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Thomas Equipment, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., announced that it has appointed Michael S. Luther as chief restructuring officer. Luther will be responsible for leading all day to day operations of the company, effective immediately. James E. Patty, president and chief executive officer, and William Davis, chief operating officer, have resigned as part of the next phase […]

JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., announced the grand opening of its third ServicePLUS location in Kennesaw, Ga. Joining the Houston, Texas, and the McConnellsburg, Pa., service centers, the new ServicePLUS facility will serve customers in the Southeast region. This latest expansion supports the company's long-term strategy to enlarge its after-market business, including providing equipment repair, […]

JCB celebrated the production of its 100,000th Loadall telescopic handler recently, as the company concluded $16.7 million worth of investment to significantly expand global manufacturing of the machine. The first Loadall telehandler went into production in 1977 and during the first full year of manufacturing less than 300 of the machines were made by just […]

Brad Boehler, P.Eng., director of product safety at Skyjack, Inc., Guelph, Ontario, recently reported more details of the NIOSH Scissor Lift Tipover Study. To date, preliminary virtual model development, static tests, dynamic tests, and operator force tests have been conducted, while validation of the virtual model, applications of virtual environment, and field operator-lift stability tests […]

The Leadership in Lifting Equipment and Access Platforms (LLEAP) Awards, presented by Lift and Access magazine, pay homage to innovative products introduced between April 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006. Judged by a group of 11 experts in the crane, aerial lift, and material-handling fields, including national and independent rental companies, sales, safety, and consulting, […]

Maximum Capacity Media, Fort Dodge, Iowa, held its inaugural Lift and Access Telehandler Showcase from October 9 to 11 in Phoenix, Ariz. With 10,000- to 11,000-pound capacity telehandlers from nearly every major North American telehandler producer on-hand, the event proved successful and informative for all. “Having done a dozen events or more in the past, […]

Five cranes and a boom option were introduced to customers at Link-Belt's CraneFest '06, held last week at the company's Lexington, Ky., headquarters. Perhaps the most significant introduction is the 230-ton 298 HSL lattice boom crawler crane, which provides a modern replacement for many aging friction crawlers in the same capacity range and still in […]

A prototype of the Glazer Platform Model 1208 from Star Industries, Fort Worth, Texas, was on display last week at the Lift and Access Telehandler Showcase. Featuring a 600-pound capacity shelf on the exterior of the platform, the Glazer Platform allows glazers to walk glass into position at heights without sacrificing safety or platform capacity. […]

Lift King Industries, Woodbridge, Ontario, has bought the manufacturing rights of Lowry Industrial Lift Trucks Ltd., Georgetown, Ontario, for an undisclosed sum. According to ForkliftAction.com, Lowry entered into receivership under Canadian laws earlier this year • Lift King was one of Lowry's biggest creditors. Lift King's decision to buy the Lowry rights will allow the […]

Oshkosh Truck Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., for $28 per share. Shares were last traded at $20.75 on the New York Stock Exchange. Total consideration, including transaction costs and assumed debt, is $3.2 billion in cash transaction on a […]