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in the Centre’s custom-made testing and analysis equipment, which is designed to evaluate advanced rope constructions for their suitability in even the most challenging conditions. The facility has the capacity to test samples
from ropes that will weigh hundreds of tonnes, assessing their strength under extreme loads, their endurance against bend fatigue, their rotational characteristics, and their response to repeated layering on smaller, more economical spools. It is also invested with the latest 3D Microscope technology to examine ropes in minute detail, allowing for some of the most rigorous examinations ever conducted. BTC also affords Bridon the opportunity
to work with customers on selected technical projects. Over the coming months, the company is expected to enter talks with major operators looking to optimise a rope for their equipment or application. The launch of the Bridon Technology Centre
follows the opening three months ago of Bridon Neptune Quay – a state of the art manufacturing facility capable of producing the largest and most complex ropes in the world. ❙
TNT Acquires Southway Crane & Rigging Companies
THE LOSS OF ED BLUVIAS > Edward Bluvias, 70, died Monday,
February 11th, at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J. Mr. Bluvias was born in Newark, N.J., and he lived in Winfield Park, N.J., from 1968 to 1984, when he moved to Colonia. Edward was a self-employed publisher for Wire Rope News & Sling Technology in Colonia, starting in 1979. Earlier, he worked as a foreman for Metro Wire Rope in Union, N.J. He was a member of the NRA. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Patricia (Carter) Bluvias; his children, Edward J. Bluvias Jr. and his wife, Rosemary, of South Plainfield, N.J.; Lorraine Bluvias, of Woodbridge, N.J., and Sandra Ashton and her husband, William Pena, of Winfield Park, N.J.; a brother, James Bluvias of Point Pleasant, N.J.; a sister, Patricia Balewitz of Edison, N.J., and two twin grandsons, Joshua and Jacob Ashton. The family requests donations in his loving memory be sent to th American Stroke Association , 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, Texas 75231
www.strokeassociation.org ❙.
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> TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. (TNT) announced early January that it has merged with the Southway Crane & Rigging Companies headquartered in Macon, Georgia. Southway is a full-service mobile crane provider with eight branches serving the Southeast US including Georgia, South Carolina, Northern Florida and Tennessee. With the addition of Southway, TNT has expanded its geographic operations from primarily Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma to an enterprise that now spans from West Texas to the Atlantic seaboard. TNT now owns approximately 380 cranes and provides full service capabilities utilizing its portfolio of truck mounted, all-terrain, rough terrain, crawlers, mobile gantries and rigging solutions with lifting capacities ranging from three tons up to 1,330 tons. TNT has further diversified its’ client base with the acquisition of Southway and their strong presence in the Power, Pulp & Paper, Telecom and Mining businesses. TNT participates in these and other industry verticals including Refining, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Wind (maintenance) and General Commercial Construction among others. Michael Appling Jr., President and CEO of
TNT stated, “We are extremely excited to bring together two of the best crane companies in the business. This combination puts us in a stronger and more competitive position from numerous perspectives. We will achieve greater industry and geographic diversification, which greatly mitigates our overall business and concentration risk. Our combined fleets and capabilities, strong customer relationships and deep operational experience provide an excellent runway for strategic growth through maximizing utilization, penetrating new contiguous markets and taking advantage of pull through customer relationships in new geographies. Both TNT and Southway work hard to be industry leaders in safety and operational excellence and this combination can only strengthen our reputation and market position. We welcome the Southway employees into the TNT family and we enthusiastically look forward to building and growing a great company together.” Kregg Lunsford, who recently joined TNT
as Chief Development Officer added, “Southway has an impressive management team and their approach to growing the business is perfectly aligned with our strategy. We are thrilled to join forces with Jerry Reynolds, Greg Fussell, James Simons, Guy Lopez and the entire Southway team. In this business we own and operate a
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