The Bay Crane Companies Inc. announced that Cranes Inc. has joined the Bay Crane family of companies, which includes Bay Crane, Capital City Group and Gatwood Crane. With this acquisition, Bay Crane has solidified its position as the leading crane company in the New York City area providing customers the broadest and most comprehensive offering of turn-key solutions, the company said.
“We are excited by this unique opportunity to combine two premier businesses in the crane services industry in New York City and the surrounding region. Both Bay Crane and Cranes have built exceptional reputations and customer relationships through their commitment to providing the best quality equipment and the highest levels of customer service,” said Kenneth Bernardo, CEO of Bay Crane. “The combination of Cranes with Bay Crane will be beneficial to both of our teams and, most importantly, to the customers we serve by providing an enhanced level of service, expertise, and equipment. The companies share a similar philosophy of providing customers the most complete and up-to-date fleet available, investing heavily in the latest and best technology to support our customers’ lifting needs.”
“Our companies have always had an outstanding relationship and know each other well, with ties that go back more than 80 years,” said Rob Weiss, CEO of Cranes Inc. “The teams on both sides throughout each organization are made up of the most experienced lifting solutions experts in the industry and the ability to work together going forward is exciting for everyone involved.”
Cranes Inc. is a third-generation family business with New York City roots stretching back more than 80 years. Under the stewardship of Paul Weiss, Paul's son, Larry, and grandson, Robert, the company has expanded to become one of the major crane rental companies in the New York metropolitan area. The history of Cranes Inc. dates back to 1925 when it was started as an offshoot of a steel erection company which ultimately became A.J. McNulty & Co., one of the region’s leading erectors of structural steel and pre-cast concrete. Cranes was a pioneer of the Liebherr brand, starting its relationship in 1996, and has showcased the first LR 1400’s, LR 1350’s and LTC 1055-3.1’s in the United States.
Bay Crane is one of the largest crane service companies in North America and operates from 16 full-service locations. Bay Crane was started in 1939 and has grown to become a leader in crane rental and specialized transportation solutions in the United States. The Bay Crane Companies operate out of branch locations in: New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts under Bay Crane; Michigan, West Virginia and Ohio under Capital City; and in Illinois under Gatwood Crane and Chellino Crane.
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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.