Custom chassis maker SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. of Charlotte, Michigan, has agreed to acquire LUVERNE

Custom chassis maker SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. of Charlotte, Michigan, has agreed to acquire LUVERNE FIRE APPARATUS of Brandon, South Dakota; QUALITY MANUFACTURING INC. of Talladega, Alabama; and SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS of Snyder, Nebraska, for $19.6 million. All three privately held companies manufacture and market fire apparatus bodies and will be merged into Spartan as separate subsidiaries.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.