Mi-Jack Products is an American manufacturer of industrial, intermodal, and port cranes based in Hazel Crest, Illinois. [1] It manufactures Travelift and Translift rubber-tired gantry cranes, as well as various other container handling systems [2] and is a part of the Lanco Group of Companies. [3]
Mi-Jack Products was established in 1954 by Jack Lanigan Sr. in Chicago, Illinois. Lanigan named Mi-Jack Products after his two sons, Mike and Jack. During the 1960s Mi-Jack Products began distributing self-propelled rubber-tired gantry cranes. To further its expansion in the 1980s, Mi-Jack Products purchased the manufacturing rights to the cranes they had been selling, allowing them to enter new markets both nationally and internationally. [3]
Mi-Jack Products entered into railroad operations in the 1990s. In 1998 the Nation of Panama announced it was taking bids for a 50-year concession to rebuild and operate its 47.6-mile railroad stretching across the Isthmus of Panama. [3] Lanigan banded with the Kansas City Southern Railway to submit a winning bid to operate the line, called the Panama Canal Railway Co. [4]
In the early 2000s Mi-Jack formed The Lanco Group of Companies, a diverse group of companies specializing in disciplines: from material handling, terminal automation, supply chain, and sports & entertainment. [5] Mike Lanigan is currently the president of Mi-Jack [6] and the co-owner of the Lanco Group of Companies. [7]
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The Mi-Jack Travelift is a rubber tired gantry crane used for a variety of applications, from steel and precast concrete, to manufacturing, wind, or bridge related lifting needs. [2]
Mi-Jack’s Translift rubber tired gantry cranes are used at rail intermodal terminals and may run on a hybrid battery system. [14]
The JL1400P is a Translift RTG container crane from Mi-Jack. Made in the US and launched in 2022 it is designed for standard applications at ports and intermodal terminals. [15]
In 2024 New York City's subway, MTA announced it's Park Avenue Viaduct (PAV) Replacement Project constructed by Halmar International. [16] Halmar used two custom Mi-Jack gantry cranes that spanned across the PAV allowing them to remove and replace multiple spans of the viaduct while the MNR trains continued to run unobstructed. [17] [18]
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