What's new at Link-Belt

Link-Belt names new district manager
Brax Snyder, Manager, Worldwide Sales, announced the promotion of Kelly Fiechter to District Manager, Central Territory.

Link-Belt names Burger as International Sales Manager
Brax Snyder, Manager, Worldwide Sales, announced the promotion of Roy Burger to International Sales Manager.

CONEXPO NEWS:

Link-Belt unveils industry-first, web-based lift planning tool
Unveiled at ConExpo 2008, Link-Belt Cranes announced an industry-first, web-based 3D Lift Plan tool. The online program gives Link-Belt crane owners accurate, timely 3D lift planning capability anywhere in the world, 24/7. The 3D Lift Plan tool is a simple, straightforward, and accurate lift planning application that is available through Link-Belt Preferred, Link-Belt’s customer support program.

Big time: Link-Belt’s new 548
Link-Belt showed the 550-ton (500-mt) 548 crawler crane at ConExpo in Las Vegas. Adding mammoth muscle to Link-Belt’s already potent lattice boom lineup, the 548 brings a new level of transportability and strength to this heavy lift class.

It has to be a Link-Belt: The new HTC-3140LB
Link-Belt introduced the brand-new HTC-3140LB 140-ton (Intn’l rating: 120-mt) hydraulic truck crane at ConExpo in Las Vegas. Designed as a simple, cost-effective heavy-lift crane, the HTC-3140LB brings unparalleled capacity and transportability to what will be the largest truck crane in North America.

Big: Link-Belt’s new RTC-80130 Series II
Link-Belt announced the all-new RTC-80130 Series II 130-ton (Intn’l rating: 120-mt) rough terrain crane at ConExpo in Las Vegas. The biggest RT Link-Belt has ever produced, this new crane combines the enormously successful attributes of the RTC-80100 Series II, 100-ton (90.7-mt) RT with Link-Belt’s latching boom technology to create one of the strongest, most easily transported RT’s in the industry.

Unbeatable: Link-Belt’s 138 HSL
At ConExpo in Las Vegas, Link-Belt displayed the 80-ton (72.6-mt) 138 HSL lattice boom crawler crane. This crane has set a new benchmark in the 80-ton (72.6-mt) crawler crane class. For over twenty years, customer satisfaction has made Link-Belt’s 138 series (the H, HII, and HYLAB 5) the market leader in North America. The 138’s moneymaking features have simply been unbeatable. With better capacities and even easier assembly and transportability, the HSL has extended the 138’s market dominance.

A born legend: Link-Belt’s 298 HSL
Link-Belt showed the 298 HSL, a 230-ton (208.6 mt) hydraulic lattice boom crawler crane at ConExpo in Las Vegas. Perfect for all types of work, the 298 HSL provides the replacement answer for all the aging 230-ton crawlers in fleets around the world. Because of this crane’s performance, easy assembly and disassembly, and easy transportability, that replacement decision is easy.

The bar has been raised: Link-Belt’s HTC-8675 Series II
At ConExpo in Las Vegas, Link-Belt displayed the HTC-8675 Series II 75-ton (Intn’l rating: 70-mt) telescopic truck crane that has reset the standard in the 70–75-ton (63.5–68-mt) class. The original HTC-8675, introduced in 1996, established new performance standards for North American truck cranes and captured the lion’s share of the market for over a decade. Now, this all-new crane has strengthened this legacy with even more standard features, longer reach, outstanding lift capacities, and improved over-the-road mobility.

Muscle: Link-Belt’s ATC-3250
Link-Belt showed the 250-ton (Int’l rating: 220-mt) ATC-3250 all terrain crane at ConExpo in Las Vegas. Piling on serious lift to an already potent product line, this crane combines all the job-proven attributes of the ATC-3200 with even more muscle.

Link-Belt Cranes appoints NRC Plant Ltd.
Brax Snyder, Worldwide Sales Manager of Link-Belt, announced the appointment of NRC Plant Ltd. for the sales and service of Link-Belt Cranes for the whole of the United Kingdom (England/Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland).

• Jeff Schmidt, District Service Representative
• Brian Smoot, Associate Product Technician
• Susan Miller, Tradeshow Coordinator
• Dan Stifle, Customer Service Representative

Unbeatable: Link-Belt’s new 138 HSL
Link-Belt sets a new benchmark in the 80-ton (72.6-mt) lattice boom crawler crane class with the introduction of the 138 HSL. For over twenty years, customer satisfaction has made Link-Belt’s 138 series (the H, HII, and HYLAB 5) the market leader in North America. The 138’s moneymaking features have simply been unbeatable…until now. With better capacities and even easier assembly and transportability, the HSL will extend the 138’s market dominance.

Link-Belt’s new HTC-8675 Series II raises the bar…again
Link-Belt reset the standard again in the 70–75-ton (63.5–70-mt) class with the introduction of the brand new 75-ton (70-mt) telescopic truck crane, the HTC-8675 Series II.

Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development announces Link-Belt's upcoming capital improvement project

• News release from Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
• Comments from Chuck Martz, President and CEO, Link-Belt

Martz named CEO
Chuck Martz has been named Chief Executive Officer of Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. in addition to his current responsibilities of President. The announcement was made in ceremonies in Tokyo, by Mr.Y.Hinou, Chairman of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Link-Belt’s parent company.

Link-Belt selects Cat power for worldwide needs
Link-Belt announced that to meet future worldwide engine emission regulations, it has chosen Caterpillar power for four telescopic truck crane models.

Dickinson & Sons’ 218 HSL proves to be perfect fit
The South and Spring Street Parking Garage, now under construction in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a difficult construction project for a number of reasons. Not the least of these is the limitation of space. The consensus is that if a contractor had to design a crane specifically for a job like this, they probably couldn’t do a better job than Link-Belt has already done. The 218HSL, in the luffer configuration, is a compact, maneuverable machine with a small footprint, stability, reach and lift.

Chuck Martz named CONEXPO 2008 Chairman
Chuck Martz, President of Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., has been
named Chairman of the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 exposition, which will be held March 11-15, 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.