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Corrected: Manitowoc Announces Plans to Quit Articulated Crane Production
Manitowoc, Wis.-based Manitowoc Co. recently announced plans to shutter production of its National Crane articulated brand boom truck line by the end of the year, citing the brand’s market positioning as the primary reason for the closing....
Liebherr and John Deere Update Crawler Relationship
Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. and John Deere last week jointly announced the signing of a long-term sourcing agreement for Deere-branded 950- and 1050-size crawler dozers, and the discontinuation of the existing product supply arrangement for crawler loader machines between Liebherr-Werk Telfs GMBH and John Deere's Construction & Forestry Division of Moline, Ill....
CNH Expands Annual Plant Shut Down in Wichita
Case New Holland last week announced that it will shut down its skid-steer loader production plant in Wichita, Kan., for the entire month of December and part of January, due to the current softness of the construction industry....
Skyjack Adds Week to December Plant Shutdown
Skyjack workers at one of its Guelph, Ontario, Canada, manufacturing facilities will have four weeks off in December, rather than three as originally planned, the company said last week. Only employees at that specific plant were scheduled for the initial shutdown....
Bobcat Offers Early Retirement Package to About 150 Workers
West Fargo, N.D.-based Bobcat Co. last week asked an additional 50 workers at its Bismarck and Gwinner, N.D., production facilities to take early retirement. The company had recently asked 100 other workers to take the early retirement offer....
Ledwell Launches East Coast Service Center
Texarkana, Texas-based Ledwell has opened a regional service center in Fayetteville, N.C....
Miller Electric to Cut 95 Jobs
Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. last week announced plans to eliminate 95 jobs, or approximately six percent of its 1,500-person workforce. This reduction is in response to the current national economic situation and the corresponding slowdown in demand for Miller’s commercial and industrial products....
Elliott Employees Win Health, Safety Awards
Elliott Equipment Co., a manufacturer of truck-mounted aerial work platforms and cranes, last week announced that two employee received health and safety awards. Kenny Carl received the William M. Kizer Light of Wellness Healthy Behaviour Award, and Bill Wessling received the Activate Omaha Star Bike Commuter Challenge award....
MEC to Emphasize Built-to-Customer-Need Machines
MEC Aerial Work Platforms is redirecting its efforts in the fourth quarter of 2008 to innovation, creating new products and aggressively marketing itself to potential new customers....
JCB to Cut 400 Jobs
JCB last week announced that it is reducing production at its U.K. factories for the last two months of the year by 34 percent and maintaining those revised output levels into the first quarter of 2009. The move will lead to additional redundancies and nearly 400 job cuts....
Snorkel to Halt Production Again in December
For the second time this year, Snorkel International will halt production at its Elwood, Kan., facility, closing the plant for two weeks around the Christmas holiday. As previously reported, the plant closed for a week in October....
Sany’s Georgia Assembly Plant on Hold
Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Sany Corp. has put plans for a heavy equipment assembly on hold because of the economic downturn, according to online news reports....
AEM Elects AGCO Corp. CEO as Chairman
Martin Richenhagen, president and CEO of AGCO Corp., Duluth, Ga., was elected 2009 chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Also elected to 2009 terms were vice chairman Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO of Charles Machine Works, Perry, Okla.; second vice chairman Chuck Martz, president and CEO of Link-Belt Construction Equipment, Lexington, Ky.; and treasurer Robert Kluver, president and CEO of Angus-Palm, Watertown, S.D. Also elected vice chairman-construction is Lynne Woodworth, president and CEO of Stone Construction Equipment, Honeyoye, N.Y....
Champion Motor Graders Names Two Dealers
Champion Motor Graders last week named Volvo Construction Equipment & Services in Seattle, and the G.W. Van Keppel Co. in Kansas City, Kan., as dealers....
Terex Sponsors Keynote Speaker at AED Annual Meeting & Condex
Terex Corp. last week announced its sponsorship of the keynote address for the inaugural dinner at the annual AED Meeting & Condex. Dr. Robert Ballard — scientist and adventurer — will address the participants at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2009 at 7:30 p.m....
Makita Adopts New PTI Torque Testing Method for Cordless Drills
Makita U.S.A., manufacturer of high-quality industrial power tools and accessories and member of the Power Tool Institute, will adopt the new PTI Torque Procedure to measure torque in cordless drills, including driver-drills and hammer driver-drills in driver-drill mode. The new test method, agreed upon by all major power tool companies in the PTI, is the industry’s first standard to measure torque in drills. Torque is one of the best means to measure the performance of cordless professional drills, a product used by pro tradesmen that accounts for a significant share of all power tool sales....
Genie Appoints Product Manager for Articulating Boom Product Line
Redmond, Wash.-based Genie Industries last week announced that David Brotherton has been named product manager for the Genie articulating boom product line. He will report to Alan Lofurno, global general manager, aerial boom product line....
Skyjack Solidifies Dealer Agreement with Herc-U-Lift for VR Telehandlers
Skyjack last week finalized a dealer agreement with Herc-U-Lift of Maple Plain, Minn., to carry the recently acquired IR Material Handling product line. Herc-U-Lift will represent the complete VR telehandler product line with capacities ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 pounds, and lifting heights from 42 to 56 feet....
Wanco Acquires Voltmaster Product Line
Wanco Inc. last week acquired the Voltmaster America product line from SML Industries. Based in Melrose Park, Ill., SML has manufactured portable generators, welders and de-watering pumps under the Voltmaster America brand name since 1984....
Generac Power Systems Promotes New CFO
Generac Power Systems, Waukesha, Wis., a manufacturer of standby and portable power generation equipment, last week announced that its vice president of finance York Ragen has been promoted to chief financial officer....
JLG Offers Extended Warranties on Products in the U.S. and Canada
JLG Industries last week announced that it has developed an extended warranty program for all boom, scissor and telehandler products sold in the United States and Canada. Customers can extend their warranty to three or five years....
Cummins Power Generation Announces Price Increase
Cummins Power Generation, a division of Cummins Inc., last week announced price increases for its commercial generator set products between 15 kW and 2700 kW. The company said prices of its generator sets and transfer switches in North America will rise between 2 and 7 percent and are effective Jan. 1, 2009....
Case Delivers Armored Backhoe Loaders to U.S. Army for Deployment to Southwest Asia
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment last week announced it has produced the first 50 Case armored backhoe loaders for the U.S. Army as part of a five-year contract awarded to Case for a total of 626 Case backhoe loaders. Manufactured at the Case plant in Burlington, Iowa, these 50 units were deployed in October to Southwest Asia to support military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Another 150 non-armored Case backhoe loaders for the U.S. Army are also in production in Burlington to meet delivery requirements stateside in November....
Honda Produces 20 Millionth Power Product in the United States
A Honda lawnmower that rolled off the assembly line recently in Swepsonville, N.C., was the 20 millionth product to be manufactured by Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing, a division of American Honda Motor Co....
Case Co-Sponsors Sheltra Motorsports’ NASCAR Nationwide Series Races
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment last week announced its sponsorship of the final two NASCAR Nationwide Series races — a Case-sponsored No. 4 Dodge Charger driven by NASCAR rookie Patrick Sheltra, of Sheltra Motorsports....
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