American Crane & Equipment Corp.
Douglassville, PA 19518
American Crane's World Class Service Department
At American Crane & Equipment Corporation, our service department is second to none. We feature seasoned field and in-house technicians that include certified crane inspectors, certified welders, expert riggers, and proven fitters. Put them all together and the American Crane service team can do everything from emergency calls to preventative maintenance and inspections, repairs, rebuilds and...
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Hoisting Machinery meets Class D and E requirements.
Designed per CMAA Specification No.70 Revised 2004, Low Headroom Built Up Hoist is available in capacities up to 300 tons and is targeted for high speed and heavy duty service. Features include Magnetek Electromotive AFD controls, hardened steel wheels, and helical travel drive gearing, along with forged steel hook, hardened steel sheaves, and double grooved drum for true vertical lift. Optional...
Read More »American Crane & Equipment Corporation's CEO, Karen Norheim, Emcees The 2023 What's So Cool About Manufacturing Awards Day
The evening of events, led by Karen Norheim, is the culmination of five months of hard work, where Berks and Schuylkill County middle school students visited PA manufacturing locations to create videos answering the question: What's So Cool About Manufacturing? Douglassville, PA. (PRweb) March 13, 2023 -- The event will take place on Tuesday, March 21st, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Reading,...
Read More »CEO of American Crane, Karen Norheim, Revitalizes Exquisite Modern-Day Fairy Tale Written by Her Uncle
Honoring a cherished life with a wholesome tale of self-discovery, full of lessons for all ages. Douglassville, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) September 07, 2022 -- When a young boy named Woodsprout comes of age, his father gifts him a treasure: an intricately handcrafted book bound in fine red leather with the instruction that he fill up the pages with his life’s story. The ensuing journey has...
Read More »American Crane & Equipment Corporation Certified By The Womenâ™s Business Enterprise National Council
Douglassville, PA. (PRweb) May 26, 2022 American Crane & Equipment Corporation, a business specializing in overhead cranes and custom material handling equipment, is proud to announce our national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Center - East, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). “We...
Read More »American Craneâ™s Karen Norheim is Partnering with Youtopian on the Launch of Their NYOUGENE to Help Create Compelling Education Experiences When and Where Employees Need Them
American Crane and Equipment Corporation’s Karen Norheim, President and Chief Operating Officer, has partnered with Youtopian on the launch of their NYOUGENE platform, a new education initiative for upskilling workers. Youtopian, a leading innovation company, is excited to announce the launch of a new education initiative to complement their existing portfolio of artificial intelligence...
Read More »American Crane & Equipment Corporation names Karen P. Norheim President and COO
Oddvar Norheim named Chairman and CEO Douglassville, PA - September 17, 2019 -- American Crane & Equipment Corporation, a leading manufacturer of custom designed electric overhead cranes and other material handling equipment, announced that on September 17th, Karen Norheim was named President and COO. Long-time President and CEO, Oddvar Norheim, will continue to serve as Chairman and CEO. Karen...
Read More »American Crane & Equipment Corporation Launches GRIT Matters⢠Campaign
GRIT Matters™ at American Crane & Equipment Corporation DOUGLASSVILLE, PA. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 14, 2018 - At American Crane, their Mission is to be Gritty! In January of 2018, American Crane & Equipment Corporation began a series of launches of a new campaign within the company called GRIT Matters™ to help reboot their company culture. What does that mean? Well, the definition of grit is as...
Read More »ImmERge Labsâ™ New CPR Virtual Teachable Moment at American Crane & Equipment Corporation
AUGUST 09, 2017 - American Crane recently had the opportunity to open their facility to the ImmERge Labs, an Upstart company spun out of the University of Pennsylvania, to introduce their employees to some of the newest and most innovative technology being applied in the medical field today. After recently completing their official CPR certification training, American Crane’s employees had the...
Read More »Philadelphia region engineering majors support high school robotics team
A women’s high school robotics team demonstrated their creation to students enrolled in the Philadelphia regional undergraduate general engineering degree at Penn State Great Valley last week. The teens explained their development process and intense preparations for a statewide competition next weekend. The team from the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova previously had visited the...
Read More »What Is So Cool About Manufacturing?
Recently, a group of middle school students visited American Crane & Equipment Corporation as part of a student video contest called What's So Cool About Manufacturing?” The contest is part of a program (created by The Manufacturers Resource Center) called Dream It Do It PA . This program was created to introduce students to exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
Read More »American Crane & Equipment Corporation Celebrated Manufacturing Day with Tours for Middle and High Schoolers
American Crane Equipment Corporation Celebrated Manufacturing Day with Tours for Middle and High Schoolers American Crane celebrated Manufacturing Day (October 7, 2016) this year by inviting two local school districts to tour their plant and learn about careers in manufacturing. The two groups of middle and high school students also built a Rokenbok gantry crane that was fully operational....
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