performance.

 
Our Clients

Among our clients are:

Construction - Dania Sibus, Solel Bone, Ashkrit, Malibu and others
Industry - Habarzelan, Alliance, Mey-Eden, Tempo, Coca Cola,
Yafora-Tavori, Best Carton, Ormat, Elco, Telrad, Kargal.
Plastic industry - Keter, Litam Plast, Arkal, Amgat
Planning - Ludan and Baran
Government - The Ministry of Defence, Israel Aviation Industry, Bezeq,
Electra, Israel Ports Authority, Israel Electricity Company.
Public Institutions - Israel Oil Refineries, Israel Petrochemical Industries
and others.

 

 
Our Economic strength

Avi Cranes Ltd has demonstrated the ability to successfully resolve all of its economic obligations and guarantees. All of the cranes, platforms and other equipment were purchased by the company's own capital and they are all owned by the company.
Avi Cranes Ltd.is owned by Avi Yochanan, the company's founder and General Director. Avi Yochanan has sole control of the company. His brother, Ilan Yochanan, holds 10% of the company's shares. He is the company's Assistant Director General for Maintenance

In addition to the above mentioned operative activities, Avi Cranes Ltd. Also deals in Real Estate. Among its holdings are:
- Industrial buildings for rent in Ashdod, Yavne, Haifa, Lod and Holon .
- Lands slated for Industrial construction.

 
Subsidiary companies

Avi Cranes Ltd subsidiary companies are:
- Av-Zach Projects -
A company that establishes and manages industrial projects.
- Aviyud Construction and Earthworks -
Entrepreneurship and construction of industrial buildings for rent and for sale.
- Adi and Oz
- Avi and Ilan Investments
- Atina Holdings