The bay will be used to increase manufacturing and production capacity for large rough terrain, large truck and telescopic crawler cranes. This will be supplemented by the upgrade and redesign of existing production areas to house more machining and welding equipment.
“We have carefully discussed the pros and cons of expanding in these economic times and have decided this expansion is necessary and critical to our long-term future success,” said Jim Forshee, vice president, manufacturing.
Chuck Martz, chairman, CEO and president added: “This expansion is the fruit of our unprecedented growth and success over the last four years.
“We’re leveraging that success, even in the face of difficult economic times, to better serve our customers.”
