Fagioli and Wagenborg Nedlift were the big winners in the 2022 ESTA Awards that took place in the Netherlands on March 17, taking seven of the ten awards on offer between them.
The three remaining categories were won by Schot Verticaal Transport, Liebherr-Werk Nenzing and Spierings Mobile Cranes.
Details of all the winners and finalists can be found in the Awards section of this website.
The awards dinner, the first to be held in person since 2019, was attended by over 350 guests from across Europe and took place in the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk.
The awards received strong support from 13 sponsors, including joint gold sponsors Faymonville and Tadano.
The full list of sponsors is as follows:
Gold: Faymonville and Tadano
Silver: Goldhofer, Kässbohrer, Liebherr, Manitowoc, Schaften Cranes, Sennebogen, Spierings Mobile Cranes and the Tii Group.
Supporters: Kohler, Nooteboom and My Crane.
In addition, the Gino Koster Award – an occasional award presented to an individual for their exceptional contribution to the industry – was given postumously to Jan IJmker, the former managing director of Mammoet Transport.
IJmker, a legendary figure in the European heavy transport and lifting industry, died on February 6 at the age of 86. The award was presented to his son Robert.