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NicholasMatthews has
been named president and
CEO of Essex Rental Corp.,
based in Buffalo Grove, IL.
Matthews was previously the
company’s chief operating
officer. Hewill also serve as a
director on the Essex board.
“After an extensive search,
we are confident that Nick
is the right individual to
lead the company given his
proven experience at Essex
and his keen focus on driving
return on invested capital
that he gained from his prior
executive positions,” said
Laurence Levy, chairman of
the board.
Since joining Essex about
ninemonths ago, Matthews
has led several long-term
initiatives to strengthen the
company, a spokesman said.
These initiatives include
leading the decision to sell
surplus equipment through
a sealed bid auction and
refining the company’s go-to-
market strategy relating to
parts and services.
“I am extremely honored
to take the helm and lead
Essex, a company with a
strongmarket position,
extensive asset portfolio and
even greater prospects for
the future,” Matthews said.
“I am committed to driving
success for the company
by diversifying our products
and services, repositioning
the fleet by divesting
underutilized rental assets
and creating a differentiated
value proposition for our
customers. I am confident
we will create long-term
value for our shareholders,
employees and other
stakeholders.”
Link-Belt ATC3275
helps restore dunes
AbleRiggingwas recentlypart
of the effort to reinforceLong
Island’s beachdune barriers,
which are key toprotecting
coastal communities against
storm surges.
For twoweeks,
AbleRigging’s
DarrenGalante,
JohnFiore and the
company’s new
Link-BeltATC3275
played a crucial role
in theU.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
efforts to restore
sanddune beach
barriers onLong
Island,NY. The
sanddune beachbarriers
were severelydamagedduring
Hurricane Sandy.
Working in support of
NorfolkDredgingCompany
ofChesapeake, VA, the crane
helped to assemble abooster
pump assemblyused to
transfer sanddredgedoffshore
onto theOak andGilgoBeach
dunes inSuffolkCounty.
Operatingdirectlyon
the beach, theATC3275
demonstrated its versatilityby
easily lifting a 50,000-pound
piece at a 68 foot radius,
which is 67percent of its rated
capacityof 75,000pounds in
that configuration, accordng
toAbleRigging.
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All Erection orders 10
MLC300 crawlers
All Erection&CraneRental
has ordered10units of
thenew330-ton capacity
ManitowocMLC300 crawler
crane.
Launched atConExpo
inMarch, theMLC300
has theVariablePosition
Counterweight (VPC) system
first seenon theModel 31000
several years ago. In theVPC
system, the counterweight is
centeredbetween the fully
retracted and fully extended
positions tobalance the crane’s
center of gravity. Itmoves on
a rail system according to the
boom extension.
Michael Liptak,All Erection
&CraneRental president,
said, “This is our bread-and-
butter capacity range, and
being able to create savings
for our customers here, at
this capacity, is part ofwhy
customers chooseAll.Without
hyperbole, I tell you that this
technologywill change the
crawler category.”
For theMLC300, theVPC-
MAX attachment increases the
max loadmomentwhen a100
foot fixedmast, aVPC-MAX
counterweight beam and an
additional 88,185pounds of
counterweight is added to
thebase crane. The ground
preparation areaneeded for
theMLC300using theVPC-
MAX canbeonlyone-tenthof
that requiredby competitive
cranes.
Advantages of theVPC are
a smaller operating footprint
with less groundpreparation
and lower groundbearing
pressure,All said. Lessmatting
isneeded and there isno
car body counterweight so
transport cost is reduced.
“We can reduce thenumber
of requiredmats byhalf.
That’s thousands of dollars
in savings permonth, and
that’s sayingnothingof the
reduced counterweight loads
and the savings realizedby
reducing the required job
siteprep area,” saidRick
Mikut,All Erection&Crane
Rental crawler cranedivision
manager.
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