Issue 11Summer 2010

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From France to USAFagioli performed the transportation of tworeplacement steam generators from Chalon-St. Marcel, France to Three Mile Island,Pennsylvania in the USA from the end of Julyto early October 2009. The dimensions of thegenerators were 22.7m long, 5.5m wide and5m high, weighing 473 tons.

Each generator was seated on a skid transportframe composed by two girders and twospecially made rubber padded saddles. TheRSGs were loaded onto a specialized hopperbarge using the fabrication shops overheadcranes in Chalon Saint Marcel (France). The

generators were moved by barge to Fos-sur-Mer. The distance to the sea port of Fos wasabout 500km. Upon its arrival at the port thebarge was safely moored alongside thestarboard of the ocean going ship.

The self-geared ship vessel performed thelifting of the RSGs. Once both componentshad been stowed under deck they werefastened and secured for ocean voyageaccording to pre-arranged safety procedures.The ship arrived 2 weeks later in Claymont(Delaware, USA): a total of 4,000 miles.

In Delaware, Fagioli provided local barges forthe transshipment of the generators usingheavy lift vessel gears. The barge, positionedalongside the ship was loaded with SPMTsready to directly receive the items. FromDelaware the barges offloaded thegenerators to a private facility in Maryland.Once the generators were unloaded withro/ro operations, the SPMTs started thejourney to final destination.

Each single convoy configuration was 37mlong, 7.3m high and 5.3m wide with a totalweight of 789 ton. The generators were only

allowed to move during daylight hoursthrough the working week, spreading the landjourney to 14 days duration for a total of about75 miles. Apart from all the permits requiredto travel through 23 municipalities, Fagioliwere forced to use multiple temporary bridgestructures (50 and 80 feet over-bridges) toallow the passage of the heavy convoy onroads with restricted capacity. This operationwas subcontracted to KMX under theresponsibility of Fagioli.

Welcome to Fagioli news, issue 11. Fagiolinews is a publication that summarises all themain projects performed over the last fewmonths. The scope of the Newsletter is merelycommercial but sometimes, as in this case, weuse it to inform our clients of the relevant factsconcerning our group. First of all let me say thatthis year, 2010, we are very proud to celebratethe 50th anniversary of Fagioli. The company,embodied by our tireless and full of energypresident Alessandro Fagioli, after theuncountable successes of the last years, hasdecided not to rest on its laurels but to moveone step forward, pursuing the concepts andphilosophy expressed in our ethicalpublications. The Board, in 2009, has decidedto give space to a new and younger executivestructure, that I am very proud to be a part of.Not only is it necessary to thank Mr. RodolfoAnnovazzi (now Special Tutor of a newgeneration of engineers) and Mr. MarcelloBonomelli, the former CEO and ManagingDirector, for their trust accorded, but also toconfirm to our, clients, suppliers, occasionalreaders that Fagioli will keep on working andproviding the same unique high-standard ofservice in all our activities.

Considering the global economic crisis it’simperative to “grit our teeth” and continue toprovide our well known professionalism,because quality means reliability! And we arevery proud to say that Fagioli is and will be areliable, affordable and competitive groupproviding distinctive unique and innovativesolutions that we are famous for. You can reallyunderstand my words if you take some time toreview inside the outstanding projects recentlyperformed: the transport of a huge generator inUSA with uncountable obstacles; a never-ending journey of a stator and a turbine throughnarrow streets in France; a race against time toship material for the humanitarian aid; thebeginning of one of the biggest petrochemicalprojects in Algeria; huge modules and off-shoreplatforms moved in Australia, USA and Norway;lifting of reactors in Korea and so on….including a 4 page glossary of some of the mostprestigious projects accomplished in the first 50years! It’s a real pleasure to introduce you to allof this and I’d like to add, once again, thatFagioli is a company tremendously dedicated,devoted to fulfil its commitments, a companyborn to make changes in order to maintain thesame unique high-level standard of quality.Fabio Belli, CEO

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It wasn’t unusual for Fagioli to perform thisoperation several times a day using speciallybuilt jump bridge transporters to load, unload,pick up and lower the over-bridges. Thetransport on average went one to two milesan hour.

Two days were required for the items to crossa bridge in Pennsylvania. During thispassage, Fagioli performed the re-configuration of the trailers by using a gantrylifting system. The trailer configurations wereenlarged and extended to provide the optimaldistribution of weight over the bridge. Onceeach vehicle crossed the bridge, the processhad to be carried out again to return thevehicles to their original configuration. During the journey a bridge bypass was builtspecifically for this transport. Three largeconcrete pipes were installed to allow thewater to continue its flow. The bypass wasremoved after the passage of the convoy. Inearly October the generators arrived at theirdestination.

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Focus on USA

Fagioli Inc. continues with its work on theWood River Project. This huge expansionproject is currently under way at a midwest refinery, aimed at increasing the process of crude oil coming from Canada. In the recent months Fagioli Inc. has completed the loading of modules and equipment in the Gulf of Mexico andperformed loading of 212 heavy items up to 1,000tons each, a total of 20, 145 tons.

Fagioli loaded the items onto 49 barges,mostly with our own SPMTs, with configurations of up to 62 axle lines, witha total of approximately 30,000 manhours. At the offload site along theMississippi River, so far 262 modulesand reactors have been offloaded from79 barges and moved to the site.

All modules have been loaded on barges and are awaiting offload at the midwest refinery. 340 modules have been moved between thedifferent storage areas and inside the refinerytotalling about 500 heavy transports. Fagiolicompleted the lifting and installation activitiesusing a 770 ton and 450 ton lattice boomcrawler cranes and 550 ton hydraulic gantrycrane and several other smaller cranes withsupport equipment. Due the complexity of the project, many of these modules had to be

manoeuvred through constricted areas with towering columns and sizeable pipe racks. These were installed using SPMT falsework.

