Manitex adds Nebraska firm to its dealer network

BRIDGEVIEW - Manitex International has appointed Nebraska-based Crane Sales & Service as a Manitex-PM knuckleboom dealer for Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota & Iowa.

With offices in Omaha, Lincoln, South Sioux City, Nebraska; Sioux Falls, S. Dakota; Kansas City, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa, Crane Sales & Service is one of the Midwest's leading providers of products and services to the crane equipment and construction industries.

Manitex Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Steve Kiefer said the appointment will increase the breadth of Midwest distribution for the Manitex-PM knuckleboom cranes.

"Crane Sales & Service handles a broad range of products and understands the model for success in the knuckleboom truck market," Keifer said. "I am confident that their knowledgeable sales and service personnel will be of great benefit to our mutual customers."

Hugh Murphy, general manager for Crane Sales & Service, added the company surveyed all leading knuckleboom truck brands before deciding to partner with Manitex.

"Our ability to offer the full line of Manitex-PM articulating and drywall cranes is of great benefit to us and I am looking forward to the successful sales of these high-quality cranes to our customers," Murphy said.

Manitex International is a global manufacturer of specialized equipment including boom trucks, cranes, and other related industrial equipment.