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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Manitex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTX) announced today that it received an order for twenty 17-ton boom truck cranes worth approximately $2 million. Deliveries will be made this year, beginning in April, to Allied Crane & Machinery. The order is the first under a recently initiated strategic marketing alliance with the Mesa, Ariz.-based company that is intended to significantly increase the penetration of Manitex boom truck cranes...
MANITOWOC, Wis., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE: MTW) reported sales of $1.22 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, a 16 percent increase from $1.05 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007. Results for the quarter were a net loss of $36.5 million, or a loss of $0.28 per share, versus earnings of $99.2 million, or $0.76 per share in the fourth quarter of the prior year. The earnings decline was due to the acquisition of Enodis plc, partially offset by...
State-of-the-Art RAM Separating Twin Twenty VeriSpreader will revolutionize transshipped and 'ship to rail' radiation scanning of maritime containers SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- NSL Engineering Pte. Ltd., one of the world's leading spreader bar manufacturers, and VeriTainer Corporation, the world leader in crane mounted maritime security solutions, are on schedule to complete manufacturing of the first RAM VeriSpreader by Q2 2009. The RAM VeriSpreader will enjoy...
NEW CASTLE, Del., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkion Life Sciences has received US EPA approval to market Avipel(R) Corn Seed Treatment in Minnesota for the 2009 planting season. The Section 18 application filed by the State of Minnesota is effective December 5, 2008, through July 30, 2009. Arkion's proprietary bird repellent Avipel(R), formerly known as Avitec, protects both field and sweet corn seed against foraging cranes. According to Ken Ballinger, Arkion Life Sciences has been a pioneer...
Fourteen young whooping cranes began their first migration Friday from Wisconsin to Florida, although two made the first stage of the trip by truck. The birds are being escorted by Operation Migration, which uses ultra-light planes to guide them. The group said that eight birds took off from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge at 8 a.m., watched by a crowd of enthusiasts. Most of the rest eventually made the 4-mile first stage with some encouragement. By the time they get to Florida, the...
There's been another rare whooping crane sighting in North Dakota. State Game and Fish Department biologist Mike Szymanski says two of the birds were spotted recently in Benson County, feeding in a field with sandhill cranes. A whooping crane also has been sighted in Emmons County this fall. Szymanski says whoopers are in the midst of their fall migration, and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota during the next several weeks. The birds stand about 5 feet...
By Liza Foreman Finding a commercial or cultural use for quirky properties abandoned after reunification has long been a feature of the German capital. Think of the East German post office, in use as a museum, or the Wertheim department store, which became the techno club Tresor. Now, two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, adventurous residents have been following suit, creating unusual residences from some of the city's most mundane buildings. One of the most recent additions to...
The state Game and Fish Department says a whooping crane was sighted in Emmons County recently, and it's reminding hunters to watch for the endangered birds. Department biologist Mike Szymanski says one of the whoopers was seen in a field with sandhill cranes. He says the rare birds are making their way through North Dakota on their fall migration route. Whoopers stand about 5 feet tall with a wingspan of about 7 feet from tip to tip. Szymanski says people who spot then should not disturb...
By Mick Zawislak mzawislak@@dailyherald.com Three whooping cranes spent a recent weekend at the Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve, making history in Lake County as well as a case for habitat restoration. Standing 5 feet with a 7- to 8-foot wingspan, the whooping cranes were taller than deer browsing nearby. Snow white except for markings on their wings tips and bill, they are the tallest flying bird in North America. "It's really unique to have that species stop in a (forest) preserve,...
By LEN WELLS Courier & Press correspondent (618) 842-2159 or lenwells@wabash.net The route of the annual 1,250-mile migration of endangered whooping crane juveniles, led by an ultralight aircraft, has been shifted this fall to a more westerly route because of concerns about pilot and bird safety. The route, from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin to a closed area of the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge on the west coast of Florida, will bring the birds through...
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The Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) is a small, dark colored crane. Its body is grey and the top of the head and neck is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above they eye. It’s one of the smallest cranes, but is still a fairly large bird, a 3.3 ft in length, weighing 8.2 pounds and a wingspan of 6.2 feet. It breeds in south-central and southeastern Siberia. Breeding is also assumed to occur in Mongolia. Over 80% of its population winters at Izumi, southern Japan. There are also...
The crane flies (Tipulidae) are a family of insects that closely resemble giant mosquitoes. Like the mosquito, they are in the order Diptera (flies) and are sometimes called mosquito eaters, mosquito hawks, or skeeter eaters. They are also one of three unrelated arthropods named Daddy long-legs. The other two are the harvestmen and vibrating, cellar or house spider. As such, Crane Flies are wrapped up in the myth of being the most poisonous spider, but unable to bite humans. This is...
The Brolga (Grus rubicunda), formerly known as the "˜Native Companion', is a species of bird found in tropical and eastern Australia. The bird has also been given the name "Australian Crane", a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithological artist John Gould in his Birds of Australia. These birds are abundant in north and northeast Australia, especially Queensland. They are also common as far south as Victoria. They are also found in New Guinea and rarely in New Zealand. They are also...
The Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus), also known as the Siberian White Crane or Snow Crane, is a species of bird found in arctic Russia in Yakutia and western Siberia. It is a migratory species. Eastern populations winter on the Yangtze River and Lake Poyang in China. Central populations winter at Keoladeo National Park, India. Western populations winter in Fereidoonkenar and Esfahan in Iran. It is a bird of wetlands both in breeding and wintering habitats. This is a large white crane,...
The Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is a species of bird found in northernPakistan and India, Nepal, Southeast Asia and Queensland, Australia. It is a permanent resident of freshwater marshes and plains with little seasonal movement. This species is classified as Vulnerable, as the total global population has drastically declined since about 1980. This decline is expected to continue until at least 2010. Threats include habitat destruction, hunting, pollution, disease and competition from other...