For the Offshore fabrication industry, Fagioliinc. is always on call. The transport of a 1,000 tons topside and 2,000 tons jacket were awarded shortly before the execution. The Houston office was once again ready to take the task on at such short notice. A total of 88 axle lines of SPMTs and 8 Power Pack Units were mobilised to the site in the Gulf of Mexico. The 25m tall topside was rolled on the barge by the SPMTs configured in 4 parallel rows. The 100m long, 40m tall and 45m wide steel jacket was supported on its four corners by SPMTs. (See strip of photos on the right).The scope of work included the weighing of the components and the ballast of the barges for the loading. The project was completed on schedule in April 2010.

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Moving huge pieces is an expertise whichmeans several relevant concepts: precision,engineering, vast range of equipment. This isthe case of all the operations related to theshipyard industry where the dimensions ofthe sections moved and skidded areextremely big.

Ship building regularly uses pre-assembledsections, so entire huge multi-deck segmentsof the whole structure are often builtelsewhere in the yard and transported to thebuilding dock or slipway and are connectedinto place or in floating docks, ready forlaunch. This so called "block construction"often divides the ship in two sections (bowand stern) these are then connected withextraordinary precision. The vessels are pre-installed with equipment, pipes, electricalcables, and other components within theblocks.

The beginning of 2010 was extremely goodfor Fagioli with the incredible transport, loadout and final connection of a huge shipsection weighing 5,200 tons. (See photoabove). This was a new record for Fagioli witha total of 240 axle lines of SPMTs in a 6 x 40axle combination. The operation which was agreat success was executed in only onemovement. The two sections were coupledwith a tolerance of less than 10mm.

Fagioli was awarded the transport of twoships from Marina di Carrara and GenovaSestri Levante to Genova Sestri Ponente.The two vessels weighing 320 and 420 tonswere loaded onto sea barges by means of 24axle lines of SPMTs and unloaded at theirfinal destination. (See photo below).

Ships are also used whenperforming the launchingoperations of other boats.This is exactly whathappened at Marghera portin Venice. Once moored atthe pier, our group-ownedship M/N Storman Asiaprepared its gear for hook-up operations to the 650

ton barge. Once the barge was lifted from thequay area, the Fagioli ship moved away fromthe dock and lowered the load directly into thewater. (See photo below).

A group-owned barge was employed for thesea transport of 9 modules from Ancona toMarghera in three trips, average weight was1,200 tons. Fagioli was responsible for thepositioning of the barge, lashing andengineering. (See photo below)

Shipyard Industry

Two huge sections were successfullytransported and unloaded attheir final destination in Croatiaby means of SPMTs and barge.The “skeleton” of this giganticcruise boat was divided intotwo pieces, the stern weighing4,673 ton and the bowweighing 3,230 ton.

Fagioli employed 192 SPMTaxle lines to perform the load inand load out operations of twoship sections onto a sea barge.The heavier section was 93mlong, 26m wide and more than17m high while the lighter one

was 105m long. (See photos above andbelow)

And lastly, 36 axle lines of SPMTs withspecially made saddles were used for thetransportation of a 677 ton ferry boat withinthe client’s premises. (See photo below)

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Fagioli has been working in Korea for the past twenty years, but in 2006, a new contact was made for the first time with the Korean crane company Chunjo Company Limited which has changed the format of the Fagioli business in Korea. The first project performed with Chunjo in 2006, and the first towerlift project performed by Fagioli in Korea, was part of the Chunjo turnkey contract HOU2 (see photo above), which involved the lifting of some two hun-dred and sixteen vessels by crane and three by Towerlift. In this case the Towerlift equip-ment was supplied on a rental basis from Fa-gioli Ltd. This project included a VDU Column which was 65 metres tall x 16 metres diameter and weighing 1,350 tonnes. This vessel was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Re-cords as the largest VDU column to be lifted.

The successful completion of this project was closely followed in 2007, by the award by Chunjo of the Oman Sohar Contract (see photo below) for the lifting of two vessels by Towerlift, again on a rental basis from Fagioli Ltd. It was clear that the synergy between Fagioli and Chunjo was something that was beneficial to both companies and as such the shareholders began talks about the formation of a company in Korea.

In 2009 the company Chunjo Fagioli Ltd was formed with both Fagioli and Chunjo taking a fifty per cent stake. The shareholders decided that to be competitive in Korea it was necessary for the company to own its own equipment and an investment was made for 32 No tower sections, 40 metre crosshead beams and L600 strand jack and control equipment. The equipment arrived in Korea in August of 2009 to be used for the first time by Chunjo Fagioli on the HOU3 project .

This was an extension to the previous development in 2006 as mentioned above. This was an extremely challenging project as it involved the placement of six vessels between October and December taking account of the harsh Korean winter and the extremely challenging programme. The vessels to be lifted included four reactors, which were the biggest to be lifted by the group at this time, weighing in at 1,800 tonnes and were 66 metres tall and 3.670 metres in dia.

The twin tower arrangement was 83 metres tall and used crosshead beams of 40 metre span which allowed the reactors to be delivered adjacent to their final position and then traversed into place using the skidding trolley sys-tem on the crosshead beams. The L600 strand jacks were connected to a 1,900 tonne swivel to allow rotation of the reactors into their final position. Due to the height and weight ratio of the reactors the towers were guyed using four L100 guy jack systems.

The reactors were delivered to site using Self Propelled Modular Trailers and this gave the opportunity for Chunjo Fagioli to employ a

special tailing-in frame mounted on to the trailers. This specially made tailing frame of two pinned columns connected to a strong back base frame to the 3 No of fourteen line trailers and utilising two L600 jacks for lifting of the reactor tail was conceived in Fagioli Ltd and used for the first time on this project.

As George Wilson the Fagioli Project Manager on the project stated “The control that this system gave was very good and of course eliminated the mobilisation and cost of a huge crane, allowing the vessels other than the reactors ,to be tailed in using the tower erection cranes. The SPMT’s could be moved in complete control as the reactors were lifted to the vertical”The project was completed in to the exact schedule determined by the client and this was due to the cooperation of all concerned parties but in particular to the rigging and control of the Chunjo erection team.Mr. Kon Yoon, the President of Chunjo Fagioli stated “The cooperation and expertise of the site supervision from the UK, Italy and the Chunjo people was tremendous and this led to the successful completion of a very important project leaving us with a very happy client. The project engineering carried out in London and the engineering in Italy of course contributed to this success, as this enabled the site work to be efficient “

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“The success of this project has given Chunjo Fagioli an excellent name in Korea with the Korean Contractors, and the fact that the towers could be used unguyed up to a height of 100 metres was the reason we were able to secure the HDO 2 contract which we have just completed in May 2010.This project was again a part of a turn-key package awarded to Chunjo and taken under extreme competition” Mr Yoon added.

