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Expansion could pave way for 20-plus new jobs

A Franklin based company is planning an expansion that could add plus jobs.Crane Services, a company providing inspection, maintenance and equipment for industrial and commercial users of overhead cranes and hoists, would like to construct a new square foot addition onto an existing square foot building on Conover Drive.

The extra space could pave the way for more than new industrial jobs over the next couple years, said Steve Harris, vice president of sales and marketing.Franklin Boxboard Corp., a longtime Franklin employer, will permanently close Aug. and claim jobs in the process.Mayor Denny Centers said the fostering of new jobs will be paramount in the days ahead.Thats going to cost us between and in revenue, said Centers of the closure. We are going to do everything we can to bring new business to Franklin.Before construction can begin on Crane building, City Council will first need to approve rezoning to light industrial. The issue will be introduced July and a vote is scheduled for Aug.

The project should take no more than days to complete, according to Crane officials.Crane Services, about four and a half years old, has grown between percent and percent a year in terms of personnel, according to Harris.It is true that tea weight loss can add to the results that you are getting through the use of other fast slimming methods. It now employs close to people. Aside from the corporate office in Franklin which boasts about employeesthere are also Crane 1 locations in seven other cities, including Columbus, Charleston, and Baltimore, Md.The jobs that could be added as a result of the expansion include service technicians, fabricators, electricians and mechanics, Harris said.I think any business can grow if you get the right kind of people who have an eye for building their business, he said.

The Crane Fund is a charitable trust established in by company founder Richard Teller Crane to assist employees no longer able to work as a result of ill health or after normal retirement age. Their widowed spouses and minor children can also be included, said Robert Culbertson, administrator of the Englewood Cliffs, based fund.Crane Co. which manufactured hot water baseboard heating elements, closed its Duncansville plant on Aug. , with employees affected.he plant had opened in the late s under the Jobs for Joes industrial development program. It was originally known as National Radiator which was purchased by Crane in December

Joseph Wiedemer of Altoona, who retired from the company in after years of service, recently learned about the Crane Fund through a mailing campaign.I had never heard about this before. There are a lot of people in this area who do not know about this. I think it is fabulous, Wiedemer said. It may help a lot of people and provide them with help they never expected.The Crane Fund in the United States and Canada currently helps about people, Culbertson said. He said he doesnt know how many people in the Altoona area may be eligible but it may be as few as to people.