For the second year in a row, The Old Main Street Merchants Association, along with the Bradenton Downtown Development Authority, hosted a big New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Bradenton. This year’s ball drop doubled as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer fight, and all the bars on Old Main Street participated. As the […]
Terex Cranes has begun integrating the use of Quick Response codes (QR codes) into its latest printed communication to customers and distributors. Introduced in 1994 for the tracking of parts in the automobile industry, the QR code is an evolution of the statutory product bar code. It enables customers to instantly learn more about a business and […]
Russ Hopper has been promoted to the post of vice president, manufacturing for Kentucky, USA based crane manufacturer Link-Belt.Hopper, who takes on the new job from January 1st, began working at Link-Belt 36 years ago as a welder. He moved quickly into the supervisory ranks within welding production and continued to take on more management […]
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, FL is relocating its holding area helipad for Care Flight. Construction is now complete on the new pad, and the next step was to take the fuel tank from the old location, and move it to the new. The helipad is the holding place for the Air Ambulance Care Flight. An […]
Recently, AT&T continued to increase it’s fast growing 4G LTE network in Tampa. As of October of 2011, AT&T has more than 1,730 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in Florida. This time, the tower was placed on top of the Urban Centre in the Westshore Business district of Tampa. Westshore is the largest commercial market in […]
The Vomatron can best be described as a giant propeller with seats on each end! Similar to the centrifuge used by astronauts to simulate rocket acceleration, except it is mounted vertically. It is powered by 2 huge electric motors that rotate the giant 40 meter arm at speeds of more than 120 kilometers per hour, […]
Thousands of heavy equipment items and trucks sold over six days during Ritchie Bros.’ Orlando, Fla., auction last week, setting new records for the company. Among these milestones, Ritchie reported it brought in total gross auction proceeds of $203 million, more than 10,000 lots were sold, 8,670 registered bidders 830 sellers participated in the event. Online, 4070 bidders […]
The ASME B30 Committee, which establishes and updates voluntary industry standards facilitating the safe design, inspection, maintenance and operation of cranes, hoists, and related rigging and lifting equipment, is currently soliciting individuals to serve on its Interest Review Group and Regulatory Authority Council. The Interest Review Group provides individuals who are unable to attend in-person meetings (due […]
Terex Cranes has released its numbers for 2011 which show a return to growth and profitability with full year revenues sales up 12 percent to just under $2 billion. At the same time the company made an operating loss of $19.8 million due entirely to the $36 million of charges taken earlier in the year. […]
Shirley Eckelberger is the Executive Assistant in Sims Crane & Equipment’s Orlando Branch. Branch Manager Thomas Baldtree knows how valuable Shirley is to their team. “Shirley is the glue that hold that place together. She extremely efficient and organized and detail oriented.” When Shirley arrived in Orlando, the branch was very small, and at the […]
