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Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. (IMT), Garner, Iowa, signed a $131 million all-cash agreement in which it will be acquired by Oshkosh Truck Corp., Oshkosh, Wis. IMT is currently a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies, Ltd., and is expected to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corp.'s commercial segment once the […]

A nationwide Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) initiative aimed at meeting the unique needs and characteristics of the construction industry • Mobile Workforce VPP Demonstration for Construction • was unveiled today by OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke at the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Safety and Health Committee mid-year meeting in Denver. "VPP is a good […]

ALL Erection and Crane Rental Corp., Cleveland, recently unveiled Version 3 of its LS3 lift simulation software, which enables users to recreate the environment of their lift to help plan ahead, increase safety, and reduce costs. LS3 software is preloaded with specifications, capacities, and load data for every crane in the ALL fleet. After input […]

This month, Identification Technologies and the National Equipment Register (NER) announced that they are combining the DataDotDNA marking technology and NER's database to create a unique and powerful identification and registration system that will deter equipment theft and aid in its recovery if stolen. To be called Heavy Equipment Loss Prevention Technology DNA (HELPtechDNA), the […]

In 2005, CareLift Equipment Ltd., Breslau, Ontario, made a very big step forward for the North American lifting equipment industry with its introduction of the 32,000-pound capacity Zoom Boom ZB32032 telescopic handler, the highest capacity telescopic handler built in North America. CareLift announced that the first ZB32032 was delivered to the Navy Special Warfare Group […]

At the UK's Defense Vehicle Dynamics exhibition, JCB unveiled the High Mobility Variable Reach Truck (HMVRT) for the military, part of JBC's high-speed, high mobility, and logistically compatible family of military vehicles. According to John Patterson, managing director and CEO of JCB, this machine and others unveiled at the show represent a bold step for […]

Tadano America, Houston, Texas, introduces the 242-ton ATF220G-5 all-terrain crane to the North American marketplace. The first ATF220G-5 will hit the Port of Miami, Fla., in November and will be delivered to Sims Crane and Equipment Co. The second unit will enter the United States at the Port of Houston, and PSI Crane & Rigging, […]

At its 2006 Customer Days in Ehingen, Germany, Liebherr announced the addition of the LR 11350 to its crawler crane product line. A pre-series production model with a 1,377-ton maximum load capacity is already being used in China for the construction of a chemical plant. The maximum load capacity of this heavy-duty crane has been […]

At its 2006 Customer Days in late June, Liebherr Ehingen, Ehingen, Germany, presented the 100th Liebherr LR 1400 series crawler crane to Julio Eduardo Simes, president of the Brazilian rental company LOCAR TRANS­PORTES TCNICOS E GUINDASTES LTDA. Headquartered in Guarulhos/So Paulo, LOCAR owns more than 200 cranes • including three of the 440-ton Liebherr LR […]

Sunbelt Rentals, Charlotte, N.C., a subsidiary of Ashtead Group plc, announced that it will acquire Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based NationsRent Companies for approximately $1.05 billion. The transaction is expected to close on or about August 31, 2006. Following the closing, the combined company is estimated to be the third largest United States equipment rental company with […]