The HDO 2 contract was a very short lead in time from order to contract and the site schedule again very tight. The lifting of the three vessels the heaviest being the regenerator at 950 tonnes and the tallest being the splitter at 88 metres was completed on schedule.

The towers remained assembled in twelve metre sections when they were stored after the completion of the HOU3 project and the shipment of these towers to the HDO2 site by barge saved a significant amount of time on the schedule.

The technical data of the vessels lifted on both the HOU3 and HDO2 projects is tabled below.

Les Brown who is at present the Fagioli representative based in the Seoul offices of Chunjo Fagioli said “ Having been visiting and involved in the Korean business over the past twenty years for the Fagioli Group, it is an exciting challenge to now be involved in the building of a new company whilst living in Korea and learning to live in a different country with new cultures “

Chunjo Fagioli has now established itself as one of the leading towerlift companies in Korea and with the Korean contractors. It is also now bidding for strand jack projects and has started to promote many of the other Fagioli and Chunjo products.

Project Vessel Vessel Vessel Tower Guyed Beam Traverse Rotation Tailing Yearname.no dimensions weight height span

Hou2 VDU Column 66m x 15.2m 1,351 tonnes 94.4m Yes 40m Yes No Crane 2006Hou2 Reactor 29m x 5.2m 915 tonnes 47.2m No 40m No Yes Crane 2007Hou2 Reactor 33m x 5.2m 1,170 tonnes 47.2m No 40m No Yes Crane 2007Sohar, Oman Xylene col. 100m x 10.7m 1,572 tonnes 112.1m Yes 19.8m No Yes Crane 2008Sohar, Oman Raffinate col. 80m x 8.7m 652 tonnes 82.6m No 19.8m No Yes Crane 2008Hou3 A Tower 76m x 4.2m 381 tonnes 88.5m No 40m Yes No Crane 2009Hou3 V Tower 62m x 10.5 800 tonnes 88.5m Yes 40m Yes No Crane 2009Hou3 Reactor 66m x 4.1m 1,811 tonnes 82.6m Yes 23m Yes Yes SPMT 2009Hou3 Reactor 66m x 4.1m 1,746 tonnes 82.6m Yes 23m Yes Yes SPMT 2009Hou3 Reactor 66mx 4.1m 1,811 tonnes 82.6m Yes 23m Yes Yes SPMT 2009Hou3 Reactor 66m x 4.1m 1,746 tonnes 82.6m Yes 23m Yes Yes SPMT 2009HDO Hou2 Regenerator 40m x 13.5m 886 tonnes 53.1m No 40m Yes No Crane 2010HDO Hou2 Reactor 33m x 7.0m 424 tonnes 94.4m No 28.5m Yes Yes Crane 2010HDO Hou2 Splitter col. 87m x 95m 658 tonnes 94.4m No 28.5m No Yes Crane 2010

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Fagioli specialise in heavy lifting no matterwhat size involved and we are use to liftingand installing huge modules with weights upto thousands of tonnes. However, sometimeswe are called to install smaller pieces whichcan be just as challenging when they need tobe placed in restricted areas. This is the casein the erection of a Carbonization column atthe Solvay Sodi Plant in Devnya, Bulgaria.

As you can see from the picture the columnhad to be installed inside a pre-existingstructure with a limited area which preventedthe column being installed in one piece.Thanks to Fagioli engineering and strandjacking equipment, the operation wassuccessfully performed, installing the columnin two parts.

The top section of the column (CL2) which is3.6m diameter, 15m long and weighs 45tonnes was delivered horizontally under itslifting location. The delivery equipmentincluded a tailing frame (by others) mountedon the base of the column. Strand jack liftingequipment was connected to the head ofCL2. The CL2 was lifted and simultaneouslytailed to its vertical position. The tailingequipment was then disconnected and liftingcontinued until CL2 was at the sufficientheight to allow a second set of strand jacks to

Bulgariabe positioned underneath. At this time thelifting jacks for CL2 locked mechanicallymaking it safe to work underneath. A secondset of strand jacks was installed under theCL2. The bottom section of the column (CL1)with a diameter of 4.55m, 14m long andweighing 130 tonnes was delivered in anidentical manner to the CL2. The strand jacklifting equipment was connected to the headof CL1 and it was lifted and simultaneouslytailed to its vertical position. The tailingequipment was then disconnected andremoved. The CL1 was then lowered toabout 500mm above ground level over theholding down bolts. It was then rotated to itsfinal orientation and lowered to ground leveland the load was transferred from the liftingsystem.

The second set of strand jacking equipmentwas removed to allow the lowering ofCL2. It was lowered to the correct level andwas eventually connected to the CL1 and theload was released from the lifting system.

The 3d pictures show the different installationsequence!!

Reflections at Keppel Bay is a private waterfront residential development project that features six high-rise towers, some linked by skybridges providing one of the most spectacular sea views in Singapore. See Artist impression far right.

Fagioli Asia was contracted to lift three units of steam drums at Pelabuhan Ratu Power Project in Indonesia.

Each steam drum weighed approximately 160 tonnes.

Two L180 jacks were used to lift the drum from ground level to 75m elevation. At this elevation, the drum was skidded laterally to its final location.

Fagioli Asia have completed the following contracts for installation and dismantling of thrusters.

� Installation of 1 unit of thruster on Ningaloo Vision

� Installation of 2 units of thrusters on Neptune Explorer

� Dismantling & Installation of 2 units of thrusters on Frontier Phoenix

� Dismantling 1 unit of thruster on GlasDowr .

All the contracts were successfully completed using our L15 or L50 jacks.

