Exporter of the Year knows value of Montana’s business resources Wood’s Powr-Grip (WPG), a company with a list of accolades and accomplishments that reaches back decades, lifted its latest honor with home-state… Read more »
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The WPG News section features articles, announcements, and helpful resources for professionals who use vacuum lifters, hand cups, mounting cups, and other material handling tools. Browse product updates, application tips, safety information, company news, and insights related to glass handling, construction, manufacturing, and installation work.
Wood's Powr-Grip: A Family Company
The Montana Manufacturing Extension Center recently came to Laurel, MT to learn a little bit more about Wood's Powr-Grip as a company. Discover how Wood’s Powr-Grip has developed products with a worldwide reputation for… Read more »
Safer And More Efficient Handling Of Insulated Metal Panels
by Dan Page The benefits of using lifting equipment to handle insulated metal panels (IMPs) are abundant, and IMP installers who have employed lifters can point to a range of reasons why to use the machines.Using a… Read more »
Wood’s Powr-Grip Chief Engineer Retires After 32 Years
Gary Bond, Wood’s Powr-Grip Chief Engineer, has retired from the company. Gary started with WPG in Wolf Point, Montana, after graduating from the University of Iowa. One of Gary’s early projects was to design a new… Read more »
Production of Glass, Sheet Metal and Other Materials is BIG Business
WPG High-Duty Lifters Can Help You be a Part of It! In 2019, US Glass Production alone accounted for $30 billion in revenue, with a steady trend of increasing profits.[1] To support this economic growth,… Read more »
A Christmas message from Bryan
Happy Holidays, With each passing year I find it becomes easier to take for granted the many blessings in my life. Instead of being thankful for all the good things, I catch myself worrying about often-insignificant… Read more »