G.W. Becker Automates First Coil-Handling Crane Via Magnet

HERMITAGE, Pa. – G.W. Becker Inc. in Hermitage, Pa., posted an increase in revenue in 2021 as it began to recover from the pandemic. The company, which deals in overhead crane products and solutions, manufactured the first automated coil-handling cranes in the United States in 2021, according to Ron Piso, sales director. The project consisted of four top-running automated cranes that were installed in a steel-tube manufacturing plant. Piso says the pandemic inspired the company to equ