Back to Basics: How Distributors Can Navigate COVID Fallout
As the economy undergoes a rapid and radical realignment due to the health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, supply and demand cycles are...
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Boeing Sold 1 Plane Last Month
Boeing reported Tuesday that customers canceled orders for 60 of its grounded 737 Max jets in June, and the aircraft maker removed another 123 planes...
Briggs & Stratton Files for Bankruptcy
Briggs & Stratton Corp., billed as the world's largest manufacturer of small gas engines, has filed for bankruptcy protection citing challenges due to the coronavirus...
Kaman Distribution Makes 2 Executive Appointments
Kaman Distribution Group, a value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission, automation and fluid power products, has announced the appointment of Stephen Martin as vice president...
Grainger Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates
W.W. Grainger (GWW) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.75 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.48 per share. This compares to earnings...
Operator error led to crane accident at Southwest light-rail construction site
Officials say operator error caused a crane working on the $2 billion Southwest light-rail project in Minneapolis to partly topple last week. A preliminary investigation...
Crane operator was missing when Minneapolis light-rail construction accident happened
According to early investigation results, the crane operator was not in the cab when the incident occurred, and the boom closest to the cab broke....
Tower crane incident in Toronto
A luffing jib tower crane struck a high rise building in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday causing the jib tip to buckle and collapse onto the...
Three new locations for Maxim
US crane rental company Maxim Crane Works will open new branches in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri along with a major location in Denver,...
Crane downs power lines
An All Terrain crane working at the Meerhof wind farm in Marsberg, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany came into contact with a 100,000 volt power line...