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What Is It Like to Work at American Crane as a Woman in Engineering or Manufacturing?
TL;DR: American Crane & Equipment Corporation’s women-owned leadership is reflected less in branding and more in the workplace culture employees experience every day and one centered on collaboration, visibility, accountability, and long-term career growth across...
Idle Overhead Crane Inspection: What OSHA Requires Before Restart
An overhead crane inspection is still required by OSHA even when equipment has been sitting idle for weeks or months. No load. No movement. No operator. No immediate problem. That assumption is exactly what creates compliance issues when equipment is brought back...
Why Skilled Engineers Are Choosing American Crane: Real Work, Visible Impact, Zero Cookie-Cutter Projects
TL;DR At American Crane, engineers and tradespeople work on custom-engineered lifting systems for nuclear facilities, semiconductor plants, aerospace programs, and defense operations. Projects are rarely the same twice. Teams stay involved from initial design through...
The Overhead Crane Inspection Checklist Your OSHA Auditor Actually Uses — and the 5 Critical Documentation Gaps That Catch Most Facilities Off Guard
If your facility uses overhead cranes, having a reliable overhead crane inspection checklist isn't optional. There’s a good chance your equipment is being inspected more often than your paperwork is. That’s a problem. When OSHA reviews crane safety programs,...
How Data-Driven Lifting Is Reshaping Plant Performance
Walk into almost any manufacturing facility today and you’ll see automation everywhere—robotics, connected systems, real-time dashboards. But one area evolving just as quickly, often behind the scenes, is material handling. Cranes are no longer just moving loads from...
What Artemis II Meant for U.S. Manufacturing (And the Supply Chain Behind It)
When Artemis II launched, most eyes were on the astronauts and the mission itself. But what made a program like this possible runs far deeper—through factories, engineering teams, and supply chains that stretched across nearly the entire United States. This mission...
Investing in Custom Lifting Equipment for Long-Term Growth
Growth is exciting but it also has a way of exposing the limits of your current systems. A production floor that once felt efficient can start to feel crowded. Loads that used to move smoothly begin to slow things down. Teams develop small workarounds to keep things...
Upgrading your ANSI B30.2 1976 Overhead and Gantry Cranes
If your facility is operating overhead or gantry cranes built to ANSI B30.2-1976 standards, now is the time to evaluate an upgrade. Aging crane systems can impact safety, reliability, and compliance, especially as operational demands increase or regulatory...
5 Manufacturing Trends Shaping 2026 That Plant Managers Can’t Ignore
Manufacturing in 2026 is being shaped less by breakthrough moments and more by steady pressure—on labor, on output, and on systems that were never designed to carry this much load. For plant managers, the challenge isn’t identifying change. It’s deciding where to...