There are a total of 9 skybridges to be lifted and Fagioli Asia was again awarded the contract to perform the lifting operation

Each sky-bridge was lifted using four of our L50 strand jacks with two electric/hydraulic power packs. As there was no room to mount our jacks on top of the towers, our jacks are mounted on temporary brackets installed on the side of the towers.See closeup photo below.

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Heavy TransportFagioli offer special services which deal withoversized and over-weight cargo that cannotbe transported by conventional methods.These operations on a turn-key basis coverall operations from conceptual design throughto final installation, no matter what size.

A recent project where Fagioli was calledupon to organise the whole challengingoperation was the final positioning of a gasturbine and generator, originated from Italyand destined to the Szazhalombatta powerplant in Hungary.

Dimensions of the gas turbine and generatorwere as follows:

Description Quantity Length (m) Width(m) Height(m) Weight(t)

Gas Turbine 1 10.77 5.40 4.81 310

Generator 1 12.48 4.16 4.20 326

The outline scope of work for Fagioli was:� Loading/unloading Items onto ship

(Ro-Ro + Lo-Lo) / barge (Lo-Lo)� Sea transport� River transport� Unloading barge operation by SPMT

(Ro-Ro)� Heavy transport by Modular Trailer (MT /

SPMT)� Positioning by Hydraulic Gantry Crane

System

The equipment used for the inland transportoperations were as follows:Two 8 axle modular trailers and two Primemovers to transport turbine frommanufacturing site to Marina di Carrara port.Two 11 axle modular trailers and two Primemover to transport the Generator andstructure beams from manufacturing site toGenova port .

Two 10 axle SPMTs and one PPU, were usedto transport the generator from the port toSzazhalombatta power plant. Two 10 axleSPMTs and onePPU to transport theturbine from the portto Szazhalombattapower plant.The equipment usedfor the sea transportwas the group-owned ship StormanAsia. The Inlandtransport of theturbine from themanufacturing siteto the Marina diCarrara port wasabout 3km. Themodular trailer wasloaded ro-ro onto the group owned ship

Storman Asia and shipped toGenova where the trailer wasunloaded ro-ro, and theturbine was reloaded lo-lo withthe derrick cranes onto theship. In the meantime thegenerator was transported 6km from manufacturing site inGenova to the port. Once thegenerator was loaded (bygears) the two pieces weresea-fastened and ready toleave to Constanta port,approximately 1,600 miles

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across the Black Sea. The two pieces weredirectly unloaded onto a local barge for the2,500km river transport to Bratislava inSlovak along the Danube river. In Bratislavathe two pieces were unloaded from the firstbarge, and positioned onto another bargedirectly onto SPMTs. Once the barge hadarrived at Szazhalombatta port in Hungary,the two pieces were unloaded ro-ro andtransported 3km by road to Szazhalombatta

Power Station. The two pieces were thenunloaded from the SPMTs with the gantrycrane and installed to its final position.

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In North Africa and West Europe.....Fagioli is involved in challenging operationswhere local infrastructures and severe climateconditions often create obstacles. Fagioli wasawarded from one of the world-leading powerplants manufacturers, for the transport and

installation of a new integrated plant in theNorth-West of Algeria.

The contract involved the installation of ninemodules weighing between 300 and 400tons. Fagioli took care of the unloadingoperations for the nine modules at Arzew portand storage before the items were cleared atcustoms. After the preparation and issue of allthe necessary documentation for customs theturbines, transformers and generators weretransported 210km to Terga site using 14 axlelines of modular trailers and a semi-trailer.The items were unloaded and installed to

their final position using a 800 ton capacityFagioli gantry lifting system. The projectstarted in July 2009 and wascompleted in mid 2010.During the early stage of theproject some difficultiesoccurred: delays in customclearance, delay in obtainingpermits to remove obstacles

to allow thepassage of theconvoy anddelay in thetransportationof a transformerdue to localfestivity. Fagioliwere alsorequired to build22 “bypasses” some of whichwere completely destroyed bya storm. Thanks to the quickintervention of our operatorsthe bypasses were rebuilt,avoiding further delays.

With a vast range of equipment and years ofexpertise Fagioli is in the best possibleposition to provide door-to-door services foroverland, sea, air and rail transports nomatter what size or the weight of the itemsinvolved and that is certainly the case for thisproject in Europe, where Fagioli werecontracted to carry out the transportation andinstallation of several different pieces toMadeira, three engines and three generatorsfrom the manufacturing area in Trieste toPortugal. The transportation is being carriedout in three stages; the first was thetransportation of an engine weighing 250 tonand a generator weighing 72 ton.

The two modules were loaded onto a Fagioligroup-owned ship, Storm (See pictureabove). On arrival in Madeira the engine wasloaded by ship gears onto two 10 axle lines ofSPMTs and was unloaded onto a speciallymade quay built by the client. The unloadingoperations were performed several days afterthe arrival of the vessel due to the quayhaving to be built in the open ocean whichcaused problems with the swell and the tides.The pieces, once unloaded, were transportedup to their final destination and werepositioned onto their foundations with aFagioli gantry crane.

Another area which Fagioli is regularlyinvolved in, is the power industry. Fagioli wasrecently contracted for the transportation ofan engine from Trieste to Conselice in Italy.(See picture below).

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Fagioli was contracted for the transportationand installation of a 18V46 engine, areplacement for the existing one. The engineweighed approximately 276 ton. It was loadedby ro-ro in Trieste onto the vessel Stormusing SPMTs and in Ravenna Fagioli usedtwo 15 axle line configurations. The newengine was stored just outside the sitespremises. A gantry lifting system was used tolift and place the old engine and generatoronto SPMTs. The 14 axle line modulartransporters moved the old pieces into thestorage area. The new engine and the newgenerator was then lifted with Fagioli screwjacks and positioned onto SPMTs,transported inside the factory and positionedonto foundations with the gantry crane.

Fagioli was involved in the transport andpositioning of two columns weighingapproximately 45 tons each in Busalla,Genova (See photo below). The lengths ofthe columns were 39.5m and 32mrespectively, with a 3 and 2.5m diameter.

The convoys left Lonate Ceppino and headed30km towards the highway with police andtechnical escort. After approximately 150km,in accordance with local authorities the twoconvoys were stopped on the highway andthe columns were unloaded from the trailersto a lower area (13m difference in height)using mobile cranes. The cranes workedunder the responsibility and supervision ofFagioli. The operation was a completesuccess!

