The Mary Helen, Sims Crane & Equipment’s 70 Ton Linkbelt, the face of the 2012 Campaign for the Cure, was onsite in Venice last week to assist in placing a new utility pole in front of a soon to be Bone Fish Grille on US 41 Bypass in Venice. The first stop was […]
Sims Crane & Equipment recently completed a job at Trademark Metals Recycling, LLC in Ocala. The biggest machine in the yard is the car shredder, which shreds an entire car and breaks down the pieces to sort them out for recycling. As you can imagine this machine gets worn down by the large amounts of […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$ 150 million loan to Argentinean renewable energy company Impsa to support the construction of four wind farms - three in Brazil and one in Uruguay. The full cost of the schemes is put at US$ 1.4 billion, and when complete in 2014, they will provide 546 […]
Many of the machines launched at international exhibitions like ConExpo, Samoter and Smopyc at the start of this year featured new EU Stage IIIB/US Interim Tier 4 engines. The new regulations were introduced at the start of this year for 130 kW to 560 kW engines, and over the next two years the requirements will […]
A number of union employees at the Manitowoc crane plant in Manitowoc Wisconsin walked out on strike on Monday.The strike affects up to 200 employees who are members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). 600 other employees and possibly some of the IAM members, continued to work as normal. The company said […]
Mary Helen & Gill Green October 2011 marked the beginning of a huge campaign for Sims Crane & Equipment. To launch it’s 2012 Campaign for the cure, Sims Crane & Equipment unveiled its 70 Ton Linkbelt that was painted pink, and will be the ‘face’ of the campaign. Over the next year, every time the […]
Sims Crane worked with Turbine Generator Maintenance to lift a Turbine Generator at High Tech Central College in Ft. Myers, FL for students to have a hands on experience working with and maintaining the turbine generators.
Liebherr’s new heavy duty ‘P’ boom (Power Boom) system for its largest lattice cranes is now on test at its Ehingen plant. The company’s flagship 3,000 tonne LR13000 is currently undergoing main Power Boom tests, while a heavy duty luffing jib and Power Boom combination is being tested on a 1,350 tonne LR11350 crawler. Liebherr says that […]
Trimble and Manitowoc Cranes have announced a collaboration agreement for the development of telematics solutions.The two companies say that they intend to develop solutions that will transform the way in which crane operations and information are managed on a construction site.The aim is to provide real time, centimetre-level positioning data for multiple cranes working on […]
LG is to move European production of its 450 Series II and 510AJ articulated boom lifts to its facility in Mediaş, Romania as part of its global production restructuring activities. “The facility in Mediaş allows us to meet customer expectations by quickly responding to market requirements,” said Wayne Lawson, vice president of JLG for Europe, Africa […]
