In April 1994, the life of 18-year old Thomas Geierspichler takes a radical turn. A car accident ends with paraplegia. Desperate years follow, he threatens to sink into depression, drugs, and alcohol abuse. But Thomas succeeds and regains new strength. With an iron will, he overcomes a seemingly impossible challenge and fights his way back into life.

With strict discipline, he fights his way back and wins Olympic gold at the Paralympics ten years after his tragic accident. Thomas Geierspichler shows how you can overcome great obstacles and realize your visions with mental strength and an untamable will.

At first glance, a company like PALFINGER and an institution like the Vienna Burgtheater are fundamentally different. But especially in times like these, challenges such as the digital transformation form a common ground.

Both PALFINGER and the Burgtheater in Vienna are trying to position themselves as innovation drivers in their respective industries. For the Burgtheater that means to have the courage to be unconventional as well as to use new digital formats - without neglecting the actual core competence (live events).

What can be done when customers are no longer able to attend a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) in person? In other words, when the opportunity to take a closer look at the crane is missing?

PALFINGER Smart Eye offers the ideal combination of a real-time video stream a and two-way audio communication. This allows us to perfectly respond to the desires and needs of our customers even without being present on-site.

The Chang’e-5 moon mission was a challenge of historic proportions. Extreme working conditions - such as ambient temperatures of down to -30° Celsius - made the recovery of the space probe an extraordinary operation, even for our loader crane.

Robustness and reliability - two of the biggest strengths of our PK 19000. With a precisely coordinated procedure and excellent stability, the loader crane successfully secured the space probe and was thus able to contribute to this successful space expedition.

Our oceans are largely unexplored and the destination of many expeditions. In order to explore the underwater world at depths of more than 1000 meters, the researchers of the OceanX team rely on especially developed technical solutions. Launching the boats safely and precisely as well as bringing them back on board after each dive, even in bad weather conditions and heavy seas, is no easy task.

We provide OceanX with a customized solution that is precisely tailored to meet these challenges. With the most advanced knuckle boom A-frame ever installed on a scientific research vessel, we were able to offer the optimal solution and help the research team run the their expedition smoothly.

Many leading international trade fairs, which for us are an important meeting place with customers, partners and dealers, have all been canceled for 2020. In addition, travel restrictions make direct contact with those interest groups increasingly difficult.

The PALFINGER World Tour offers a digital interaction platform for direct exchange with our customers, partners and dealers. Together we want to use this format of the future to tackle and solve common challenges.

A wide range of challenging applications demand a multifunctional crane solution that offers versatility as well as reliability.

A multifunctional crane with a comfortable high seat and maximum speed.

Operations in city areas can be extremely challenging. Noise-sensitive areas and restrictions regarding emissions and working hours make it pretty tricky. How do we reach maximized utilization for our cranes? 

A crane that can operate independently of emission restrictions and noise regulations.