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The crane industry is an essential part of the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Cranes are used to lift and move heavy materials, equipment, and machinery from one location to another, making them crucial in building tall structures, assembling large objects, and transporting goods across long distances. The industry includes various types of cranes, such as tower cranes, mobile cranes, overhead cranes, and gantry cranes, each designed for specific purposes. The industry is highly regulated, with strict safety guidelines and certification requirements to ensure the safe operation of cranes and the protection of workers and the public.
Self-erecting tower cranes (GMA cranes) and top-slewing cranes (GME cranes) is now being operated separately when it comes to production and product management. This reorganization allows for increased customer focus, market intelligence, operations efficiency and crane production.....
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OSHA - Fri June 15, 2018
OSHA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Crane Operator Rule
OSHA recently announced that it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule on crane operator certification. Comments will now be accepted through July 5, 2018. This extension allows stakeholders more time to review the proposed rule....

Manitowoc - Fri June 15, 2018
Potain MR 160 C Tower Crane Makes its North American Debut at Manitowoc's Crane Days
The 11-ton tower crane is ideally suited for congested job sites because of its ability to attain excellent underhook heights while avoiding obstacles. Manitowoc is showing the Potain MR 160 C luffing jib tower crane for the first time in North America at Crane Days 2018....

Manitowoc - Thu June 14, 2018
Manitowoc Introduces the Long-Reaching National Crane NBT50L Series Boom Trucks at Crane Days 2018
The new National Crane NBT50L Series of boom trucks offers a longer reach than the original NBT50 Series. The NBT50L Series offers multiple configurations for maximum flexibility — each machine can be set up with a 50-ton or 55-ton rating and be configured to operate as an NTC truck crane/boom truck hybrid....

Manitowoc - Thu June 14, 2018
Manitowoc Enhances Crawler Crane Range at Crane Days With MLC100-1
Manitowoc's new MLC100-1 crawler crane has a 110 ton capacity and was designed to be erected and decommissioned faster than any other crawler crane in its class. Manitowoc has revealed the newest addition to its award-winning range of crawler cranes: the Manitowoc MLC100-1 crawler crane....

Manitowoc - Thu June 14, 2018
Grove's New GMK4090 All-Terrain Crane Makes North American Debut at Crane Days 2018
Visitors to Manitowoc's Crane Days 2018 event are the first in North America to see the new, best-in-class Grove GMK4090 all-terrain crane. It's one of several cranes debuting at the Crane Days event, which highlights the innovation and velocity that comes with following The Manitowoc Way, and has resulted in several new crane models for 2018....

terex - Mon June 11, 2018
Demag AC 500-8 All Terrain Crane Erects Tower Crane in the Middle of Stuttgart
You would be hard-pressed to find a place in Germany that is as busy and congested as the area around the main train station in Stuttgart. And that is exactly where Bietigheim-Bissingen-based crane service provider Wiesbauer had to erect a 295 ft....

Link-Belt Cranes - Wed June 06, 2018
Previous TCC-500 Experience Leads to Purchase in Knoxville
Charles Blalock & Sons of Sevierville, Tenn., was awarded contract for a portion of a multi-phase $71 million contract to realign and improve 1.69 miles of SR115/Alcoa Hwy south of downtown Knoxville, Tenn....

Link-Belt Cranes - Wed June 06, 2018
HTC-86110 Covers Eastern Slope for RMS Cranes
RMS Cranes, Denver, Colo., merged with TNT Crane and Rigging of Houston, Texas, in 2015 to form a network providing 38 branch locations. RMS Cranes' Windsor, Colo., location received a new 110-ton (100-t) HTC-86110 for its taxi crane needs, servicing a boundary east and west of I-25 and north of Boulder, Colo., in northern Colorado....

terex - Wed June 06, 2018
Crane Norway Group Orders Demag All Terrain Cranes, CC 3800-1 Crawler Crane
Norwegian Crane Norway Group has signed an order for 10 new Demag all terrain cranes, ranging from 110 to 275.5 ton (100 to 250 t) lifting capacities and a new 716.5 ton (650-t) Demag CC 3800-1 crawler crane....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 29, 2018
Akron Children's Hospital Addition Approaches Completion
Akron Children's Hospital is eagerly awaiting the addition to the existing Considine Professional Building by Welty Building Company Ltd. The $82 million, 230,000 sq. ft. addition began in March 2017 and will be completed in the summer of 2018....
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