Founded in 1917 in the Chicago area, Abell-Howe brings over a century of experience designing, building and servicing overhead crane systems. Having built tens of thousands of crane systems, thousands of runway systems, and supplying millions of dollars’ worth of crane and hoist parts, our engineering know-how keeps our customers running.

They manufacture everything from structural beam cranes, box-girder cranes and gantry cranes to our signature jib cranes and complete bridge & runway systems  -  all supported by licensed structural engineering and a large inventory of repair parts and accessories.