Terex Cranes' Boom Booster Up for Swedish Steel Prize

November 18, 2015 - Terex Cranes Germany was recently named one of four finalists for this year's Swedish Steel Prize for its Boom Booster kit. The Swedish Steel Prize is awarded annually by SSAB, the global leader in high-strength steel and wear plate, to recognize the most innovative and creative products and solutions using high-strength steels. The winner will be announced tomorrow at a ceremony in Stockholm.

“The Terex Boom Booster is an add-on boom structure that can almost double the efficiency in steep and long boom configurations of our CC 8800-1 crane model," said Harald Riedinger, director technology & innovation, Terex Cranes Group. It was developed without the need for additional reinforcements on the base crane and is easy to assemble. Setup of the system takes about two days.

The Boom Booster Kit is built up of two 11m adapters and five intersection parts that are 10m long. When completely assembled, the add-on boom length is 72m. With the boom booster attachment, a total height of 156 m and 234 m with a jibconfiguration can be easily realized. Production of the Boom Booster takes place in Zweibrücken, Germany.

The Boom Booster can be partially or completely disassembled, depending on the specific road transportation regulations, thanks to the pin-bolt structure. It fits in standard 40-ft. open top containers. This leads to an improved handling and transportation functionality with better utilization of standard means of transport, with the need for fewer trucks, which decreases fuel consumption.

The Boom Booster uses a variety of high-strength steels for components like the trusses, tube members and bolted joints, including Strenx 700MC, 770QL and 960QL, Strenx 700 profiles and SSAB Domex 460NL.



First awarded in 1999, the Swedish Steel Prize exists to inspire and increase knowledge about the use of high-strength steel to develop lighter, safer and more sustainable products. 

The winner of the Swedish Steel Prize will receive a stipend of SEK 100,000 and a trophy by artist Jörg Jeschke. The award ceremony is part of a three-day event during which approximately 600 international representatives from the global manufacturing and steel industry will participate in seminars and site visits at SSAB.