Crane manufacturer Tadano is strengthening its aerial platform business with the full acquisition of Nagano Industry, the Japanese manufacturer of crawler mounted aerial work platforms.

No financial details have been provided.

Nagano鈥檚 high capacity crawler platform. (Photo: Tadano)

The deal will add Nagano鈥檚 tracked telescopic and articulating boom models, including a large-deck, high-capacity model, to Tadano鈥檚 range of vehicle mounted aerial platforms which are sold mainly in Japan and Asia.

Tadano said Nagano would bring a wealth of expertise and a 鈥渟tellar reputation鈥� as a manufacturer of crawler mounted aerial work platforms in Japan.

It will expand its product offering to include aerial platforms, which Tadano described as 鈥渁 category in high demand worldwide.鈥�

Tadano added; 鈥淲ith a market share of over 30% in Japan for truck-mounted aerial work platforms, Tadano is poised to leverage Nagano鈥檚 advanced development and manufacturing technologies to fuel further growth in the aerial work vehicle business.鈥�

One of Tadano鈥檚 vehicle mounted aerial platforms, the AT-150S. (Photo: Tadano)

Nagano was founded in 1968 and reported sales of Yen 5.6 billion (鈧�36 million) in 2022.

It has sales offices in Europe (Nagano Europe, based in the Netherlands), as well as representation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Tadano is best known for its mobile cranes, producing a wide range of truck and crawler mounted models for sale worldwide. It acquired the Demag brand of cranes from Terex Corp in 2019.