Fri October 07, 2005
Manitowoc, Grove Help Roll Out $1.5B TX Road
A $1.5 billion, 49-mi. (78 km) stretch of road in central Texas is being constructed with the help of a host of Manitowoc equipment, including 555 and 777 lattice-boom crawler cranes and eight Grove RT760E rough-terrain cranes....
Wed May 18, 2005
Syracuse’s Empire Cranes Takes on Grove Industrial Line
Empire Crane Company, of Syracuse, NY, has announced that it has begun representing the Grove Industrial Crane line. The acquisition of the Grove Industrial Crane line now completes the Empire Crane product line of lifting equipment....
Wed March 09, 2005
Groves Named Parts Manager
Tracey Road Equipment has announced the appointment of Rich Groves to the position of parts manager in its Albany, NY, store. According to General Product Support Manager Bill Allman, “Our parts business in the capital region and all along the I-87 corridor is growing leaps and bounds....
Jennifer Conway - Wed July 07, 2004
Grove Provides Muscle for Lee Hi’s VA Crane Business
Robert Berkstresser is in the crane business. He’s also in the towing business ... and the excavating business ... and the equipment rental business. Berkstresser’s office sits on the property of his trucking operation and travel plaza, which is attached to his restaurant, appropriately named Berky’s Restaurant, which offers dinner specials every evening....
Wed June 16, 2004
Testa Utilizes Grove GMK7550 Crane for Specialized Demolition on Big Dig
Elevated highways in Boston, MA, are being torn down and replaced with tree-lined avenues and parks. One of Grove’s flagship units is helping make this idea become a reality months earlier than expected....
Wed December 17, 2003
Manitowoc Crane Group Holds Expo in Shady Grove, Draws Big Crowd
The Manitowoc Crane Group held a Product Expo for distributors and customers Sept. 21 to 24. The exhibition took place at the Shady Grove, PA, facility demonstration area and featured a variety of products....
Sat November 29, 2003
Gary Neff Starts Up Crane Service With Single Grove TM180
For Gary Neff, opening Neff Crane Service in Culpeper, VA, required risking the roof over his head. Ten years ago, Neff, a former iron worker, grew “fed up” with the politics involved in working for other people, so he mortgaged his house in order to purchase a 1972 Grove TM180 crane....
Wed July 30, 2003
Hoffman Named Authorized Dealer for Grove, Manitowoc
Hoffman Equipment Co., of Piscataway, NJ, has been named the full-service dealer for Manitowoc and Grove cranes. According to Tim Watters, president of Hoffman Equipment Co., this appointment allows the company to greatly expand the breadth of its crane offerings....
Wed July 30, 2003
Grove Worldwide Receives ISO 9001: 2000 Standard Certification
Grove Worldwide’s Shady Grove, PA, manufacturing and service complex has been certified to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 Standard.
In 1994, Grove became the first crane manufacturer to be certified to the ISO 9001:1994 Standard and is now one of the first to be qualified under the new, more comprehensive standard.
Grove has been working for the past year and a half under the direction of the auditing registrar British Standards Institute (BSI) to gain acceptance to this international quality standard.
“The effort and commitment by all of our people to gain acceptance for this prestigious registration is another indication of our continuing focus on the customer....
Tue July 15, 2003
Oakgrove Construction Pulls the Night Shift on NY’s I-90
Oakgrove Construction Inc., of Elma, NY, won a $62.5-million contract from the New York State Thruway Authority that would require rebuilding five bridges and rehabilitating three more. It has owned Gomaco C-450 bridge deck finishers since the early 1980s....
