Crane Cams

XSTOCKER · 04-23-2009, 09:39 AM

April 23, 2009

Viola, Wisconsin. S&S Cycle announces the acquisition of certain assets of Crane Cams Inc. Those assets include the inventory, intellectual property, and trademarks for all Crane automotive and motorcycle electronic products and for Crane motorcycle valve train products. The intellectual property portion includes designs, drawings, and cam profiles. Crane automotive valve train products are not included in this acquisition. Crane Cams was founded in 1953, and like S&S Cycle, founded in 1958, it has become a respected and iconic brand in the high performance industry.

S&S intends to continue to sell Crane products through the same distributors and dealers who have sold them in the past. To that end, they will establish a new facility in Daytona Beach, Florida to manage the business and provide customer service and technical support. This new facility will be staffed by many of the same personnel that Crane customers have worked with in the past, providing as seamless a transition as possible. While there may be some shortages of product in the near future, the Crane/S&S team will be working hard to fill back orders and meet future demand for Crane ignitions and motorcycle valve train components.

Since the acquisition does not include the Crane facility or equipment, manufacturing of valve train products will be moved to the S&S manufacturing facility in Viola, Wisconsin. S&S CEO George Smith comments: “The addition of this product line is a natural fit for our current in-house cam manufacturing capabilities as our equipment and processes are state of the art. We’re also excited that the highly successful Crane motorcycle and automotive electronics line is included with this acquisition. This will further strengthen S&S Cycle in the electronics field by providing additional expertise to improve our product offerings in late model ignitions, among other things."

bill dedman · 04-23-2009, 10:18 AM

Scorpion??? What "Scorpion"????

They made a huge deal out of buying Crane, offered an online video about their highly-touted, robot-infested manufacturing plant and went on and on about how this acquisition was going to improve their product line, blah, blah, blah...

I'd be reluctant to believe anything they said, now, much less buy any of their products.

Too bad; it sounded like a marriage made in Heaven, they way the Scorpion guy presented it.

Don't believe everything you see on the Internet, I guess...

Maybe they wil buy just the rocker arm portion of the business?? We'll see...

art leong · 04-23-2009, 02:38 PM

Who got the Automitve stuff?

art leong · 04-27-2009, 04:59 PM

Does anybody know what happened at the sale?

Bob Wibright · 04-28-2009, 06:20 AM

I don't know how true it is, but the rumor on the street in Ohio is that Callies Cranks in Fostoria, Ohio has purchased the rest of the machinery and profiles from Crane and will move them to Ohio, Anyone else hear anything about that??

Bob

mtkawboy · 04-28-2009, 02:10 PM

S&S Cycle only bought all the motorcycle related products and tooling. A company called Triton Industries bought all the automotive related stuff & machinery along with the Crane name. Chase Knight was hired by Triton to get things back in operation but they need a building as that wasnt part of the deal. This is all second hand info as told to a friend that lives there by Chase Knight. A lot of employees will be rehired and thats a good thing.

04-23-2009, 09:39 AM	#1
XSTOCKER Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 147 Likes: 19 Liked 8 Times in 3 Posts	Crane Cams April 23, 2009 Viola, Wisconsin. S&S Cycle announces the acquisition of certain assets of Crane Cams Inc. Those assets include the inventory, intellectual property, and trademarks for all Crane automotive and motorcycle electronic products and for Crane motorcycle valve train products. The intellectual property portion includes designs, drawings, and cam profiles. Crane automotive valve train products are not included in this acquisition. Crane Cams was founded in 1953, and like S&S Cycle, founded in 1958, it has become a respected and iconic brand in the high performance industry. S&S intends to continue to sell Crane products through the same distributors and dealers who have sold them in the past. To that end, they will establish a new facility in Daytona Beach, Florida to manage the business and provide customer service and technical support. This new facility will be staffed by many of the same personnel that Crane customers have worked with in the past, providing as seamless a transition as possible. While there may be some shortages of product in the near future, the Crane/S&S team will be working hard to fill back orders and meet future demand for Crane ignitions and motorcycle valve train components. Since the acquisition does not include the Crane facility or equipment, manufacturing of valve train products will be moved to the S&S manufacturing facility in Viola, Wisconsin. S&S CEO George Smith comments: “The addition of this product line is a natural fit for our current in-house cam manufacturing capabilities as our equipment and processes are state of the art. We’re also excited that the highly successful Crane motorcycle and automotive electronics line is included with this acquisition. This will further strengthen S&S Cycle in the electronics field by providing additional expertise to improve our product offerings in late model ignitions, among other things."

04-23-2009, 10:18 AM	#2
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Crane Cams Scorpion??? What "Scorpion"???? They made a huge deal out of buying Crane, offered an online video about their highly-touted, robot-infested manufacturing plant and went on and on about how this acquisition was going to improve their product line, blah, blah, blah... I'd be reluctant to believe anything they said, now, much less buy any of their products. Too bad; it sounded like a marriage made in Heaven, they way the Scorpion guy presented it. Don't believe everything you see on the Internet, I guess... Maybe they wil buy just the rocker arm portion of the business?? We'll see... __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 04-23-2009 at 10:38 AM.

04-23-2009, 02:38 PM	#3
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Crane Cams Who got the Automitve stuff? __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

04-27-2009, 04:59 PM	#4
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Crane Cams Does anybody know what happened at the sale? __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

04-28-2009, 06:20 AM	#5
Bob Wibright Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Willard, Ohio Posts: 113 Likes: 281 Liked 28 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Crane Cams I don't know how true it is, but the rumor on the street in Ohio is that Callies Cranks in Fostoria, Ohio has purchased the rest of the machinery and profiles from Crane and will move them to Ohio, Anyone else hear anything about that?? Bob

04-28-2009, 02:10 PM	#6
mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 281 Likes: 183 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Crane Cams S&S Cycle only bought all the motorcycle related products and tooling. A company called Triton Industries bought all the automotive related stuff & machinery along with the Crane name. Chase Knight was hired by Triton to get things back in operation but they need a building as that wasnt part of the deal. This is all second hand info as told to a friend that lives there by Chase Knight. A lot of employees will be rehired and thats a good thing.