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“ In 1998, we moved into our 208 Wilmont Drive, Waukesha, facility, an 80,000 square foot site that we have expanded twice since then. Having reached the limits of what we can do on that site, I purchased two properties to the west of us back in 2015, knowing that at some point we would want to build a new facility. Last summer, we decided the time had come. We are demolishing one of those buildings and constructing a completely new facility spanning 32,000 square feet. It is 120 feet wide, 270 feet long and 71 feet tall, which are particularly important dimensions as we move further into hot metal cranes and gantry cranes, as these products demand significantly more vertical and floor space to build. The new facility will house two 100- ton overhead cranes, giving us a total lifting capacity of 400,000 pounds, which is the capacity we need to manufacture heavyduty hot metal cranes at the scale we are targeting. We started this process in July 2025 and expect the facility to be totally operational by October,” he continues.
Although the new facility addresses Superior Crane’ s capacity issues, there is another important, industry-wide challenge that no building can solve: finding the skilled people to produce and deliver its offerings. Committed to attracting more people into the industry, the company has established Superior Crane Corp University( SCCU), which supports the training of employees.“ In the US, few people are still getting into the skilled trades, and we have struggled to find qualified people for years as a result. Six years ago, we came up with a solution: to start training young people ourselves and bring them back into the trades. Our philosophy was to bring in dual-enrolled students from local high schools through
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