Crane Industry News

- Fri July 31, 2009

N.Y.’s JPW Companies Stays Strong With Good Equipment, Good People

JPW Companies of Syracuse, N.Y., has been working with cranes for more than 30 years. “We have cranes for every job,” said David Schwalm, executive vice president of JPW Companies. Every job includes loading cargo, erecting buildings and even assembling windmills....

Zoie Clift - Thu July 16, 2009

From Horse Drawn Graders to Massive Crawler Cranes

M.D. Moody & Sons is one of the oldest family owned construction equipment distributors in the nation, according to Stephen Moody, an M.D. Moody sales manager. “M.D. Moody opened in 1913, and is still going strong 96 years later,” he said....

- Sat June 27, 2009

ALL Crane Rental of Columbus Wins Two Safety Awards

ALL Crane Rental Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, received two awards for outstanding safety performance at the 2008-2009 Awards Banquet held by the Safety Council of Greater Columbus....

- Fri June 05, 2009

Advantage Dealer Insurance Announces Bi-Weekly Payment Service

Advantage Dealer Insurance (ADI), in association with National Payment Network (NPN), is now offering a bi-weekly payment service, for the first time ever, to heavy equipment customers, dealers and lenders....

- Mon June 01, 2009

ODOT Embarks on Historic 2009 Construction Season

Embarking on the largest investment in Ohio’s transportation system in state history, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is officially kicking off its 2009 construction season, highlighted by multi-modal investments across Ohio and more than 650 roadway and bridge projects in each region of the state....

Linda J. Hutchinson - Sat May 30, 2009

I-70/I-71 Caps in Downtown Columbus Remain in Budget

The Ohio Department of Transportation and the City of Columbus have been wrangling with plans to widen I-70/I-71, add gateway ramps to better configure splits to other freeways, and to build a minimum of six “caps” over the interstate for several years....

- Fri May 29, 2009

Jones Crawler Cranes Purchases the First TCC-750 at SED

Jones Crawler Cranes Ltd., of Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom, purchased the first Link-Belt 75 ton (70 t) TCC-750 telescopic crawler crane at SED, May 13, 2009. Jones Crawler Cranes, owned by Mark and Alexandra Jones, specializes in the rental of hydraulic crawler cranes throughout Southern England....

- Sat May 23, 2009

HOLT Crane Opens New HQ Facility in Texas

HOLT Crane & Equipment, the Link-Belt Crane distributor for central, north, northeast and southeast Texas and southern New Mexico, opened its headquarters facility in Houston May 18. “There is an increasing demand for cranes in the Texas market,” said Scott McDougle, HOLT Crane & Equipment general manager....

- Fri May 08, 2009

Long-Time Case Employee, Peter M. Ferguson, Dies, 68

Peter M. Ferguson, 68 of North East, Md., died April 27, 2009, in Christina Hospital, Newark, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 13, 1940, he was the son of Helen (Kubiak) Ferguson of Mt. Holly, N.J., and the late Paul Ferguson....

- Thu May 07, 2009

ALL Hosts Service Managers’ Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio

Concentrating on key issues of a challenging marketplace, the service managers from all 30 ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. branches gathered Feb. 20 at ALL headquarters for their annual meeting. The service managers heard presentations from various company divisions as well as from major suppliers....