TRINAC

Name

TRINAC

Legal name

TRINAC GmbH

Website

https://trinac.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TRINAC GmbH is a German-based crane logistics specialist renting a fleet of ~300 revolving tower cranes and providing engineering, assembly, and on-site service to enterprise construction, infrastructure, and energy projects across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tower Crane Rental: Rental of revolving tower cranes for construction projects. The core business with approximately 300 cranes in the rental fleet. Services include delivery, assembly, disassembly, and on-site maintenance.
2. Used Equipment Sales: Sale of second-hand tower cranes from their fleet. Well-maintained equipment from well-known manufacturers offered at competitive conditions through their purchase programme.
3. Engineering and Consulting Services: Crane concept planning, structural calculations, and logistics planning. Includes consultation from early project planning phases through execution.
4. Maintenance and Repair Services: On-site maintenance and repair services for tower cranes during rental period, including spare parts service and remote data inquiry capabilities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TRINAC rents revolving tower cranes from a fleet of approximately 300 units and delivers complete crane logistics concepts for construction projects, including manufacturer-independent planning, delivery, assembly, disassembly, on-site maintenance, and structural calculations. The company also sells pre-owned tower cranes through its used crane purchase programme and offers engineering consulting for crane concepts across Germany, Poland, and international project sites.

Product overview

TRINAC is a German market leader in crane logistics providing complete crane concepts, rental, and on-site service for construction projects. The company operates a rental fleet of approximately 300 revolving tower cranes from manufacturers Liebherr, Wolffkran, and SÁEZ (capacities ranging from 90 mt to 630 mt). The core offering centers on Turmdrehkrane (revolving tower cranes) supplemented by engineering services (planning, structural calculations, assembly/disassembly), on-site maintenance and repair, and a used crane purchase program. TRINAC also operates TRINAC Polska Sp. z o.o., a Polish subsidiary established in 2000, as the national market leader for crane leasing with locations across Poland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Revolving Tower Crane Rental (Turmdrehkrane)

Quantifiable outcome

• Working heights up to 240m realized at Warsaw Spire project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bin-SellminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSwedish partner for logistics coordination on Husum, Sweden project. Assisted with transport of 26 heavy vehicles across multiple borders with document checks and road requirements over nearly 2,000 km journey from Germany to Sweden.
• LiebherrcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary crane manufacturer providing equipment for major projects. TRINAC collaborates with Liebherr on crane concepts including planning for Firth of Forth Bridge project featuring three Liebherr 630 EC-H cranes. Equipment supply partnership for rental fleet.
• WolffkrancoreTechnology or IntegrationCrane manufacturer in TRINAC's rental fleet. Multiple Wolffkran models available including W 6015.8, W 6023.8, W 6031.8, W 7032.12, W 7532.16, W 7534.16, W 8033.20, and W 8540.40.
• HOCHTIEF Solutions AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company affiliate. TRINAC is part of the HOCHTIEF group (Streif Baulogistik subsidiary). Collaborates on major infrastructure projects including Firth of Forth Bridge as part of Joint Venture with American Bridge International Corporation, Dragados, and Morrison Construction.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BGGK (Berlin-Brandenburgische Kran & Transport): German regional crane rental company operating tower and mobile cranes across the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region. Comparable specialist crane rental business model to TRINAC's German operations though with smaller geographic scope.
• Sarens: Belgian-headquartered global leader in heavy lifting and crane rental services operating a large crane fleet across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. Comparable to TRINAC in serving major infrastructure, energy, and high-rise construction projects with specialized lifting solutions.
• Wolffkran: Swiss-based tower crane manufacturer that also operates rental services and maintains a fleet of high-capacity cranes used on European high-rise and infrastructure projects. TRINAC partners with Wolffkran as a core supplier but Wolffkran's rental operations compete for the same customers.
• BKL Baukran Logistik: Germany's largest privately-held tower crane rental company with a similarly manufacturer-independent fleet serving construction and infrastructure projects across Europe. Direct head-to-head competitor to TRINAC in the German tower crane rental market.
• Mammoet: Dutch-headquartered global heavy lifting and crane rental specialist with extensive European fleet serving construction, energy, and offshore projects. Comparable to TRINAC in cross-border project execution and high-capacity crane deployment on landmark infrastructure works.
• Heilit-Krane: German crane rental company operating a multi-OEM tower and mobile crane fleet serving construction projects across Germany and Europe. Direct competitor to TRINAC in the German construction crane rental segment with similar manufacturer-independent model.

Regional players

• Maxim Crane Works: Largest privately-held crane rental company in the United States operating a large multi-OEM fleet of lattice-boom crawler and tower cranes serving commercial construction, energy, and infrastructure. Comparable business model but operates in a different geography than TRINAC's European focus.
• Wagenborg Nedlift: Dutch heavy lifting and crane rental specialist offering tower cranes, mobile cranes, and specialized transport across the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. Comparable tower crane rental capabilities to TRINAC but with primary geographic focus on Benelux.

Broad incumbents

• Sáez Cranes: Spanish tower crane manufacturer (Sáez TLS 65 10T SR among others) supplying TRINAC's fleet and competing indirectly via its own rental and dealer channels across European and Latin American markets.
• Liebherr-Werk Biberach: World-leading tower crane manufacturer (Liebherr 630 EC-H, 550 EC-H among others) that supplies TRINAC's fleet and increasingly offers direct rental fleet services. Massive European and global presence across multiple heavy equipment categories beyond cranes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/streif-baulogistik-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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