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The holiday season officially began in New York City this weekend as the world-famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was raised into place — with help from High-Performance Roundslings by Slingmax Rigging Solutions. This year’s tree, a 75-foot-tall Norway spruce from East Greenbush, New York, was carefully felled Thursday morning before making its 150-mile journey to…

In February 2013, the rigging world turned its eyes to Lower Manhattan, where Slingmax® Rigging Solutions played a pivotal role in the historic topping of One World Trade Center. This monumental lift involved hoisting the 408-foot-long spire to crown the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, standing at 1776 feet tall. The operation demanded not…