Crane expert celebrates 75th anniversary
(L-R) Martin and Will Street, second and third generation Street Crane family members
A key supplier to advanced manufacturing and technology firms, Street Crane Company, is celebrating its 75th year of continual innovation in crane technology.
Having made a solid reputation for reliable lifting in the traditional manufacturing applications, in the last few decades the company has focused attention on the advanced manufacturing sector. Smart lifting technology originally developed for automotive, aerospace and military customers, has led the company into new sectors with recent crane applications for Fanuc Robotics/4IR and a specially engineered ‘Doughnut’ crane for the AMRC’s Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry.
Advance features that make Street cranes attractive to technology led manufacturers include automation and extensive condition monitoring. Programmable speed control and load dependent speeds give precise movements for accurate and safe load positioning. Anti-sway systems and hoists with load summation ensure even more handling stability, protecting the load and increasing safety.
“Due to COVID restrictions, it is unlikely that we will be able to mark our 75th year as we have celebrated similar milestones in the past. However, in what has been a difficult year for everyone, it is a note of positive news. Even more positive is that the spirit of our founder continues to drive us forward,” explained managing director Gus Zona.
A family-owned business that began life in 1946 when Peter Street started the company, Street Crane is the UK’s largest producer of factory overhead, gantry and jib cranes and is a global supplier of advanced hoists and controls to a network of over 100 international independent crane makers. Today, the chairman of the business is Martin Street, Peter’s son.
Street Crane’s ZX hoist range is the sixth generation of hoisting equipment the company has designed and serially manufactured. In late 2020, Street launched Eazycrane, the online crane configuration software which puts 75 years of know-how and expertise at the fingertips of distributors around the world. The result of a ten-year investment to automate crane design, drawing, component selection, quotations and order processing, Eazycrane enables Street and its distributors to work within a single system.
“Had Peter Street survived he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year,” Martin Street concluded. “Another good reason to remember our founder and the generations of colleagues who did the groundwork upon which we are building our future ability to meet the advanced lifting needs of technology led manufacturing firms.”
Street Crane Company
www.streecrane.co.uk