Fagioli was contractedfor a challenging projectin the North of Italy forthe transportation of astator and rotor (Seepicture right). Over thelast few years Fagiolihas carried out thetransportation of anumber of projects forthe power industry dueto the refurbishments ofseveral hydroelectricplants. The challengingpart of the operation wasnot the weight ordimensions of thepieces, but the finallocation inside the plant.

Fagioli used a tailor made trailer to accessthe gallery within the client’s premises. Withonly a 10cm clearance around the ancientvault our technicians and operators had to be

extremely careful.

The dimensions of theStator were 4.6m long,2.5m wide and 3.9m high,weighing 32 ton, while therotor was 6m long, 2.5wide and 2.9m high,weighing 55 tons. The twoheavy pieces wereunloaded by a hydraulicgantry crane andpositioned onto tailormade trailers. The powerplant kept the tailor madetrailers for use as a shuttlefor future removal andinstallation of items to and

from the gallery area.

Fagioli was asked to perform a 250kmtransport from Tezze (Vicenza) to Polpenazzedel Garda of a 46 ton transformer. It was thelast 200m of the journey that was verychallenging due to the 7/8 % uphill slope. Forthis reason two prime movers wereemployed. At the installation place, Fagiolihad prepared a skidding system with crawlershoes. The item was loaded by hydraulic

jacks while some heavy wooden beams werepositioned underneath to allow for theskidding tracks. The transformer was loweredirectly onto the tracks and moved by “tir-fors”to its final position. Tir-fors are a kind of winchthat instead of being used by spools use self-gripping jaws and is powered by moving ahandle back and forth. The reason whyFagioli used this system was because thecapacity crane needed, was unable to enterthe restricted area.

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The same equipment was used for anotherincredible transport of four transformersweighing 32 tons each from Tezze to Telessiopower plant.

The power plant stood at 1,800m altitude builtwithin the famous “Gran Paradiso Park”.From Tezze the transformers were moved400km to Rosone. In Rosone village theitems were transhipped from the trailers ontoa 4 axle line of SPMTs. To reach the powerplant the SPMTs faced a 15km severe hillwith a minimum of 10%, up to a maximum of18 % slope. It took one whole day from 8a.m.to 6p.m. to transport one transformer. Aswell as 6 bridges having to be reinforced bythe client on our request.

On arrival at the power plant (practically builtinside the mountain) the transformer waslifted by an overhead crane, and wheels wereinstalled underneath the transformer, it wasthen moved in front of its cell, lifted again withhydraulic jacks to enable the wheels to berepositioned at a 90 degree angle. It wasready to be pushed inside its cell by a “tir-fors” system. Three weeks were necessary tocomplete the scope of work for all fourtransformers.

Another big transport weighing 200 tons wasperformed in the North-East area of Italy, fromAlbignasego to Marghera port with finaldestination to China (see picture below). Itwas the transportation of a “Falling FilmCrystallizer” column with a collection tank andskirt with dimensions of 45m long, 5.1m wideand 5m high with a total convoy length ofapproximately 352 tons. Fagioli operatorsused two 10 axle lines of trailers.

Within the petrochemical industry weperformed the transport of a second lot ofcolumns and vessels destined to a refinery inRijeka, Croatia (seepictures above and right).A total of eight heavyitems were transportedby road from Sediglianoand S. Giorgio di Nogaroin Italy to Nogaro port.Our group owned ship`Storm` was used for thesea transport to the quaywhere the columns andvessels were unloadedfor the 200m journey tothe refinery. Six moduleswere transported withSPMTs while the other two with normaltrailers. The items ranged from 80 to188 tons and again the difficult part ofthe journey was the steep slopesaveraging 14% incline.

Last but not least, the transport of twomodules weighing 1,150 and 800 tonswere loaded in Italy and destined toKazakhstan, also for the offshoreindustry (see pictures right and belowright).

Due to the peculiar geographical location ofthis site Fagioli is performing the firsttransport operation through the Tunisian portof Gabes, with the local support of our partnerSMI, with whom we have been working withfor more than 20 years.

Unable to find suitable means of localtransport for the bigger items, we sent ourspecial equipment and specialised personnelto Algeria to perform the transport of piecesweighing approximately 290 tons, with alength of 50m. Part of the route, Fagioli willhave to carry out some civil works (by-passes) in order to overcome some lowcapacity bridges and road restrictions.

We mentioned in the last newsletter howimportant the North African and MiddleEastern territories are for our project logisticsand freight forwarding activities.

Fagioli have recently been awarded a hugecontract in Algeria. This important contract isthe result of the synergy between our projectlogistics and freight forwarding departmentand our heavy transport and liftingdepartment. It is one of the biggest LNGprojects in the Maghreb area. Fagioli will beproviding the project forwarding activities forthe entire plant in Algeria and the lifting of allthe super-heavy lift modules. The materialoriginates all over the world mainly in the FarEast and USA. In order to perform thesenumerous transport and lifting jobs, Fagioli isutilising its vast range ofequipment in order to transport thematerial from the ports, unloadingoperations to final site, as well asthe installation of the mainmodules. Fagioli will be using itsnew crane, the LR1350 to installthese heavy modules weighingmore than 1000 tons each. Forthis project Fagioli has mixed itsworkforce with experiencedengineers and young employeesas part of its implementation topass on knowledge through thecompany.

In Algeria we have recently beencontracted for the moving andtransport of heavy pieces to thesite of El-Merk in the south-east ofthe country. (see photos aboveand right).

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Project ForwardingIn the Middle East, Fagioli have shippedapproximately 9,000 freight tonnes ofequipment and machinery from Saudi Arabiato Italy. Yanbu and Jeddah were the loadingplaces and Punta Cagno was the port wherethe items were unloaded using ro-ro and lo-lo. The most challenging part of the projectwas the customs clearance documentation.

Fagioli have recently received a contract forthe transport of 5 reactors destined to therefinery of Al-Jubail, this will be taking placeat the end of the year. The main modulesweigh more than 1,000 tons. The projectinvolves sea transportation from the Far East,unloading and load out operations and thefinal transportation to Al-Jubail with thesupport of our local partner.

