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Manitowoc unveils new office in Peru with grand-opening event
Manitowoc’s partners in Peru recently celebrated the Company’s newly established office in the country.
Celebrating success: National Crane marks its 75th anniversary
• The company was founded in 1947 as Burg Manufacturing in Nebraska and merged into National Crane Corp. in 1963. It became part of the Manitowoc crane brand portfolio in 2002.
• For decades the National Crane brand has been synonymous with boom trucks, and it remains the market leader to this day.
• The company is celebrating the milestone throughout 2022, highlighting its most popular models, memorable projects, and the people past and present who have driven the company’s success.
Upwardly mobile: becoming a crane operator has never been such a rewarding career option
• Latest U.S. figures on crane operator salaries show a national annual wage of $64,000, while the top 10% can earn over $117,000/year. The most lucrative states to work in are evenly distributed across the country and employment opportunities are increasing rapidly.
• 79 percent of the students enrolled in operating courses at Heavy Equipment Colleges of America are of the millennial generation or younger, bringing a host of transferrable skills with them as they build a new career in crane operation.