Mon October 31, 2016

IHI to Transfer Ownership to Kato Works

Kato Works Co., Ltd. and IHI Corporation Ltd., have signed a stock transfer contract today agreeing to transfer 100% shares of IHI Construction Machinery Ltd. from IHI to Kato. According to the company, Kato expects that the product line-up will be enhanced in the synergy effects between their products and IK products such as mini-excavators, crawler cranes and other crawler equipment....

Fri October 28, 2016

ALL Expands Fleet of Crawler Cranes, Aerial Lifts

Strengthening its hand at both ends of the lifting market, the ALL Family of Companies began the final quarter of 2016 announcing the acquisition of an equipment package consisting of large-capacity crawlers and aerial lift equipment, including boom lifts and telescopic forklifts....

Wed October 26, 2016

Terex Announces Leadership Change

Terex Corporation has announced that Steve Filipov will assume the role of President of Terex Cranes effective immediately. Mr. Filipov will also continue with his responsibilities as President of the Terex Material Handling and Port Solutions segment until completion of the announced sale of that segment to Konecranes Plc....

Tue October 25, 2016

Contractor Groups Sue NYC to Stop New Crane Regs

A group of contractor associations have sued the City of New York to stop the enforcement of arbitrary and capricious crawler crane safety requirements that the City put into place in response to a February crane accident in Lower Manhattan....

Mon October 24, 2016

Contractor Scores Big With Mini-Crane on Stadium Job

Custom steel fabricator and erector, Unlimited Welding Inc. purchased a new MC305CRME-2 mini-crane for the hoisting and installation of large stairwell sections in the new Orlando City Soccer Stadium currently under construction....

Thu October 20, 2016

Demag CC 3800-1 Crawler Crane Works on Water for Sarens

It was nearly a year ago when industrial contractor, Hollandia Infra, contacted its trusted heavy lifting and engineering transport specialist, The Sarens Group, to discuss an intricate project involving the Queen Maxima Bridge....

Wed October 12, 2016

Crane Operator Rescues Injured Construction Worker

ATLANTA (AP) - First responders used the help of a crane operator to rescue an injured construction worker from the seventh floor of an Atlanta building. WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/2dXXhDj ) reports that the unidentified worker was hurt and unable to make his way down seven flights of wooden, temporary stairs at the construction site near Perimeter Mall....

Tue October 04, 2016

Terex Cranes Announces Schröder and Natarajan as Global Product Managers

Terex Cranes announces the appointment of Frank Schröder as Director of Product Management, All Terrain Cranes and Suresh Natarajan as Director of Product Management, Rough Terrain Cranes. In these newly established positions, Schröder and Natarajan will lead the global product management teams in the development and execution of product line development and strategies, based primarily on feedback from customers and regional sales team members....

Wed September 28, 2016

Pink Terex Crane Raises More Than $125,000 for Breast Cancer Programs

Phoenix Crane Rental's Pink Terex T 340-1 truck crane, which has raised more than $125,000 for breast cancer programs in Georgia over the last two years, is scheduled to take part again in this year's “Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer” on October 15-16, 2016....

Fri September 23, 2016

SEI Purchases First New Grove GMK5250L All-Terrain Crane

In 1995, Matt Schaedler founded his business, Schaedler Enterprises Inc. (SEI), with a used crane purchased to work on small construction projects — pouring concrete and providing crane and rigging services in southeast Michigan....