There are a number of pitfalls to avoid when putting a new product to market, says Mike Sparks, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC. Working with technology and components throughout my career, I’ve seen my fair share of new products. My various employers have launched them to existing and prospective customers, many of […]
Engine Failure on Take-off
Take a Brake
Look at all the options and weigh-up the pros and cons before deciding on a brake, says Mike Sparks, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC. Based on recent conversations I’ve had in the marketplace it might serve as useful guidance to look at choosing the proper brake based on a particular application. As […]
Brakes 101
In his latest contribution to the popular thought leadership column ‘The Insider’ published in Lift & Hoist International (LHI) magazine. Mike Sparks, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC, guides purchasing decision makers on brake selection. Not with commercial intent, but to authenticate this guidance, it’s important to state at the outset that my […]
Why Bubenzer Blogs
Having signed as a guest columnist with a leading lifting industry trade journal, Tad Dunville, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC, explains why content marketing is key to engaging target audiences. Pick up a good trade magazine; it’ll contain editorial content and advertisements. It might also include advertorials (never my favorite read), classified […]
Lessons in Liability
In the third of a series of guest articles exclusively published in Lift and Hoist International (LHI), Tad Dunville, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC comments on why you should always adhere to manufacturers’ recommendations. Undoubtedly, we live in a litigious society here in the U.S. There is a tendency therefore to talk about […]
The Specialist
In the second of a series of guest articles exclusively published in Lift and Hoist International (LHI), Tad Dunville, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC, urges purchasing decision makers to consider the benefits of sourcing from specialist manufacturers. They felt like slippers. I was on my way to a steel mill and I knew […]
A Brake from the Norm
In the first of a series of guest articles exclusively published in Lift & Hoist International LHI, Tad Dunville, regional sales manager at Pintsch Bubenzer USA LLC, advises high-end manufacturers looking to diversify and apply a product to a new marketplace. Many components in the industrial world can be applied […]
Steel the Show
Camron Ghanemi makes a long-awaited return to the blogosphere as the vice president of Ace World Companies looks forward to this month’s (May) Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition. It’s been a while since I penned a blog—we’ve been handing the baton around the company’s thought leaders—but it’s timely to interject on the cusp […]
Holding Sway
The automotive sector is driving uptake of the latest overhead crane anti-sway technology—and others should follow, says Khalid Sorensen, chief technology officer at PaR Systems and Tad Dunville, director of corporate development at Ace World Companies. Watch someone at the strings of a marionette puppet; he or she is a picture […]
Give us a Brake
Industry should look closer at crane brakes, says Tad Dunville, director of corporate development at Ace World Companies, and Joel Cox, president at Pintsch Bubenzer USA. This blog doesn’t set out to dumb down or simplify electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane brakes; there are inherent complexities to the subject matter. However, we do suggest that […]