JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE:OSK] and a leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, today announced its plan to introduce an innovative new accessory designed to provide enhanced control panel protection for operators of its boom lift products. Developed to meet customer needs and initiatives in Europe and to […]
United Rentals is to acquire RSC Equipment Rental in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at US$18 per share, or a total enterprise value of $4.2 billion, including $2.3 billion of net debt. It is the largest acquistion ever in the equipment rental market. The acquisition will combine the largest two general equipment rental firms in North […]
Overall investment in equipment will grow by 9 percent in 2012, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s “2012 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook” report. The report, which is focused on the $628 billion equipment finance sector, forecasts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States, and evaluates the effects on […]
Two Manitowoc cranes installed a wind tower in Cleveland, Ohio, over a four-day period earlier this year. Located outside the headquarters of Lincoln Electric, the 443-foot turbine is one of the largest urban wind towers in North America. A Manitowoc 16000 crawler crane and a Grove GMK5120B all-terrain crane were utilized to erect the 2.5 […]
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 […]
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 […]
