NEWS | DECEMBER 2022
BISHOP LIFTING PRODUCTS ACQUIRES TWO MORE RIGGING FIRMS
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ishop Lifting Products, a portfolio company of private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners, has announced
the completed acquisitions of two rigging businesses in the US as part of its ongoing strategy to become the country’s leading provider of lifting products and services. The most recent deal saw the company acquire Westech Rigging Supply, a family-owned and operated business founded in 1956 with locations in Eugene and Salem, Oregon, but with an online presence that serves customers across the country.
Westech owner Nick Anderson
will assume the role of director of e-commerce for Bishop Lifting Products. Westech marks Bishop’s tenth
acquisition since 2012. Including Westech, Bishop Lifting Products now has 30 branches across the US, offering a full line of lifting products and services. Bishop’s second recent acquisition, and ninth overall since 2012, was of Silver State Wire Rope and Rigging, which is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Silver State was founded in 1991 with an initial focus on the mining, industrial and construction sectors. Since then, the company has expanded to also become a supplier of rigging and safety-critical equipment for the entertainment industry. Speaking after the Westech purchase,
Harold King, president of Bishop Lifting Products, said: “We’re excited to continue our growth through acquisition as we reach the milestone of 30 locations to serve our customers. “Westech expands on our service of the logging, utility and related
industries in the north-west. We look forward to working with Nick [Anderson] and the Westech team as we continue to build out our national footprint to serve customers locally with our deep industry knowledge while providing our high-quality products to customers throughout the country via our online platforms.” “We are excited to join Bishop to continue the work that my family has been doing for more than 65 years,” said Anderson. “Bishop provides the reach to best serve our nationwide online customer base while also expanding our product and service offerings locally.” Pete Rogers, general manager at Silver
State, added: “Silver State is a business that has focused on the development, and at times, customisation of our offerings as we serve the current and developing needs of our markets. “I am very excited about working with the Bishop team as their national reach and breadth of products and services will further strengthen our ability to serve our markets and customers.” ●
MOTHERWELL BRIDGE INDUSTRIES WINS GLOBAL ASSEMBLY CONTRACTS
M otherwell Bridge
Industries, a Malta-based engineering company, has won contracts for
crane assembly and specialist team deployment at container terminals in Scotland, Germany, Belgium, South Korea and the US. The contracts, for Finnish lifting specialist Konecranes, have been awarded for the assembly and commissioning of one rubber-tyred gantry crane in Blackford in Scotland and five in Chicago in America. Motherwell Bridge Industries will also provide specialist technicians to assemble straddle carrier cranes in Bremerhaven in Germany, Zeebrugge in Belgium, and in Busan and Hyundai in South Korea. The projects are expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Motherwell Bridge Industries has been a preferred sub-contractor for Konecranes since 2005. “Motherwell Bridge Industries has
worked hard to build a track record for excellence over the years and we have consistently succeeded in completing projects on time and on budget wherever we have operated around the world,” said Motherwell Bridge Industries managing Director Tony Mallia. “These latest contracts awarded by Konecranes are testament to our teams’ work ethic and professionalism.”
The firm has assembled more than
350 cranes at ports across all continents. Additionally, it has built a long-standing relationship with the national port terminal, Malta Freeport Terminals, where a dedicated team is responsible for the maintenance and servicing of all container handling equipment.
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The company’s Casablanca-based subsidiary Techniplus carries out similar maintenance and servicing responsibilities at Morocco’s main ports at Casablanca, Tangiers, Agadir and Jorf Lasfar. In 2020, the two companies jointly assembled and commissioned 22 rubber-tyred gantry cranes at Tangiers and are currently collaborating on other projects internationally. ●
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