In the meantime Fagioli is at its final stagewith the long-term project started a few yearsago for the transport of petrochemical plantsin U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. Fagioli wasawarded one of the biggest projects everhandled in Iraq, the equipment and materialsof a dismantled oil plant from Italy to UmQaser, via Jebel Ali. The shipment wasapproximately 480 teu (twenty foot equivalentunits), the majority of which were 40’open topand flat rack containers).

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A complete B767 flying simulator wastransported from Italy to Chile. Fagioli assistedin the dismantling and packing activities inFiumicino (Rome) and the road transport toSalerno. The pieces were embarked onto avessel liner and sent to San Antonio, Chile.(See photos above).

A third project in South America involves thespecial transportation of machinery from SantaCruz/Bolivia to Huanza/Peru, a good result ofour continuous efforts to improve our presencein this area.

In South America, Fagioli was awarded forthe shipping and forwarding of about 6,000cubic metres, 1,300 tons of material destinedfrom Venice to Gabriel Passos in Brasil. Thebiggest items were two steel frames(evaporators), 110 tons each. (See photos directly above and below).

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A project which involved Fagioli’s in-houseEngineering Department, was the shipmentof 37 pipe racks. The items, which were notparticularly heavy, but extremely voluminous,were loaded in Punta Cugno, Italy with finaldestination to Frankfurt. The pipe racks(dimension of the main drive unit were 7mlong, 5.9m wide and 3.4 high, weighing 125tons) were unloaded by a full charteredvessel in Antwerp and transported to theirfinal destination by four self propelled riverbarges.

Another interesting shipment was the onefrom Greece to a warehouse in Italy of acomplete Tunnel Boring Machine. Thetransport was based on a self-gearedchartered vessel from Eleusis up to Marghera

Another area which Fagioli specialise in is theforwarding and transportation of relief cargo.Over the last few years Fagioli has becomemore involved in these types of activities, thetransportation of ablution modules and othermaterial for National and Internationalcorporations who provide aid and emergencyservices all over the world. One of thebiggest aid projects Fagioli have beeninvolved with was the shipment of materialdestined to Haiti after the catastrophicearthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.0.Two hundred and thirty thousand people werekilled more than, three hundred and tenthousand people were injured and almost onemillion people were made homeless.

It involved an urgentshipment of resourcesand equipment from thelogistic headquarters ofthe Italian Carabinierimilitary division inLeghorn to Port AuPrince, the capital of Haiti.It required 3,200 freightunits including 60vehicles, 30 containers,generators and first aidmaterial. It was essentialfor Fagioli to movequickly, the job arrivedfrom New York on thenight of the 15th of Aprilwith a contractualcommitment to collect allthe material, bring it to theport, and load it onto avessel before the 22nd,within seven days, withfinal consignment in Haitiwithin 15 days.

The urgency was requiredso the Italian militarycould co-ordinateactivities in CentralAmerica involving publicorder. The limited timecompelled Fagioli tocreate a special “taskforce” involving differentoffices and departments.The forwarding divisiontook care of the gatheringof all the material,documentation, customclearance andorganization of loadingand unloading in Italy andHaiti, while the shippingdepartment sourced thesuitable vessel on the21st, ready to leave onthe 22nd of April. Onceagain this shows Fagioli’ssense of teamwork andour ability to cope underpressure. Fagioli are veryproud to be chosen assupplier for such arelevant and importantproject. (See 3 picturesright).

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Our air transport department is alwaysproviding support to the project sector for thetransportation and consignment of materialfor the big projects in the Middle East, Indiaand the Far East. They organise allocated airspace for the transport of heavy items, suchas a turbine (3.8m long, 2.8m wide and 2.8mhigh, weighing 11 tons) travelling by roadfrom Florence to Milan airport which requireda direct flight to Tokyo.

In early 2010 Fagioli was contracted foranother transport for the aerospace industry.(See photo above). This involved a 27 tonand 6m diameter satellite from Turin and theroad transport of satellite accessories frommanufacturing area in the North of Italy toAmsterdam, including a flight to an overseasdestination.

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Many large components for petrochemicaland power activities are built in the North ofItaly and it is often a hard enterprise totransport these huge vessels to the ports forinternational shipments. The reasons for thisare due to the limitations caused by roadrestrictions, bridges and obstacles. This wasthe case for the transportation of a huge 400ton generator from Milan to Venice.

The trailer preparations for the final convoyconfiguration started in October last year. Atthe clients premises Fagioli completed theassembling of the modular trailers, andperformed the connection of the generator tothe convoy using two Schnabel structures.These structures were used to distribute theloads on the road.

The first problem to solve was the actualtransport of this huge generator to Venice.With such a long convoy Fagioli was forced tofind another solution other than by road. Afteraccurate and in depth surveys, Fagioli cameto the conclusion that there was only one waypossible, transportation by road to thenearest river port in Cremona and then up toVenice by group-owned barge.The road transport of the generator started inMilan on the 6th of November and ended inCremona on the 12th of November.

70kms of uncountable problems to face, thefirst being the movement of the trailers out ofthe clients premises. The convoy had to passover a local highway (which remained closedfor about an hour) it was necessary to removebarriers, posts, traffic lights, over 100 roadsigns as well as passing under bridges withonly a few centimetre clearance. The roadtransport required 10 of our Fagioli personnel,police escorts and technical operators for theremoval of road signs, posts…

At Cremona River port the Schnabelstructures were disassembled using ourgroup-owned gantry cranes and thegenerator was transhipped onto 2 x 14 axle

lines of SPMTs. The trailers were then rolledonto a Fagioli barge ready to depart toVenice. The final operation to be carried outwas the water transportation of the Generatoron PO River to Mantua and through anartificial channel from Mantua to FOB HookMarghera Dock.

Fagioli monitored the different stages of theproject from road to river transport operationsconstantly liaising with the client during thefeasibility studies. The engineering expertisegiven on this project is one of the mainreasons why this project was completedsuccessfully and without any incidents.

