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Kar-Tech, Delafield, Wis., recently unveiled its new, low-cost Mini line of radio remote controls for mobile hydraulic applications. The Mini packs up to nine momentary or latching, 5A, protected, solid-state outputs that can be used to control many different functions into its small size. Unlike the industry standard relays, solid-state outputs last indefinitely, according to […]

One week after a crane collapsed in downtown Miami, killing one construction worker and wreaking havoc on traffic for days, a county commissioner announced that an advisory panel will be assembled to plan a program for mandatory local crane inspections, according to the Miami Herald. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson said her plan to assemble […]

To increase its product offerings, the Haulotte Group, L'Horme, France, announced at Intermat an intellectual property sale in which Haulotte will manufacture Holland Lift's narrow electric scissor lift line, which includes three models with 39-, 46-, and 54-foot platform heights, for its worldwide distribution network. In time, Haulotte also will assemble these three narrow electric […]

Responding to a request from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association that calculators should be permitted during written examinations administered by the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), Graham Brent, executive director of NCCCO, recently explained the organization's position. “Because ANSI B30.5 does not interpret calculator use as meeting the standard's requirement, […]

Terex Corp., Westport, Conn., recently announced it has acquired a 50% interest in Sichuan Changjiang Engineering Crane Co., Ltd., based in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China. Changjiang Crane will become part of the global operations of the Terex Cranes operating segment, and Terex expects to consolidate the results of Changjiang Crane with those of the Terex […]

The Tanfield Group, of The United Kingdom, recently announced it has acquired UpRight International Manufacturing Ltd., Dublin, Ireland. Tanfield will take over UpRight's distribution operations in the United States and Japan. With Tanfield retaining distribution rights for the UpRight alloy scaffold towers, the production of UpRight machines will stay in Dublin while the two companies […]

New York-based National Equipment Register (NER) recently launched its Agency Partner Program to help insurance agencies provide an additional risk management tool to clients with construction or farm equipment. Insurance agents that place construction and farm equipment risks with NER member insurers (listed on www.NERusa.com/Our_Clients.asp) may register equipment on NER's national ownership database at discounts […]

ALL Erection and Crane Rental Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, recently added a tower crane division, headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, and a new facility in Mobile, Ala., to its growing family of companies. “We began as part of the ALL Erection headquarters in Cleveland, but we grew from 0 to 110 tower cranes plus six self-erect cranes […]

Part One Since launching its first telehandler product line in 2001, Don Ahern, owner of Xtreme Manufacturing in Las Vegas and Ahern Equipment Rentals, would admit that applying his knowledge of the rental business to manufacturing isn't necessarily an easy transition. Nevertheless, the company has successfully held its own in a very competitive marketplace. And […]

After 15 years of drug addiction, Sadie Holmes turned her life around, using her experiences to help others in her community of Altamonte Springs, Fla., start over. After her family's house was damaged by Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later hit by a fire in August 2005, Holmes could not afford to rebuild. Therefore she […]