24.06.2009

Link Belt expands crane plant

Link-Belt is building a new assembly bay at its facility in Lexington, Kentucky in order, it says, to secure its “long-term future success”.

The new bay will be used to increase manufacturing and production capacity for large rough terrain, truck and telescopic crawler cranes and will also include the upgrade and redesign of existing production areas to house more machining and welding equipment.

Jim Forshee, vice president of manufacturing at Link Belt said: "We have carefully discussed the pros and cons of expanding in these economic times and have decided this expansion is necessary and critical to our long-term future success."

Chief executive Chuck Martz, added: "This expansion is the fruit of our unprecedented growth and success over the last four years. We're leveraging that success, even in the face of difficult economic times, to better serve our customers."