Equipment involved:� 2 x 11 / 2x 9 axles Modular Trailers� 2 Schnabel structure 500t capacity� 2 x 14 axle lines SPMTs� Group owned river barge � Gantry lifting systems

(capacity up to 600 ton each)� Hydraulic Cranes� Auxiliary equipment

A dvd of the transport is available onrequest!!!

Alstom GeneratorDescription Length (m) Width (m) Height (m) Weight (t)Generator - Stator 12,316 5,300 4,180 402Convoy 86,500 5,500 5.950 695

Long-term projects, concerning either projectlogistics and freight forwarding activities forthe construction of petrochemical plant, therefurbishment of old power plants, or theinstallation of modules and pre-assembledunits for offshore companies, Fagioli isalways in the forefront with its range ofequipment and specialised engineers,operators and technicians.

In this issue we are going to illustrate the firstleg of the Ecofisk project (called EPRD)which involves the decommissioning of acomplete offshore platform built in theseventies, south of the North Sea. Theplatform sections are disassembled in theSouth West of Norway area and taken onto aquay. The purpose of this operation is torecycle 98% of the steel used to build thesehuge off-shore platforms.

The operations will take place over the next 5years, the first year being 2009. There aretwo separate phases during each year: Theengineering and project management phaseand the site operations (from August toSeptember). The operational phases arealways conducted in the summertime due toclimate reasons. In 2009, Fagioli worked frommid to the end of July and between Mid-August and Mid-September!! The scope ofwork required Fagioli to load the modulesonto the quay (previously discharged fromsome of the biggest barges in the world) andstore them. The modules weighed up to 1,600tons. Almost 15 offshore platform sectionswere unloaded and stored using SPMTs.More than 100 axle lines were employed lastyear for this project alone. (See picture belowand top right).

A demanding project, requiring four levels ofrevisions of all engineering documentationand on-site the rainy weather conditions,slowing down the operations with theSPMTs’.

Fagioli was contractedl to transport and installheavy modules (columns, reactors, tanksturbines…) for an LNG re-gasification plant inAngola. Pictures shows the lifting andinstallation of a vessel weighing 490 ton. Thisis the third of three installations performedduring the last two months with modulesweighing 750 and 1,150 tons. Fagioli used a60m high tower lift with strand jackingsystem, a trademark for Fagioli in hoistingactivities (See picture left).

Picture below shows the load-in of a huge736 tons Ethylene Cold Box using SPMTs.

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Bayet Power PlantIt’s a chilly day in France and the silence ofthe river is broken by a mellow sound, it is thepassage of a slow barge transporting two bigpieces destined to the new power plant ofBayet. The larger of the two pieces is astator, 9 metres long, weighing 296 tons anda transformer weighing approximately 245tons.

When the barge arrives, the two modules areunloaded and positioned onto supports by anoverhead crane. A special structure has beenprepared in order to support and distribute

the huge weight of the two pieces.

The route from Chalon sur Saone to BayetPower Station is about 175km, passingthrough small villages with bridges that haverestricted capacities. Due to the length andweight of the convoy, the route has manyobstacles.

To perform the transport, Fagioli use twotrailers with 15 axle lines each and 4 primemovers. The convoy is 79 metres long,weighing 568 tons, which makes the convoyhard to move especially around bends andunder road bridges as the height of the pieceis almost 5 metres.

But thanks to the trailers hydraulic system,Fagioli are able to raise and lower the loadaccordingly. Regular checks of the loaddistribution are carried out by both Fagiolioperators and French authorities throughoutthe journey.

Some of the old streets proved to be verydifficult, they were either, very narrow andrequired delicate moves back and forth orthey needed reinforcing with over-bridgestructures, steel plates which were unloaded

by a mobile crane and positioned on the road.These steel plates absorb the massive weightof the convoy. In order to help decelerate oraccelerate the speed, the prime movers areconnected in front of the convoy during thepassage uphill, and connected at the back onthe downhill.

One challenging passage was a small bridgesee photo above. The bridge was reinforcedwith steel and concrete blocks. Two hugesteel structures were connected andpositioned at the side of the bridge. Speciallymade plates were fixed with pins to the longsupports, in order to create a steel surfacewhere the over-bridge structures wereconnected. This structure allowed thepassage of the convoy todistribute the enormousweight on to the structure,avoiding too muchpressure on the centre ofthe bridge. On the fourth day Fagiolihad reached the Loirebridge, and wascompelled to faceanother low capacitybridge (PICT 02 03).This time, in completeagreement with theclient Fagioli came upwith an innovativesolution, a special trailerconfiguration called “thecrab”. The front load-trailer moves on theright lane, while theback one was moves onthe left lane. This meantthat the load wasdiagonally suspended in the middle of theroadway which helped to spread the weightacross the bridge.

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The passage of the convoy was a majorattraction for the local population. I think itwas a first for a lot of people to see this“huge monster” on wheels. (04).

It took 7 days for the first convoy to arriveand 14 days later the transformer coveredthe same journey as the stator. Once thetransformer entered into the Bayet Powerplant premises, Fagioli prepared the gantrylifting system in order to position the pieceonto its supports. The piece was lifted andpositioned onto SPMTs. Once everythingwas ready, the transformer was movedwith the SPMTs, and the gantry cranebegan the final positioning of the piece.

Two years of preparation and continuouscontact with regional and local authorities,technicians, police escorts, roadengineers… to perform this incrediblejourney!

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Fagioli with its vast range of equipment andengineering capabilities are often called uponto perform civil activities. Recently Fagioliwere asked to participate in one of the mostintriguing and fascinating architecturalprojects in Rome the new “Centro Congressi”(meeting centre) at EUR area. The newbuilding and structure was planned byMassimiliano Fuksas, one of the mostinnovative architects in Europe, whodesigned a structure called Nuvola, meaning

the “Cloud” a diaphanous structure ofundefined shape, an ectoplasm of siliconeand fibreglass that will appear to hover insidea huge glass and steel “display cabinet”. Theentire 198m long glass conference centre willcontain a total of 8,500 seats, distributedamong two large congress halls, a number ofsmaller meeting rooms and the “floating”Nuvola auditorium.

