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Crane Hot<\/em> Line<\/em>, North America\u2019s leading publication for the lifting industry, has a heartwarming story<\/a> about the Mowens and their enduring legacy in the business. One of those featured is Eric Mowen (far right)<\/em>,\u00a0head of aftermarket distribution sales and OEM key account manager at WIKA\u00a0Mobile Control<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get to know the Mowens, \u201cA Family with Cranes in its Veins<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the industry interview in the publication\u2019s January 2024 edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crane Hot Line, North America\u2019s leading publication for the lifting industry, has a heartwarming story about the Mowens and their enduring legacy in the business. One of those featured is Eric Mowen (far right),\u00a0head of aftermarket distribution sales and OEM key account manager at WIKA\u00a0Mobile Control. Get to know the Mowens, \u201cA Family with Cranes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[872,867],"class_list":["post-17536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wika-insight","tag-company-culture","tag-employee-relations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThree Generations in the Crane Industry - WIKA blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read about the Mowen family and their deep involvement in the lifting industry \u2013 three generations working at Grove and WIKA Mobile Control.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/wika-insight\/three-generations-in-the-crane-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Generations in the Crane Industry - 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