CONEXPO
REVIEW
18
ACT
MAY 2014
Broderson showed off industrial cranes
purchased by All Erection and Bigge Crane
& Rigging.
Link-Belt’s new launches – the ATC-3210,
RTC-80150 Series II and TCC-500 – had
completed testing andwere ready for
dispatching to customers throughout the
country. ENTREC Corp. received the keys to
their new TCC-500 telescopic crawler crane
at Link-Belt’s stand. Pictured above from left
to right: (first row) Johnny Kulak (second
row) CraigNicholson, Whitney Irwin, Lisa
Locher, RodMarlin, Skeeter Collins and
John Stevens (third row) Jason Vandenberg,
J. Morgan Cronin, KevinMaguire and Glen
Fleming (back row)Mike Smith, Kelly
Fiechter and GavinMcLeod.
Themanaging directors
of PFC, Scheuerle/Kamag
and TII Sales (sales arm
of the TII Group) together
with representatives of
long-standing customer
Beyel Bros.
The tallest crane in the history of
ConExpowas the Terex Superlift
3800, a 716-ton lattice boom crawler.
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Link-Belt’s customers showed strong interest
in all of our newmodels introduced at
ConExpo. They were very optimistic about
their crane business activity going forward.
The launch of telematics, the latest addition
to Link-Belt Pulse, was extremely well
received, specifically our approach that gives
the crane owner control over their data.
PAT COLLINS
, director product marketing,
Link-Belt Cranes
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ConExpo 2014was one of great weather,
outstanding exhibits and positive energy. It
was one of themost upbeat events in the
past 10 years, and it seemed to generate a
lot of buzz and excitement for the industry.
Our team left the show feeling very optimistic
about the new products that were displayed,
the support from themanufacturers and the
overwhelmingly positive comments about
current utilization and trending demands for
the industry. TheMaxim team clearly felt
honored to see our name on several new
products.
FRANK BARDONARO
, president, sales
and business development, Maxim Crane
Works
We have led promising background talks
with potential customers and have faced
huge interest in our existing and upcoming
products specified for the U.S. market.
Especially the cooperationwith our partner
PFC concerning our HighwayTrailer was a
topic on and around the booth. ConExpowas
a great stage to communicate this huge step
tomore customer proximity in the U.S.
SUSANNE SCHLEGEL
, president, Scheuerle
and Kamag
The record attendance, booth traffic and
enthusiasm of the attendees at ConExpo
were fantastic. The show provided uswith a
great opportunity to connect with customers
and vendors from around theworld.
KEVIN KOBERG
, marketing director, DICA
Traffic exceeded our expectations. Our
impression is that people are optimistic and
are starting to plan accordingly. Customers
seem to be adjusting to the fact that there
will most likely not be an economic boom,
but rather a continued, gradual economic
recovery. It was a great buying aswell as
lead-generating show.
JAY SHIFFLER
, vice president and general
manager of marketing, Tadano America
From our perspective, it was one of the
best attended ConExpos, compared to prior
years, and therewas amood of cautious,
yet positive optimism.We also experienced
a high turnout of visitors from international
markets. The increase in products now
available fromManitex International was an
important factor in the increase in booth
attendance. A very positive start to 2014.
ANDREW ROOKE
, president/COO, Manitex
International
We expected a great deal of interest from
visitors but our expectations have actually
been exceeded.
BERND SCHWENGSBIER
, managing director,
TII Sales.
