27.04.2011

New president for Mains Crane

Alberta, Canada based Mains Crane & Rigging has appointed Alan Swagerman as its president.

The appointment was announced earlier this week by chairman Carolyn Mains, who confirmed that Swagerman, who has recently joined the company, will be responsible for all of the companies in the group as well as Crane & Rigging, including Main Crane USA, Mains Transportation Services, Nisku Engineering and Independent Crane & Equipment.

Swagerman was vice president of Sterling Crane for eight years until September 2010 and before that was general manager at Irving Equipment. He has also served as a director of the Crane Rental Association of Canada and Crane Rental Association of Ontario, having been in the crane rental industry for more than 25 years in both eastern and western Canada.
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Alan Swagerman

Mains said: “Alan’s commitment to safety and professionalism in the crane rental industry make him the ideal addition to the Mains Crane family”.

Mains Crane & Rigging was founded in 1994 by Craig Mains who died tragically last year in a motorcycle accident in California, aged 59. The company provides crane rental and lifting services to various industrial and commercial sectors including mining, oil sands, petro-chemical, pulp and paper, infrastructure, hydroelectric, and wind power.

The company, headquartered in Nisku, Alberta, runs around 80 cranes, with the largest being a 500 tonne Manitowoc crawler crane with Maxer attachment with Grove being the predominant brand. In recent years, operations have expanded into the United States as Mains Crane USA, based in Phoenix Arizona, with a branch in Fargo, North Dakota.
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Mains Manitowoc 2250 with Maxer attachement removing a tower crane from the Epcor Centre in Edmonton