# TNT Crane & Rigging merges with Allison Crane & Rigging

TNT Crane & Rigging, based in Houston, Texas, merged with Allison Crane & Rigging, based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Financial terms were not disclosed. The merger expands TNT's presence in the Utica, Marcellus and Permian basins.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-07-31
- Where: Texas and Pennsylvania, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: crane and rigging services
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [First Reserve Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/2789.md) (investor)
- [TNT Crane & Rigging](https://endata.com/companies/33436.md) (acquirer)
- [Allison Crane & Rigging](https://endata.com/companies/33437.md) (target)

## Sources

- [cranebriefing.com](https://www.cranebriefing.com/news/tnt-crane-rigging-merges-with-allison-crane-rigging/2134167.article), 2018-07-31: "Customers will be better served from a larger and stronger company with greater asset diversity and resource utilization."
- [vertikal.net](https://vertikal.net/en/news/story/31054/tnt-merges-with-allison), 2018-07-31: "TNT's partnership with Allison demonstrates our company's commitment to leadership in the crane and rigging industry and further strengthens our position and market share supporting the nation's oil and natural gas resource development."
- [stblaw.com](https://www.stblaw.com/about-us/news/view/2018/08/06/simpson-thacher-represents-tnt-crane-rigging-on-financing-of-its-merger-with-allison-crane-rigging), 2018-08-06: "With the addition of Allison, the company now has approximately 1,700 employees working from its 44 strategically positioned branch network with a fleet in excess of 700 cranes."

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