Tadano enters the North American MEWP market

Tadano is expanding beyond cranes in Canada and the United States with the debut of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP).

Building on the company’s reputation in the crane sector, the expansion introduces a full range of models engineered for superior stability, safety and efficiency.

“Tadano’s growth in the Americas has been extraordinary over the last several years, and while our crane market share is very strong, we saw an opportunity to complement that success with additional product lines,” said Erik Elzinga, Tadano Americas Vice President of AWP business development for Pan-America operations. 

Tadano’s MEWP lineup includes wheeled and crawler chassis configurations, designed to perform in diverse work environments. 

“Tadano has a long history of aerial crawler work platform expertise in Japan,” Elzinga said. “The opportunity is to take our experience and apply it in the Americas.”

The introduction of its MEWP range to the United States and Canada is also an outcome of Tadano’s acquisition of Nagano Industry Company, a manufacturer of self-propelled crawler boom lifts previously available in Japan and Europe, and most recently, Manitex International.

Merging Tadano’s lifting expertise and Nagano’s crawler boom technology has created an extensive range of boom lifts with a traditional crawler chassis, purpose-built to address applications that require the sensitivity only crawlers can handle.

“Now, we are bringing both our in-house innovations and Nagano’s technology to the market in a strategic way to drive continued growth,” Elzinga said. 

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MEWP crawler series

Tadano’s crawler models offer stability while handling the most challenging terrains, including mud and sand, with a maximum 5-degree tilt capability.  The crawler series includes:

  • AS-58CJ: This jibbed version has a 17.6-metre platform height with a 12.2 metre outreach and offers dual platform capacities of 340 kg and 250 kg. With its steel tracks and grey non-marking pads, it delivers 6.86 psi travel position ground pressure.
  • AS-58C: Offering dual lifting capacities of 450 kg and 250 kg, this model has a 17.7-metre platform height and a 15.4-metre outreach. Featuring steel tracks with grey non-marking pads, it provides 5.8 psi travel position ground pressure, and it is powered by a 32-hp Kubota D1803 engine.
  • AS-42CJ: Featuring a jib for increased positioning versatility for areas that are challenging to access, this unit offers maximum platform capacity of 250 kg and travel ground pressure of 6.77 psi.
  • AS-42C: This mid-range telescopic crawler boom with a 12.7-metre platform height and an 11.2 metre outreach features a dual-platform capacity of 450 kg and 250 kg. It has steel tracks with grey non-marking pads that allow for 6.53 psi travel position ground pressure, and it is powered by a 23.5-hp Kubota D1305 engine.
  • AS-32C: With a 9.7-metre platform height and a 7.9-metre outreach, this telescopic crawler boom with grey non-marking rubber tracks provides 6.1 psi travel position ground pressure. Powered by a 19.3-hp Kubota D1105 engine, the model can handle loads up to 200 kg in its platform.
  • eAA-22C: This compact articulated electric boom lift can operate for up to three days on a single charge based on standard usage with its high-capacity maintenance-free AGM batteries and a three-phase AC motor. It offers a 6.8-metre platform height, a 4.5-metre maximum outreach, and a 150-kg platform capacity. It is designed for precision and versatility with 360-degree continuous rotation capability and zero tail swing. With its zero-emission operation and grey non-marking rubber tracks, it delivers extremely low travel position ground pressure at 5.66 psi, making it ideal for highly sensitive indoor and urban applications.

Wheeled chassis models

The wheeled telescopic boom lifts incorporate the Japanese standards of design, engineering, and manufacturing, extending reliability and durability to models paired with a base that features foam-filled or solid tires. The wheeled models include:

  • AS-69J: With a 20.9 metre platform height and a 16.7-metre outreach, this high-reach model features a jib for increased flexibility with a design built for robust utilization and extended uptime.
  • AS-63HD: The heavy-duty AS-63HD features a 19.1-metre platform height and a 1,000-kg platform capacity. The model combines the outreach of a boom lift with the vertical lifting power of an RT scissor lift and can handle up to 10 occupants in the platform. It features exclusive automatic four-motion control and a 360-degree continuous platform rotation for precision and expansive working range.

Designed and manufactured in Japan, Tadano’s MEWPs for North America will be available in the second half of 2025. 

The company’s established network across Canada and the United States will provide support for this new MEWP range.

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