Sad news about Crane Cams

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Old 03-01-2009, 05:35 PM
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Cool Sad news about Crane Cams

Crane Cams has closed it's doors. This is sad news, the first aftermarket cam I used years ago was a Crane.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/breakingnews/crane022409.htm
 
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I heard about this. Truly a sad thing.
 
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what happened
 
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The story linked is the same as earlier posts, dated 2/24. It appears they entered into some expansion at the wrong time. If you go to the Crane site, they talk about this in their blurb about Mikronite:

CraneCams

So my guess is they ended up with debt and excess capacity going into a recession, in an industry beset by many structural problems already.

Off the top of my head:
Isky, Comp, Crower. Search and find many more. A crowded field methinks.
 
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I bet if it was still employee owned they would still be in business!
 
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