Walter Payton Power Equipment (WPPE) has completed construction of a new state-of-the-art crane repair facility in Lebanon, Ind., just south of its previous Lebanon location. The new location is on four acres of land, making it the largest dedicated crane repair facility in Indiana and Kentucky. It is visible from Interstate I-65 and boasts significant improvements that will help better serve Manitowoc, Grove and National Crane customers.
“This new facility is a great expansion for WPPE and will enable us to further improve upon our best-in-class service and support for the Manitowoc, Grove and National Crane ranges,” said Brian Lynch, general manager at WPPE. “We have increased parts inventory and storage areas that will include on-hand inventory for these cranes, and we will be conducting the necessary training to support them at our new in-house training center, whether it be service, repairs, refurbishments or any other requests.”
WPPE’s new facility features an 18,000-square-foot shop area that has a brand new, cutting-edge paint booth that spans 70 feet in length, 25 feet in width and 23 feet in height. It is designed to handle up to an eight-axle all-terrain crane. There are two 120 feet x 30 feet drive-through bays, each spanned by two, 20 US-ton-capacity overhead cranes. The new facility is capable of handling equipment that ranges from small carry deck cranes to larger crawler cranes, and its location makes it easier for customers to pick up and deliver equipment to the company.
“We congratulate our partner WPPE on its new facility and applaud the company’s dedication to providing the ultimate service and support experience for Manitowoc, Grove and National Crane,” said David Hull, vice president Americas sales at Manitowoc. “This new location will be a great benefit for customers in the Indiana and Kentucky regions, and they can rest assured that WPPE has the expertise to support all of their crane needs.”
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.