Negotiation
few days ago, there was a settlement of a labor dispute between P & H. manufacturers and their union. The company is a leading manufacturer of surface mining equipment and has it factory at West Milwaukee at 44 W. National Avenue and 4107 W. In Orchard St. (P&H Mining, United Steelworkers settle contract)
The company has been in existence for a long time, and was started more than a hundred years ago, and the main mode of transport were horse and buggies. From that stage, it has developed into manufacture of highly reliable mining equipment for the cost-focused surface mining industry of the world. There are some equipments of the company working at all times, and these are equipment like drills, shovels, draglines and other similar products. The company has a large number of dealers all over the world to attend to the equipment and the brand name of P & H. itself now represents a symbol of quality and reliability that has gone on for more than a hundred years. The company was set up by two individuals on December 1, 1884 through the setting up of a small machine and pattern shop which was being used to make component and device ideas to models and patterns. (An Enduring Symbol of Reliability)
The founders were Alonzo Pawling and Henry Harnischfeger. The craftsmanship of these individuals was well appreciated and the production of the company spread into knitting, grain drying, stamping, brewing and brick making, in addition to the contracts they got for repairs. Their movement into the area of specialized equipment came up with the rebuilding and improvement of a damaged overhead crane, the contract for which was got by Harnischfeger. The design was improved and the design was changed through supply of power through three electric motors, and this change immediately got the company a lot of orders from factories, utilities and railroad repair shops all over America. The company also developed a number of new products, and in 1911, one of the partners; Alonzo Pawling decided to sell of his interest in the business to his partner. The new proprietor decided to keep the old and renowned brand name of P & H. In a new corporation called the "Harnischfeger Corporation. These changes took place in 1912. (An Enduring Symbol of Reliability)
The new company started on a lot of new products and one of them was earthmoving equipment. The machines for cutting trenches and wheel loaders are among the first machines that were prepared by the company and these were followed by crawler mounted digging equipment and wheel type trenches. The company also made a lot of efforts for the nation in the First World War, and their main production was to make the overhead cranes. However the company continued on its usual production after the end of the war. The company developed the first gasoline engine powered dragline, which were mounted on crawlers. This development was followed by other equipment which also was mounted on crawlers and this was a shovel type excavator.
The Second World War gave another boost to the company and the contribution by the company was to produce more of the cranes and excavators for helping of the war effort. This led to the awards from the Navy and the Army for the efforts of the company in meeting the extra requirements for the war. The efforts of the company for the development of new products continues even today, and in 1999 they introduced a bigger, faster, and smarter loading tool which was for the use of the mines that were using the haulers of 240-tons, 320-tons, and 360-tons. In 2001, there was another product that could carry payloads of more than 100 tons, with faster times of the cycle and better systems for control. This was to help the mines achieve better performance and increased productivity. There was a further effort of the company for oil sands mines and this industry was served with new models. (An Enduring Symbol of Reliability)
The company is a leader in the world for the manufacture and service of the most modern large excavating and drilling machines. The machines are used in the mining of copper, coal, iron ore, silver, gold, diamonds, oil sands, phosphates, molybdenum, potash and other minerals and bedded materials. The large majority of ninety percent of the surface mines in the world uses the machinery manufactured by this company. The line of machines produced by this company can be separated in three lines...
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