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February 3, 2012–Ward-Allen Publications, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has released the SIMS Guide for Cranes/Derricks (Volume 11), a safety field guide designed to provide users with a more organized set of safety guidelines. Available in pocket-size dimensions for convenience in the field, the guide’s Flip-Tab table of contents design ensures that users quickly obtain the necessary information on the job.

Bert Rayer

February 3, 2012–Snorkel, Elwood, Kan., has appointed Bert Rayer as regional sales manager for the Western United States region and the Dakotas. Bert holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and a BA in management/marketing from Menlo College. He has extensive experience in construction, industrial and rental equipment, along with special project management.

February 3, 2012–Popular Science magazine has included the 1500SJ boom lift from JLG Industries, Inc., a Hagerstown, Md.-based Oshkosh Corp. company, among the top 100 innovations in its Best of What’s New 2011 list, in the engineering category.

February 3, 2012–Manitowoc, Shady Grove, Pa., renewed its partnership with Ascorel, its Kennesaw, Ga.-based supplier of anti-collision technology for Potain tower cranes. Ascorel and Manitowoc jointly developed the Top Tracing II anti-collision system featured on 3,500 Potain tower cranes in use throughout France and worldwide.

February 3, 2012–Fairbanks Scales, Kansas City, Mo., will provide exclusive support and service to Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), Westport, Conn., for pre‐delivery and operator familiarization services for all Genie branded products and Terex light towers.

February 3, 2012–MCM Events’ second Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada will return to Edmonton, Canada, at the Sutton Place Hotel in Alberta, Sept. 13-14, 2012. The event is a partnership between Maximum Capacity Media (MCM), All Canadian Training Institute, and Kolo Safety Inc.

February 2, 2012–NCCER, Alachua, Fla., has added Malena Cunningham to its team of expert instructors this year at the NCCER Women’s Leadership Academy at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. Cunningham is a 23-year broadcasting veteran with time at CNN as well as local ABC and NBC affiliate stations across the country. She now owns her own consulting firm where she assists women with image enhancement.

February 2, 2012–Manitowoc Cranes, Manitowoc, Wis., has partnered with Hirschmann’s MCS Division, Chambersburg, Pa., for the installation of Hirschmann’s fSENS KMD 450-ton load cells on its 31000 lattice boom crawler cranes. Each 31000 model crane is equipped with two fSENS KMD load cells in the main boom rigging. 

January 12, 2012–Liebherr, Ehingen, Germany, has released the new P-boom system, designed to increase the lifting capacity of its lattice-boom cranes. The ‘power’ or ‘parallel’ boom’s P-adapters, help the system improve stability in the direction of the load, as well as to the side. The result, according to Liebherr, is significantly increased lifting capacity with long boom systems.

January 12, 2012–Two Potain self-erecting cranes from Compass Equipment, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz., are constructing a new privately-owned student housing facility near the University of Arizona campus in Tucson.