The Nuvola is securely anchored on aconcealed cement and steel base with seatingfor 1,842 people. A 6,000 sqm exhibitionspace, known as the “Forum”, will occupymuch of the ground floor and communicatewith a new 439-room hotel to be built alongsidethe centre, as well as two underground parkinglots for a total of 2,215 cars. The entire roofarea of the conference centre will be coveredwith solar panels to generate much of theenergy needed for the building.

Fagioli was contracted to lift and install twohuge sections of the roof of this new building.The first one was successfully completed byFagioli with the use of strand jacks. Thesection, weighed approximately 1,020 ton,62m long and 70m wide, it was lifted usingtwelve L180 strand jacks with over 30m lengthof cables. The peculiarity of the project wasthat the construction was built in a verycongested area which meant that it wasimpossible to use crawler cranes or any otherlifting device. Fagioli owns one of the mostextensive ranges of strand jacking and towerliftequipment. (see pictures above and below).

Civil Activities

The New Centro Congressi Meeting Centre

Fagioli was recently contracted for thetransport and installation of an entire bridge inthe North East of Italy. In order to improvesafety on the road, the Trento Province built abridge in order to avoid a dangerous bend inCampagnola area. Fagioli was called toassist in the planning, transportation andlaunching of the complete bridge which was72m long, 17.3m wide and 18m high with anet weight of approximately 500 ton. Thenew bridge was transported over the existingbridge, rotated and positioned onto itsconcrete final supports. Twenty four axle linesof SPMTs were used for the whole operationwhich was completed only in one day. (seepictures above and right).

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Mose ProjectAnother peculiar job Fagioli wascontracted for was the MOSEproject. The Mose is a projectintended to defend Venice fromthe so called phenomenon of“acqua alta” (high water / flood).When the sea water level rises,from heavy rain or tides, Veniceis flooded and people walk inpiazza S. Marco on temporarysuspended gangways. The project is a generalplan of interventions to preserve the city andthe lagoon, drawn up in the eighties by theMinistry of Infrastructure through the VeniceWater Authority and Consorzio VeneziaNuova. Mose consists of a system of 79mobile barriers to protect the three entrancesto the lagoon. Fagioli was awarded thetransport, lifting and installation of several longand heavy beams which will form the structureof a huge skidding system called “syncrolift”.This will be used to move and position hugestructures weighing thousands of tons onwhich the 79 mobile barriers will be positioned.With Fagioli engineering and state-of-the-art

equipment, a total of five beams were loadedonto the groups barge MAK, by means ofSPMTs and transported to the MalamoccoIsland. On arrival at the island the SPMTsrotated the beams 90 degrees so they could bebe lifted by Fagioli gantry cranes which waspreviously assembled with strand jacks. Thefive beams all 57.4m long and weighingbetween 670 and 900 tons were transported inseveral shuttle-transfers by barge. Aninteresting job which included lots of differentactivities, road and sea transport, lifting andpositioning all performed with Fagioli ownedequipment. (see pictures below and above).

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AwardsWe are delighted to inform you that ourorganisation has won a British Safety CouncilInternational Award for 2009 This is anoutstanding achievement and I woulid like totake this opportunity to thank all the partiesinvolved.

Our Health & Safety Manager Jonathon Saichquoted

“Health and safety is of the upmostimportance to Fagioli and this kind or rewardrecognises our efforts and commitment in thisarea”.

Contributions & Comments

Thank you to all those who contributed tothis edition of the News Letter.

We appreciate your comments pleasecontinue to send them to either of thepersons named below:

Rudy CorbettaFagioli S.p.A

Via Vigentina 2, 20090 OPERA, Italy

Tel: +39 02 576901Fax: +39 02 57690454

r.corbetta@fagioli.com

Visit our website atwww.Fagioli.com

Fagioli World

Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.), Algiers (Algeria), Atyrau (Kazakhstan), Bejing (China), Bierun (Poland), Calgary (Canada), Dammam (Kingdom

of Saudi Arabia), Durres (Albania), Essen (Germany), Hong Kong (China), Houston (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), London (UK), Mumbai

(India), Oran, (Algeria), Paris (France), Perth (Australia), Seoul (Korea), Singapore (Singapore), Tehran (Iran), Tripoli (Libya), Tubli

(Bahrain), Tunis (Tunisia).

Exhibitions

Fagioli participated in three exhibitions at theend of 2009 and early 2010. Fagioli attendedthe KIOGE exhibition in November 2009, heldin Almaty, Kazakhstan. (See picturesaboveand right) This country is extremelyimportant for our business where weperformed several heavy transport activitiesfor the offshore field.

During the first half of 2010 Fagioli attendedtwo different exhibitions, one in Australia andthe second one in Antwerp. The AOG is oneof the most important Australian exhibitionsfor what concerns the Oil & Gas sectors. (seepicture below) We divided the stand with ournew partners Tutt Bryant, after the 50% jointventure called TBF Oceania Pty Ltd. TBF will

operate at the very top of theindustry. Tutt Bryant andFagioli are ideally matched,their combined resourcesand experience havecreated a joint venture thatis able to provide a newlevel of lift and shiftcapability in the Australianmarket. TBF has thenecessary resources tosatisfy not only the technicalscope of works of all theseprojects but can deliver acomprehensive crane andheavy haulage package that

meets appropriate Occupational HealthSafety & Environmental standards as well asrequired human resources conditions TheAOG 2010 exhibition was held in thewonderful town of Perth.

In May, Fagioli attended the Breakbulkconference in Antwerp, under the “roof” ofanother joint venture called FHp, whichstands for Fagioli – Heavy partnership. Heavyis a well known Belgian company specializedin heavy transport and Project logistics. TheBreakbulk conference is dedicated toshipping and project logistics activities and isone of the most important Europeanexhibitions of the above mentioned sectors.

September 9th to 11th we will be in Piacenzafor the second edition of the GIS exhibition,Giornate Italiane del Sollevamento, dedicatedto heavy lifting.

In Oran, Algeria from the 28th of November tothe 2nd of December 2010 for the ALOGE5Fagioli will have a stand within the ItalianPavilion. See you there!!!