Japanese crane manufacturer Tadano has reported first half revenues up almost 14 percent on last year at $843.8 million - a new record, due to stronger sales in Japan, which were up 25 percent. Exports increased by a more modest 4.1 percent with lower sales in North America and Australia, flat sales in the Middle […]
Last week Terex Cranes introduced Cranes Expert, the lifting industry’s first electronic application designed specifically for crane companies. This app delivers available equipment information in ways not possible with printed literature by giving customers unprecedented access to the company’s expansive range of media information. Available for both iOS and Android operating systems, the new […]
Crane manufacturer Link-Belt has named Dallas Coffey as general manager at Link-Belt Construction Equipment’s mid-Atlantic division. Coffey has worked at Link-Belt since 2003, as a staff accountant and then general accounting supervisor. He has most recently worked as controller. Chuck Martz, Link-Belt CEO and president, said, “During his tenure as controller, Dallas has continued […]
Environmental Construction Incorporated, a leading provider of demolition and abatement services for the construction industry within the Southeastern United States, is celebrating its ten year anniversary by undergoing a total branding transformation. Unveiled in stages over the next several months, the company will adopt “ECI” as its national brand name, release a new logo, […]
The Manitowoc Company has revealed plans to separate its crane manufacturing and food service businesses and form two separate publically-traded companies. The Manitowoc board of directors has approved the move and “anticipates effecting the separation through a tax-free spin-off of the Foodservice business and expects the spin-off to be completed in the first quarter […]
For the full year 2014 sales revenue at Manitowoc Cranes was down 8% to $2.3 billion. Operating earnings declined from $218.8 million to $163.9 million the previous year. In the fourth quarter 2014 net sales were also down, from $704.8 million a year earlier, to $663.2 million. Manitowoc attributed the decline to a “negative […]
Tadano recently delivered their 1,000th Tadano GR-1000XL rough-terrain crane. Scott Equipment, Monroe, Louisiana, received the crane built at the Shido manufacturing plant in Japan, in Houston, Texas. Despite early production delays due to the March 2011 earthquake, this milestone was reached in just under four years. Tadashi Suzuki, executive vice president of Tadano Ltd., […]
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) and International Assessment Institute (IAI) have announced that NCCCO has acquired IAI’s operations relating to the testing services for CCO certification programs. Effective August 1, responsibility for CCO candidate processing, test administration, score reporting and related services, historically provided by IAI, was assumed by […]
What’s under the hood of a crane is always important, but as engine regulation has increased the critical details of the engine become even more crucial. Zak Garner-Purkis looks at one of the most affected markets, all-terrain cranes. Cranes components seldom come from one source alone, with different parts of these machines coming from a […]
You may read the Part 1 here. Around the world in regulations The problem with engine regulation as with many other rules is that there is no global standard. Europe and America have led the way when it has come to engine emissions but many regions have shown a reluctance to follow suit. It's understandable […]
