Who makes Link-Belt equipment?
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Link-Belt Cranes is an American industrial company that develops and manufactures heavy construction equipment, specializing in telescopic and lattice boom cranes. Link-Belt is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate, Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
Where is Link-Belt made?
Lexington, Kentucky
Link-Belt’s core production base and center for worldwide operations is its 770,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Lexington, Kentucky. With major expansion plans over the last ten years along with continuous improvement philosophies, this facilitiy has emerged as the most modern crane facility in North America.
Is Link-Belt made by case?
A GLOBAL JOINT VENTURE FORMS and Case Corp. to market and sell Link-Belt Excavators. Today’s Link-Belt Cranes is a dynamic, highly-focused organization with headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
What is the biggest Link-Belt crane?
Link-Belt 548
The Link-Belt 548 is a behemoth of a crawler crane with a max lift capacity of 500 metric tons (550 U.S. ton).
Is case an American company?
In the late 19th century, Case was one of America’s largest builders of steam engines, producing self-propelled portable engines, traction engines and steam tractors….Case Corporation.
| Industry | Agricultural machinery, Heavy equipment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1842 (as J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company) Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Defunct | November 1999 |
Does Sumitomo own Komatsu?
Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kuniharu Nakamura) in corporation with Komatsu Ltd. In corporation with Komatsu , Sumitomo Corporation will continue to work on the sales of Komatsu mining equipment by utilizing export credit line for Mongolian government as appropriate.
What is a Link-Belt speeder?
Link-Belt Speeder Company manufactured road building equipment that included cranes power shovels, excavators, draglines, hoes and pile drivers. These products were also used in a variety of other industries as heavy material-handling equipment.
Who owns JCB equipment?
the Bamford family
The company Bamford founded—JCB—is now celebrating its 75th anniversary, a year in which it also produced its 750,000th backhoe. Worldwide it now employs 12,000, has 22 plants in five countries and 750 dealers with 2,000 locations. It is still owned by the Bamford family.