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JULY 2013
ACT
PEOPLE & EVENTS
2013
SC&RA Crane &
Rigging Workshop
September 18-20
Orlando, FL
ICUEE
October 1-3
Louisville, KY
World Crane &
Transport Summit
October 29-30
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
International Tower
Cranes
November 4-5
Berlin, Germany
ICWEF
(International
Construction World
Economic Forum)
November 20-22
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014
SC&RA 2014 January
Board & Committee
Meetings
January 5-8
Park City, UT
Intermat Middle East
2014
January 14-16
Abu Dhabi, UAE
World of Concrete
2014
January 21-24
Las Vegas
ConExpo-Con/Agg
2014
March 4-8
Las Vegas
Konecranes’ Lang brings
home coveted award
The Association
of Iron and Steel
Technology has
given Jim Lang
its 2013 Crane
Innovator of the
Year Award.
The AIST
Crane Innovator of the
Year Award recognizes
the individual who has
brought forth the latest in
technology or increased
efficiencies in operational and
maintenance practices for
the continuous improvement
of heavy industrial cranes.
Coming from one of the
most prestigious steel mill
organizations in the industry,
this award recognizes Lang’s
innovative work to increase
crane safety.
In his work for the
Konecranes Training Institute,
Lang spearheaded work on
a Crane Accident Analysis
study. This examination
helps increase crane accident
awareness and crane safety
for steel mills and factory
operations. “We are very
proud that Jim has received
this honor,” said Bernie
D’Ambrosi, VP and director,
region Americas service at
Konecranes. “The invaluable
work he’s done here at
Konecranes reflects our spirit
of safety and innovation,
and we’re proud to see him
recognized for it.”
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EVENTS DIARY
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Rowe Transfer, Inc
.
was recently presented a
Silver award by Great West
Casualty Company as part
of the 2012 National Safety
Awards Program. Rowe
Transfer is a specialized
carrier who was founded
in Knoxville in 1883. The
National Safety Awards
program recognizes carriers
in similar operations
(truckload and less than
truckload) with awards based
on their year-end preventable
accident results. Carriers are
eligible to receive a Platinum,
Gold, Silver, or Participatory
award. This past year, the
National Safety Awards
program drew over 750
participants.
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LSI has added industry
veteran
Tom Zanoone
to
its sales team. Zanone will
be based out of Omaha and
will be covering a number
of Midwestern states as
his sales territory. Zanone
previously worked as a field
service rep, service manager,
training administrator and
technical writer for PAT/
Hirschmann.
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Cargotec has appointed
Mikko Pelkonen
as
senior vice president, human
resources as well as a
member of its executive
board. Pelkonen will report
to president and CEO Mika
Vehviläinen and will be
responsible for corporate
human resources strategy
and implementation. The
appointment takes effect in
August 2013.
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At the age of 83,
Jacquelyn (Jackie)
L. Curran
passed away
peacefully on June 2. She
was preceded in death by her
husband, John, and sister
Patricia Coleman, and was the
beloved mother of Lawrence
(Linda), Colleen, Lee Ann
(Michael) O’Brien, Jeffrey, and
Terrie (Eric) James; the loving
HIGHLIGHTS
Fontaine Heavy-Haul
names director of R&D
Fontaine Heavy-Haul hired Neil Robertson to be
director of research and development. He will
report directly to Randy McGuire, president of
Fontaine Heavy-Haul.
“We’re delighted to have Neil on our team; with
almost 30 years in the trailer industry he brings
a broad depth of experience to Fontaine Heavy-
Haul,” said McGuire. “He really understands this
business from the ground up.”
Doogan named regional
sales manager
The ALL
Erection &
Crane Rental
Family of
Companies
announced
James Doogan
as its new
regional sales
manager for both Central
Rent-A-Crane and Central
Contractors Service. Central
Contractors Service and
Central Rent-A-Crane serve
markets in greater Chicago,
northern Indiana, southern
Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri,
and Iowa, and have been
members of the ALL Erection
& Crane Rental Corp. Family
of Companies since 1977.
Doogan’s territory includes a
broad swath of the Midwest,
including southern Illinois,
parts of Missouri and southern
Indiana.
He has been in the crane
rental industry for over 20
years. He joins ALL after
11 years spent as area sales
manager for the North Central,
Great Lakes, and Midwest
regions of Essex Crane Rental
Corporation, headquartered in
Buffalo Grove, IL.
Prior to his years in sales,
James worked as a crane
operator, earning experience
in assembling, maintaining,
rigging and repairing cranes.
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Jim Lang
James Doogan
Neil Robertson
