Net­work­ing Takes Cen­ter Stage on the Banks of the Cuya­hoga as The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny Plays Host to WIRE-Net Net­work­ing Event

On Wednes­day, 7/16/2014, The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny host­ed a WIRE-Net net­work­ing event at Great Lakes Ship­yard in order to cel­e­brate man­u­fac­tur­ing and inno­va­tion in Cleve­land and North­east Ohio. Over 100 atten­dees gath­ered on the banks of the Cuya­hoga Riv­er on a gor­geous evening to con­nect with oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ing pro­fes­sion­als and forge new rela­tion­ships to con­tin­ue to grow and strength­en the local man­u­fac­tur­ing community.

In addi­tion to a cock­tail recep­tion, atten­dees were treat­ed to tours of the ship­yard and detailed expla­na­tions of some of the new services/tools that Great Lakes Ship­yard has added to their busi­ness offer­ing. This includ­ed an overview of new equip­ment such as:

• Koike Aron­son Plate Pro Extreme Plas­ma Burn­ing Table.
• Kalmar DCE 150–12 33,000 lbs. Forklift
• Boom Truck, Man­i­tex 35100C Crane mount­ed on a new 2013 Freight­lin­er SD-108 Chassis
• Tele­scop­ic Mate­r­i­al Han­dler 8,000 lbs. Sky­Trac 8042
• Scis­sor­lift 27 ft. Sky­Jack SJ7127 with Diesel Engine (2)
• Tele­scop­ic Boom, 66 ft. Jib, 4wd, Sky­Jack SJ66T
• Tele­scop­ic Boom, 45 ft. Jib, 4wd, Sky­Jack SJ45T
• Portable Light Plant
• 20KW 60HZ Gen­er­a­tor Terex

The high­light of the evening came at 6:30pm when Tug ILLINOIS assist­ed the M/V Amer­i­can Courage along side the ship­yard dock for all atten­dees to witness.

When asked why events such as these are impor­tant, pres­i­dent of the Tow­ing Com­pa­ny, Joe Star­ck stat­ed, “It’s a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet our local friends and neigh­bors, show­case our facil­i­ties and equip­ment, and talk about our mutu­al skills and capa­bil­i­ties with­in the Cleve­land man­u­fac­tur­ing com­mu­ni­ty. This is a city that is thriv­ing in so many ways – the busi­ness envi­ron­ment has become so favor­able for com­pa­nies like ours to con­tin­ue to suc­ceed and grow. And the peo­ple and busi­ness­es right here in North­east Ohio inspire us to gen­er­ate new inven­tive solu­tions that we can use in the mar­itime indus­try. It was a very nice evening, and a plea­sure to get bet­ter acquaint­ed with the mem­bers of WIRE-Net.”