Spreader manufacturers are following industry trends in port security, open communications and service intervals, but not in outsourcing production.
The two biggest growth opportunities for port equipment manufacturers in the US market currently are emissions reduction technology and security equipment and systems. In the security market, a number of companies marketing radiation detection products have identified the crane spreader as a position mount for radiation detectors, including InfrAegis, VeriTainer Corporation (which has a patent covering a fissile detector on a spreader) and Technical Associates of California....
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