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EDITORIAL
Editor:
D.Ann Slayton Shiffler
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International editor:
Alex Dahm
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Assistant editor:
Lindsey Anderson
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Staff writers:
Lindsay Gale,
Sandy Guthrie, Laura Hatton,
Cristián Peters, Murray Pollok,
Chris Sleight, Terry White, Helen
Wright, Euan Youdale
SC&RA Correspondent:
Tim Hillegonds
PRODUCTION
Production director:
Saara Rootes
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Production manager:
Ross Dickson
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Design manager:
Jeff Gilbert
Designer:
Gary Brinklow
Production assistant:
Louise Kingsnorth
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Designer/Production assistant:
Pippa Smith
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CIRCULATION
Circulation manager:
Theresa Fox
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Business development director:
Peter Watkinson
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Office and bookshop manager:
Clare Grant
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SALES
National sales manager
PAT SHARKEY
1902 15th Avenue North
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Ph: 515-573-8684
Fax: 515-573-4991
Cell: 515-570-8763
E-mail:
National account executive
BEV O’DELL
1427 N. Aztec Avenue
Independence, MO 64056
Ph: 816-886-1858
Fax: 816-886-1884
Cell: 816-582-5253
E-mail:
International sales executive
JOHN AUSTIN
KHL Group, Southfields,
Southview Road, Wadhurst,
East Sussex, TN5 6TP, UK.
Ph: +44-1892-784088
Fax: +44-1892-784086
E-mail:
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
James King
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Paul Marsden
PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER
Trevor Pease
KHL GROUP AMERICAS LLC
3726 E. Ember Glow Way,
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Ph: 480-659-0578
Fax: 480-659-0678
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My top 10
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ne of a journalist’s favorite things to do is to come
up with the Top 10 headlines of the year. A lot of
newspapers still publish these lists, which I love to
read. Following is my informal list of the top North American
headlines/articles in our industry in 2013:
10
Lots of expansion, major purchases, mergers/acquisitions:
TNT Crane & Rigging, Bay Crane, Bigge, LSI Robway, Barnhart,
All Erection, Allegiance Crane, Manitex International and NCSG.
9
Lots of personnel changes: Tim Ford named president of
Terex Cranes; Bob Hund jumped from Manitowoc Cranes to
Manitowoc Foodservice while Ingo Schiller took over as EVP
of Crane Care; Ron Schad resigned from Essex; Kregg Lunsford
named president of TNT Crane & Rigging; Tim Frank resigned as
CEO of Sany America, to name a few.
8
Bauma 2013 in Munich gave the construction industry hope
that a sustained economy recovery was underway.
7
Citadel Contractors used a Liebherr LR 1300 to install the
world’s widest Tilt-Up wall panel at 89-feet-wide by 30-feet-tall
and weighing 130,000 pounds.
6
SC&RA’s Job of the Year contest. Winners are highlighted in the
SC&RA News article on page 54. And related, KHL and SC&RA
released
Monumental!
, a coffee table book commemorating the
contest and chronicling winning jobs over the past five decades.
5
Tons of new products: Lampson International’s LTL-3000;
Manitex’s 70-ton TC-700; Liebherr’s LR 1100; Terex’s Explorer
5800, Superlift 3800 and Quadstar 1100; Goldhofer’s FTV 300
wind turbine carrier; Scheuerle Kamag’s K-25 Power Booster;
Kobelco’s TK750 telescopic crawler; Grove’s RT770E, GMK 6400
AT and the MLC 165; Elliott’s 45127R; Sany’s SCC8500; Altec’s
AC45-127S; Tadano’s GR-1600XL-2 RT and ATF 400G-6; and
Link-Belt’s RTC 8080 Series II RT and the 500th Link-Belt HTC-
86100 came off the production line.
4
The Hours of Service rule, effective July 1, required major
adjustment for drivers and their companies.
3
Manitowoc filed a complaint with the ITC requesting an
investigation into cranes produced by Sany Heavy Industry,
specifically the SCC8500. Manitowoc contends Sany infringed
on its patent related to its Variable Positioning Counterweight
system. Sany rejected the claims saying its designs were developed
by Sany engineers using their own ideas and
innovations.
2
Two M760 Favelle Favco tower cranes owned
by JF Lomma Inc. placed a spire atop One World
Trade Center in New York City.
1
OSHA delayed crane operator certification
deadlines in order to clarify questions on type,
capacity and whether certified means qualified.
Well that was my list. What did I miss?
And finally, on behalf of our KHL
ACT
team in
the U.S., the U.K and around the globe, we wish
you a wonderful holiday season and a happy
2014!
D.ANN SLAYTON SHIFFLER
Editor
KHL Group Americas LLC, 30325 Oak Tree Drive,
Georgetown TX 78628.
Ph: 512-868-7482, E-mail:
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