About Sorian Cranes

Built on engineering.
Not on sales targets.

Sorian Cranes exists because overhead lifting in Australia deserves better than a catalogue quote and a crossed-fingers installation.

Sorian Cranes is an Australian overhead crane manufacturer and supplier based in Derrimut, Victoria, with fabrication at its Derrimut and Hoppers Crossing sites. Established in Melbourne in 2026 by mechanical engineer Rohan Allen, Sorian designs, builds, installs and services jib cranes, single and double girder overhead bridge cranes, gantry cranes, workstation crane systems and electric chain and wire-rope hoists for industrial customers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and across Australia. Every crane is engineer-led, designed to AS 1418 and AS 2550, 3D modelled with every weld and bolt detailed, built as a bolted modular assembly so it can be inspected, relocated and serviced, and verified by appropriately accredited engineers (state-dependent). Sorian is a member of the Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA).

We're an engineer-led crane company. That means the person specifying your crane is a qualified mechanical engineer — not a sales rep working off a brochure. The structural calculations get done by the right people. The compliance gets confirmed. The installation is designed to suit your facility, your floor, your workflow. Every design is always verified by appropriately accredited engineers (state-dependent).

Every crane we supply is designed to do exactly what you need it to do, for the life you expect it to have.

Sorian is led by Rohan, a New Zealand-born engineer whose career has taken him through engineering and industry on both sides of the Tasman.

Leadership

The team behind every project.

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Rohan

Director & Lead Engineer

Rohan holds a BEng (Mech). His career has spanned the process industry in New Zealand and the crane and lifting industry in Australia — across industrial, mining and commercial applications.

Before founding Sorian, Rohan was a Sales and Applications Engineer at a major Australian crane manufacturer, with strong working relationships across Asian and European manufacturers.

Because he's an engineer, Rohan has also built the internal software and tooling Sorian runs on — parametric sizing models, structured load schedules, and automated quote and documentation packs. The result: faster quotes, fewer hand-offs between vendors and customer, and a consistent documentation trail from first enquiry through to commissioning.

His philosophy is straightforward: find out what the customer actually needs, specify the right solution, and make sure it's installed correctly. The customer doesn't get sold a bigger crane than they need to inflate a margin, and they don't get a cheaper crane that won't last the duty cycle. The recommendation is whatever the application calls for. No upselling. No shortcuts.

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Ironwest Engineering Services

Manufacturing, installation & servicing partner — Hoppers Crossing, VIC

Sorian's cranes are built, installed and serviced with Ironwest Engineering Services, a structural steel and welding workshop in Hoppers Crossing. Their crew are experienced structural boilermakers, with licensed dogmen and riggers, licensed crane operators and electrical disconnect/reconnect licences in the team, so fabrication, lifting, rigging and electrical disconnection and reconnection are handled by one crew.

Ironwest welds MIG, TIG and stick in carbon steel, stainless and aluminium, fabricates on site or in the shop, has its own paint booth and runs its own crane truck. Sorian engineers and specifies; Ironwest builds, lifts and connects.

Credentials

The engineering record.

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BEng (Mech)

Mechanical engineering degree held by the Director. Engineer-led specification of overhead lifting solutions for industrial applications.

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AS 1418 / AS 2550

All designs and installations follow AS 1418 (design) and AS 2550 (use). Full documentation provided.

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WorkSafe Design Registration

WorkSafe design registration is required for cranes with Maximum Rated Capacity (MRC) greater than 10 tonnes. Where applicable, we manage this process as part of the project.

Our Approach

How we work.

We start by understanding your application — what you're lifting, how often, where, and what constraints your facility presents. From there we specify the crane type, capacity, configuration and installation method that actually suits your operation.

We don't have a "preferred" product we push. As an Australian crane manufacturer, we specify what's right for each job: we fabricate crane structures at our Derrimut and Hoppers Crossing sites or import where a client's requirements call for it, source hoists, radio controls and drive components from quality-tested manufacturers, and install it ourselves to a documented engineering standard.

You get engineering calculations, compliance documentation, and a crane that does what it's supposed to — every shift, for years.

Ready to talk to an engineer?

Send through your application — capacity, span, structure and location — and we'll come back with an engineered recommendation and a fixed price.

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