Caldwell Group

Illinois, USA-based, The Caldwell Group Inc has added to its RUD In-Stock range with popular products such as the ACP-Turnado Automatic Center Lifting Point and VRS Swivel Eyebolts – bringing the total number of stocked lifting point styles and sizes to more than 170 stock keeping units (SKUs). Caldwell partners with the RUD Group to […]

The Caldwell Group Inc. has purchased a new building in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA, which is already serving as the company’s offices and training centre. The 53,000-square-foot building becomes the material handling and lifting equipment manufacturer’s third facility, with two existing sites in nearby Rockford, Illinois. The site, on State Street, includes a three-story property on […]

The Caldwell Group Inc has hired Steve Mueller as regional sales manager. It is the second time the below-the-hook and material handling equipment manufacturer has hired to the role this year, having recruited Teddy Berman as its first ever hire as a direct employee in a territory in January. Mueller brings a wealth of experience […]

Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. is celebrating 70 years. The below-the-hook and material handling equipment manufacturer will mark the occasion with a series of events, culminating in a late-summer gala with customers, partners, suppliers, and staff. Founded by Leslie Caldwell in 1954, as a maker of lifting slings, the firm has expanded and moved […]

In the second of a two-part article, Doug Stitt, president and CEO at The Caldwell Group Inc., reminds industry why an educational approach must be taken from shop floor to C-suite. As I wrote in conclusion to this column in the last edition of 2023, I go to the same Company College as a new […]

In the first of a two-part article, Doug Stitt, president and CEO at The Caldwell Group Inc, urges industry to take an educational approach to preparing a business for success in the new world. We start on the factory floor. The US, especially, could be better at implementing industrial policy and providing support when it […]

“In-stock inventory matters in our industry,” said Doug Stitt, president and CEO at The Caldwell Group Inc, “and Caldwell is responding to serve distributors better.” Caldwell recently increased in-stock inventory levels on more than 400 of the company’s best-selling items and has given the go-ahead for manufacturer representatives and inside sales teams to begin sharing […]

The best leaders can keep people heading in the same direction, even when the tide turns, but finding them isn’t easy, says Doug Stitt, president and CEO at The Caldwell Group Inc.   ‘Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream…’ The trouble is, happily rowing down gentle streams ain’t business. It is sometimes, […]

As part of ongoing outreach campaigns, the Rockford, Illinois, US-based manufacturer of lifting and other material handling equipment has produced a white paper, titled ‘Foundationless Jibs Enjoy Popularity Rise’, outlining how the technology proves its worth in the 1USt capacity range across a multitude of applications. There was a time when the mention of a […]

The Caldwell Group has added a second Bystronic laser machine to its steel service centre. The BySmart cutting system was installed in August alongside a smaller BySpeed unit, as the manufacturer of lifting and rigging equipment continues to invest in state-of-the-art, Swiss-made sheet lasers, tube lasers, and press breaks. Both machines can cut up to […]