Florida Governor Rick Scott recently signed into law a bill that amends a state statute to preempt the state and prohibit all local regulation of hoisting equipment, unless the regulation is otherwise federally preempted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under 29 C.F. R parts 1910 and 1926. Local regulation that is prohibited and […]
Revenues at Kobelco Cranes fell 19.3% in the first quarter of the fiscal year from April to June, to JPY 9.5 billion (US$ 122 million). The company's operating loss for the quarter was almost unchanged from the same period last year at JPY 400 million (US$ 5.1 million). The company said unit sales were up […]
Net sales at Terex Cranes for the second quarter of 2012 increased 4.3% to US$ 484.2 million compared with the second quarter of 2011. Taking into account the translation effect of currency exchange rates, that figure would be 12%. Driving the growth was strong demand for rough terrain cranes and improving demand for all terrain […]
American Cranes & Transport (ACT) announced their Top 100 list. Sims Crane & Equipment has been ranked in the ACT Top 100, coming in at number 14 of the largest crane – owning companies in North America. Sims Crane & Equipment is the only company in the Top 15 headquartered in Florida, and also boasts […]
Have you ever been on the set of a Los Angeles commercial shoot? There is as much activity there, as any construction site – if not more. And when the commercial involves an Olympic Athlete, there’s a special buzz in the air. The site was the Broward Pool on the campus of the University […]
Bob Berry, winner of the 2011 Top Trainer award in the Corporate Category, recently donated his scholarship to an up-and-coming safety professional in the Sims Crane & Equipment organization. “Chris Peek was assigned to me as a safety assistant,” said Berry, who is director of safety for the Tampa, Fla., crane rental company. “It is nice to […]
Around 3,000 people from all over the world were expected over two days at the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen factory in Germany on 13 and 14 June. This was the fifth Customer Open Days event since 1999. Highlights included the launch of a 220 tonne capacity crawler crane, presentation of the new 750 tonne capacity wheeled mobile […]
Terex Cranes is making moves to strengthen its presence in Latin America through dedicated sales, service, replacement part support, and local manufacturing. "Our strengthened structure of the crane segment in the region will help us better deliver our customer responsiveness value proposition in all aspects of our customer’s business – improved availability of products, outstanding parts […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today renewed its Alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to continue working together to protect workers from fall, electrocution, tip-over and other hazards related to operating and maintaining cranes, chippers, digger derricks and insulated and non-insulated aerial devices including tree care devices. "OSHA is continuing its Alliance with Altec Industries Inc. to help […]
Grove and JLG veteran Paul Shockey passed away last week at the age of 89. Paul Kenneth Shockey was a native of Maryland and started his career at Landis Tool in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, later moving to Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1959 he joined the Grove brothers at Grove manufacturing as the company’s first […]
