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Four-wheel steering maximizes maneuverability with the new TL50 telescoping boom from Manlift Engineering, Cudahy, Wis. This product is a seven-stage telescoping tower lift designed for applications in theaters, stages, mezzanines, airports or any location requiring higher reach with tight maneuverability and lightweight floor loading. AC power provides the long-term run times with no dangerous hydrogen […]

ConstructMyFuture.com has been recognized for its efforts to promote construction as a career choice. The Web site and its supporting organizations • the joint effort of the AED Foundation, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and Associated General Contractors of America • received the Workforce Development award from the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT). CURT is an association […]

JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., announced today that Joe Dixon has joined JLG as the president of JLG Service Plus, Inc., a subsidiary of JLG that provides repair and maintenance, reconditioning, and training for all JLG manufactured products. Currently, Service Plus has locations in Houston, Texas, and McConnellsburg, Pa., with additional sites planned for the future. […]

In late December, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., announced it completed the sale of the Hertz Corporation, which includes Hertz Equipment Rental, to an investment group of private equity firms. Composed of Clayton Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, the investor group purchased the equity of Hertz in a […]

Tempe, Ariz.-based CIT Construction, a unit of CIT Group, Inc. and provider of financial services to the construction industry, recently announced the results of its 30th annual industry forecast. The 2006 outlook, based on telephone interviews with more than 900 contractors and equipment distributors across the country, reveals that for the third year in a […]