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NEWS
HIGHLIGHT
JANUARY 2015
ACT
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TalbertManufacturing,
based in Rensselaer, IN, has
acquired Ferree Trailers. Ferree
Trailers is amanufacturer of
detachable, fixed and folding
gooseneck trailers. The
product range also includes a
number of specialty trailers.
The company has a 60,000
square foot facility in Liberty,
NC and a distribution center on
the East Coast. Andy Tanner,
Talbert president, said, “Ferree
is a strong complement to the
Talbert line. The acquisition
of Ferree Trailers provides us
with awider product offering
to serve our customer needs
and a large, state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility with
quality people that offers
tremendous opportunity.”
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IronPlanet, an online
marketplace for buying and
selling used heavy equipment
and trucks, and Associated
Auction Services LLC, an
alliance of Caterpillar and
several of its independent Cat
dealers that operate under the
name of Cat Auction Services,
confirmed they have signed an
agreement tomerge the two
companies. Once combined,
IronPlanet and Cat Auction
Serviceswill provide buyers
and sellers of used heavy
construction equipment a
unique auction service.
Maxim Crane has 11 tower cranesworking at the Brickell City
Centre inMiami. The tower crane fleet includes a combination of
hammerhead, luffing jib and flat-topmodelsworking on the $1.05
billion project that spans four blocks andwill include both retail
and residential space.
Crane Rental moves clean
energy components
CraneRentalCorporationhas
relocated energygenerating
equipmentmanufacturedby
SiemensEnergy to anatural
gas clean energypowerplant
under construction inSouth
Florida.CraneRental loaded
the components on abarge
inCharleston, SC, offloaded
them at Port Everglades, FL,
anddelivered them to the
powerplant site.
The components on the
pictured shipment (oneof
sixdifferent loads) are a
675,000-poundgenerator,
338,000-poundK-turbine, and
655,000-poundgas turbine.
Combined, the14 components
CraneRentalCorp.moved for
thisproject equal almost six
millionpounds.
Tooffload thebarges,Crane
RentalCorporation’s 110-
ton capacityGrove9000E
hydraulic truck crane lifted
mats and55-foot-longbarge
ramps intoplace.Crane
Rental’s skilled crewused
hydraulicmodularGoldhofer
trailers to roll each component
off thebarge.Onceon shore,
the loadswere transported
to their final destination
accompaniedbypolice escorts.
CraneRentalCorporation
offersheavyhauling, rigging,
and crane services across the
UnitedStates andCaribbean
and specializes in turnkey
projectsprovidingboth
equipment and experienced,
certified labor. In2014 the
company’s industry-leading
safety record earnednearly
adozen safety awards
from industryprofessional
organizations.
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H&E unveils crane
remanufacturing center
ManitowocEnCOREpartner,
H&EEquipment Services,
has opened anew crane
remanufacturing complex to
serviceManitowoc cranes in
BelleChasse, LA. Thenew
centermarks a significant
upgrade to the company’s
abilities to rebuild, repair and
remanufactureManitowoc
Cranes, tripling its capacity.
Thenew complexhas
twoprimary facilities:
Onedevoted to crane
remanufacturing (Crane
RemanufacturingCenter)
and another devoted toheavy
equipment structural repair
(Structural RepairCenter). It
is strategically locatedon the
IntercostalWaterwaynear
theMississippi Riverwith
access to theGulf ofMexico,
whichgives the complex
advantageous shipping
capabilities.
FrankArthur, branch
managerwithH&E, said the
companyhadoutgrown its
older remanufacturing center,
so itwas time toupgrade
withnewbuildings and
equipment. Themove adds
more capabilities to care for
crane andheavy equipment
customers.
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