AREA FOCUS We feature a selection of companies operating out of Texas.
f A 45-ton x 94ft span crane pictured before making its way to Decatur, Alabama. This crane features a 45-ton main hoist with a motorised rotating hook block and a 10-ton auxiliary hoist on a common trolley.
r Ace’s Advantage division supplies wire rope hoists and end trucks.
trucks to a range of industries since 1987. Last year marked 35 years since the company was established by Ace Ghanemi, who initially operated the business out of his garage. Today, Ace World Companies has three locations: Fort Worth, Texas, is HQ and the manufacturing facility for the aforementioned crane components (wire rope hoists and end trucks) and overhead cranes, as well as well as parts. (A relatively new crane girder building facility is located in Clinton, Tennessee, while Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is home to the Tronics division, which handles electrical engineering/automation and builds controls and control panels.) The company’s Advantage division supplies
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wire rope hoists and end trucks, such as the monorail wire rope hoist for a monobox crane. The 5t wire rope hoist adjusts to a beam flange width of 5.9–11.8in and a beam size of 22.18in. The 10t adjusts to a beam flange width of 7.87–15.7in and a beam size of 22.18in. When asked earlier this year what one piece of advice he would give a customer, Kevin Beavers, executive vice president at Ace World Companies, said: “Know your needs and be
perating out of Fort Worth, Ace World Companies has been supplying overhead cranes, electric wire rope hoists, and end
educated on the product. Know the importance of finding the right crane or hoist for your application. This piece of equipment can have a significant impact on your production.” And when asked for his thoughts on the most important considerations for a customer when choosing a supplier, he replied: “Choose a supplier with quality products that it stands behind – that offers service and support.”
In other news, the company was seen exhibiting at the 2023 AIST (Association for Iron and Steel Technology) Steel show, and it recently congratulated and thanked employee Fernando Cavazos, who works as a gearbox assembler, on his 25th work anniversary at the business.
Royse City OMi Crane Systems’ headquarters are in Royse City, but it also has offices in Dallas and Houston, as well as in Birmingham, AL and a manufacturing plant, again in Dallas. The company describes itself as a “true crane manufacturer, not just an assembler of others’ components”. The services it provides includes breakdowns and repairs, with technicians available 24 hours a day, preventative maintenance and inspections, modernisations, feasibility studies – OMi can evaluate equipment and determine if
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