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the overhead cranes used in plants, which are typically
inside a building, not the cranes outside that are used to
build buildings. “But we do supply the wire rope that goes
on those mobile and construction cranes,” he adds. “And
on the roofing side, we sell the metal to roofing contrac-
tors, which is a significant part of our business.”
He also details the company’s territorial spread: “In the
lifting business, Mazzella Companies is primarily in the
eastern half of the United States. In the architectural
metal business, we are across the U.S. Our most recent
acquisition, New Tech Machinery, manufactures portable,
roll-forming roof panel and gutter machines. They sell to
the U.S. and 30 other countries in the world.”
Mazzella stresses that compared to the competition, his
company has a decided edge. “On the lifting business
side, we’re the only people in the U.S. that goes from the
crane all the way down to the lifting device and also pro-
vides inspection service. A lot of companies will do one of
the three, or maybe two, but there’s almost nobody that
does all three of those – crane manufacturing, the sling
