16.02.2010

Bove joins Amquip

US based AmQuip Crane Rental has appointed Al Bove as chief operating officer, responsible for managing the field operations companywide, customer relationships as well as maximising utilisation for the entire fleet.
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Al Bove

Bove was most recently the Vice President and Director of Crane Operations for the General Crane group of Pompano Beach, Florida that went into Chapter 11 restructuring in December.
See General Crane enters Chapter 11
He has over 40 years of crane and construction industry experience, beginning his career as an operating engineer and then joining Anthony Crane Rental where he remained for a more than 28 years following the company from a small regional player to one of the largest crane rental companies in the world under the Maxim banner.

AmQuip chief executive Frank Bardonaro said: “The addition of Al to the AmQuip team adds experience and expertise that is unmatched in the industry. We are capitalising on the current economic conditions to prepare AmQuip and our management team to be ahead of the curve as the country continues to improve and prepare for prosperity in the future.”

Bove was president of Maxim Crane when it went into Chapter 11 in 2004 and left half way through the process to ream up with AmQuip’s Joe Wesley to make a counterbid for Maxim which did not succeed.