Maxim Crane Works Acquires U.S. Branches and Assets of Canada’s NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul
Maxim Crane Works L.P., the largest crane rental company in North America, has continued to expand by acquiring the U.S. assets and locations of Canadian-based crane and heavy haul company NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul. NCSG is headquartered in Acheson, Alberta, Canada, near Edmonton, and has nine branches in western Canada. Maxim is acquiring NCSG’s U.S. branches in Billings, Sidney and Great Falls, Mont.
“We are pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the assets associated with NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul in the USA as we continue to expand our Western Region,” said Bryan Carlisle, CEO of Maxim Crane. “We are excited to add the fleet, footprint and team associated with this acquisition to our Maxim family. The addition of these outstanding team members and equipment will enable us to enhance our service to the wind and renewable energy segment throughout the region. It will ensure that we are able to provide safe, reliable and available services anywhere in the USA.”
Maxim Crane recently added a new branch in Denver, as well as Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.
“These additional sites and fully operational service centers will allow Maxim to increase its presence within the region, which includes the most recent opening of our Denver, Colo., branch,” added Frank Bardonaro, Maxim’s chief operating officer.
Based in Newport, Ky., Maxim has a fleet of more than 2,600 cranes in 61 branches. Maxim’s full suite of lift solutions include operated and maintained cranes, bare rental cranes, heavy haul/rigging services, and value-added advisory services. Maxim offers a full portfolio of cranes used in a variety of end markets. The company is No. 5 on the RER 100.
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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.