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    Crowland takes over Sany crane distribution: fleet and uptime notes for UK contractors

    February 25, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Crowland takes over Sany crane distribution: fleet and uptime notes for UK contractors

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Sany UK has appointed Peterborough-based Crowland Cranes as its distributor for Chinese-built Sany mobile cranes across Great Britain, with sales now managed directly by Crowland. Servicing and technical support will be delivered jointly by Sany UK and Crowland, backed by an expanded parts warehouse in Peterborough that will work alongside Sany UK depots in Coatbridge and Sittingbourne to cut crane downtime. Crowland, already a distributor for Manitowoc, Hoeflon, Terex and Ormig, now offers UK contractors a broader multi-brand lifting fleet through a single support network.

    Technical Brief

    • Expanded Crowland parts warehouse in Peterborough is being purpose-built specifically to support Sany mobile cranes.
    • New Peterborough facility is configured to operate in parallel with Sany UK depots at Coatbridge and Sittingbourne.
    • Dual support model splits responsibilities: Crowland handling front-line service, Sany UK providing manufacturer-level technical backup.
    • Joint service structure is intended to shorten diagnostic times and parts lead times for crane downtime events.
    • Crowland’s engineers have undergone product training at Sany’s global training centre in Ning Xiang, China.
    • Multi-brand portfolio (Manitowoc, Hoeflon, Terex, Ormig, plus Sany) allows mixed-fleet maintenance strategies through one service network.

    Our Take

    Crowland Cranes already appears in our Infrastructure coverage as a service and refurbishment specialist, so taking on Sany distribution in Great Britain likely shifts it up the value chain from primarily maintenance into front-end equipment supply and lifecycle support.

    Locating Sany’s expanded parts warehouse and global training centre support in the UK aligns with a pattern in our database of Chinese OEMs localising after-sales capability in Europe, which tends to reduce downtime risk for fleet owners and makes non-Western brands more acceptable to Tier 1 contractors.

    With Manitowoc, Terex and niche players like Hoeflon and Ormig all present in our recent crane-related pieces, Sany’s strengthened UK footprint via Crowland intensifies competition in the mid- to heavy-lift segment and may put pricing pressure on legacy fleets as contractors reassess total cost of ownership.

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