> SPOTLIGHT: NACM MEMBER COMPANIES, CONTINUED
Columbus McKinnon Corporation - Amherst, New York In 1933, NACM’s inaugural year, Columbus McKinnon made a signifi cant breakthrough in the history of chain manufacturing: Frank Stahl, Superintendent at the CM Chain facility in Tonawanda, New York, developed an alloy steel chain to support the demand for a stronger, more durable chain to withstand the increasing rigors of modern applications. This new Herc-Alloy 800 and 1000 chain replaced the standard wrought iron chain, and become the alloy chain benchmark for the industry.
Since 1875, CM has strived to produce the highest- quality chain and rigging products through innovation and application expertise. The company has become a complete material handling equipment manufacturer, complementing its chain and rigging product portfolio with manual and powered hoists and crane components. Most recently, CM developed a world-class training organization that helps users operate and utilize material handling products safely and effi ciently. Columbus McKinnon products are used in thousands of applications for hundreds of industries, from a long wall mining operation in South Africa to securing a lighting grid for a Broadway musical.
Laclede Chain Manufacturing Co. LLC - Fenton, Missouri Laclede started making chain links in 1854 for the pioneer wagons headed west on the Oregon Trail. The company derives its name from Laclede Steel, which purchased the company in the 1980s. Today, Laclede is an independently owned, non-union domestic manufacturer selling all grades of chain, including weldless items and welded chains Grade 30 through Grade 100. It’s headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with sales offi ces in both St. Louis and Vancouver, Washington.
Laclede manufactures chains for both the hardware and industrial markets with specialty as a tire chain manufacturer and distributor of both international and domestic chains. As a key supplier of transport chain for the trucking industry, the company makes and imports chain up to 1-1/2” size with factories at three locations and shipments from six locations throughout the U.S. Many complementary products for chains, including fi ttings, loadbinders, and other cargo control products, are also provided for use in forestry, agriculture, industrial, and construction applications. Laclede’s newest factory opened in 2012, in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Peerless Industrial Group - Winona, Minnesota Peerless Chain, established as a manufacturer of tire chains in 1917, expanded into hardware and industrial chain manufacturing as well as wire forms by the 1960s. Primarily known as a chain supplier to the local hardware and retail chain stores, the face of Peerless began to change with a number of acquisitions between 2004 and 2010. The addition of Weissenfels USA in 2004 and American Chain Company (ACCO) in 2006 signifi cantly broadened the Peerless Overhead Lifting and Marine product off erings. The Overhead Lifting product off ering grew further, with the 2010 acquisition of Letellier Material Handling Equipment (LMHE), a manufacturer of custom lifting devices.
Most recently, in September 2011, Peerless Industrial Group acquired Security Chain Company (SCC) to bring cutting-edge traction and cargo control products to its ever-increasing product off ering. SCC is known for research and development of patented products, such as Super Z, QuikBinder, CargoGuard, and many others.
Suncor Stainless Inc. – Plymouth, Massachusetts Suncor is the foremost American manufacturer of stainless steel chain. Since 1985, Suncor’s ever-expanding line has become one of the world’s most complete selections of stainless steel. Its extensive product line is off ered to the marine, industrial, architectural, commercial, government, and OEM markets.
Suncor Stainless features a line of stainless steel rigging products , including wire rope clips, thimbles, swivels, quick links, rings, pins, blocks, sheaves, and links. Quick Attach fi ttings are made from type 316 stainless steel and provide a compression fi tting for quick and easy installation with simple hand tools. Suncor Stainless also off ers custom stainless steel chain slings.
Turner & Seymour – Torrington, Connecticut Turner & Seymour is one of the oldest manufacturers of chain and chain products in the U.S., providing an unparalleled selection and breadth of line in welded and weldless chain. Current Turner & Seymour facilities represent 342,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehousing area containing in excess of 130 proprietary and technologically advanced chainmaking machines. All of its high-quality chain products are manufactured to strict U.S. Government and National Association of Chain Manufacturers Specifi cations.
Although Turner & Seymour primarily manufactures chain and chain accessories, the company also makes decorative upholstery nails, furniture glides, thumbtacks, escutcheon pins, and commercial can openers. y
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