- Tue May 24, 2016
Contractors Services Squeezes the Terex AC 100/4L Crane Into Brewery for Expansion
With revolution-themed brews like Anti-Hero IPA, Coup D'ETAT and Double Fist, Chicago's own Revolution Brewing is riding the wave of microbrew popularity resurgence. Illinois' largest and fastest growing craft brewery, crafting over 50,000 barrels in 2014, Revolution Brewery has set its sights on significant capacity expansion at its N Kedzie Avenue facility, eventually boosting plant capacity to 300,000 barrels per year....
- Sun May 22, 2016
Apollo Global Management to Acquire AmQuip Crane Rental and Maxim Crane Works
The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that two Pennsylvania firms that have supplied the recent construction boom with rental cranes are consolidating operations, in a match made on Wall Street. Apollo Global Management LLC, the giant New York private-investment group headed by Sixers co-owner Josh Harris, says a group of its funds have agreed to buy AmQuip Crane Rental, Trevose, lately controlled by Clearlake Capital Group LP, and Pittsburgh-based Maxim Crane Works, a larger rival owned by affiliates of Tom Gores' Platinum Equity group....
- Wed May 18, 2016
SC&RA Announces 16 Awards for Crane Operator Safety
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) announced 16 Crane Operator Safety Awards during its 2016 Annual Conference, April 26 to 30, at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Fla. This award is presented to certified crane operators who exhibit exemplary work achievements while accumulating 10,000 consecutive man-hours and recording zero accidents and incidents....
- Tue May 17, 2016
Konecranes Buys Terex Port/Material Handling
Konecranes is to acquire the Demag overhead and Gottwald port crane division of Terex as the two agree to end all merger talks. Terex has agreed to sell its industrial and port crane services business – largely the Demag overhead crane and Gottwald port cranes business - to Finland's Konecranes....
- Fri May 06, 2016
Maeda Mini-Crane Goes to Work Where Tower Crane Can't Reach
A Maeda MC285 was utilized by a glass and curtain wall company to hoist and install unitized glass curtain wall panels on the exterior of AMEGY Bank's new Houston headquarters. The contractor was able to use conventional equipment to install unitized curtain glass panels in most areas of the 25 story building and parking garage structure, however, panels on the facade of the parking garage structure were larger and heavier than could be handled safely with their smaller capacity equipment....
- Fri May 06, 2016
Terex AC 700 Terrain Crane Helps Erect Tower Crane in Kornwestheim
A compact design and powerful performance characteristics — this is the combination that makes the AC all terrain crane series by Terex the best choice when it comes to work sites with limited space....
- Fri May 06, 2016
Manitowoc Introduces New Grove GMK4100L-1 All-Terrain Taxi Crane
Manitowoc has introduced a new Grove all-terrain crane for the global market. As with other recent Grove launches, the crane offers unique innovations and class-leading capabilities in the taxi (road travelling) category, according to the company....
- Fri May 06, 2016
Tappan Zee 'Gets a Lift' From New Manitowoc MLC300 With VPC MAX
A new Manitowoc MLC300 with a VPC MAX lift enhancer attachment played a starring role recently on the Tappan Zee replacement bridge project during the spring of 2016. The crane was provided to Tappan Zee Constructors LLC by Hoffman Equipment of Piscataway, N.J....
- Fri May 06, 2016
DICA's Receives Patent for SafetyTech Outrigger Pads With TuffGrip Handles
DICA has added a fourth patent to its SafetyTech outrigger pads. The most recent U.S. patent, issued in February 2016 is for C- or U-shaped TuffGrip handles used with any size or shape of SafetyTech pad....
- Fri May 06, 2016
Wood's CRW Open House Features Crane Demos, Skills Competition
Wood's CRW held an open house April 1 at its Carlisle, Pa., facility. The event featured crane demos, presentations, door prizes and food as well as a crane skills competition presented by the Crane Institute Certification's Cranes 101....
