# Mi-Jack Products

Mi-Jack Products is an American manufacturer of industrial, intermodal, and port cranes based in Hazel Crest, Illinois. It manufactures Travelift and Translift rubber-tired gantry cranes, as well as various other container handling systems and is a part of the Lanco Group of Companies.

## History
### Beginnings: 1954

Mi-Jack Products was established in 1954 by Jack Lanigan Sr. in Chicago, Illinois. Lanigan named Mi-Jack Products after his two sons, Mike and Jack. During the 1960s Mi-Jack Products began distributing self-propelled rubber-tired gantry cranes. To further its expansion in the 1980s, Mi-Jack Products purchased the manufacturing rights to the cranes they had been selling, allowing them to enter new markets both nationally and internationally.

### The Panama Canal Railroad: 1998

Mi-Jack Products entered into railroad operations in the 1990s. In 1998 the Nation of Panama announced it was taking bids for a 50-year concession to rebuild and operate its 47.6-mile railroad stretching across the Isthmus of Panama. Lanigan banded with the Kansas City Southern Railway to submit a winning bid to operate the line, called the Panama Canal Railway Co.

### The Lanco Group

In the early 2000s Mi-Jack formed The Lanco Group of Companies, a diverse group of companies specializing in disciplines: from material handling, terminal automation, supply chain, and sports & entertainment. Mike Lanigan is currently the president of Mi-Jack and the co-owner of the Lanco Group of Companies.

#### Lanco Material Handling Division

* Mi-Jack Products
* Western Pacific Crane & Equipment
* Walter Payton Power Equipment
* Broderson Manufacturing
* Liftking
* Greenfield Products
Lanco Supply Chain Division
* QProducts & Services
* Power In-Lock
* Panama Canal Railway Co

#### Lanco Sports & Entertainment Division

* Rahal Letterman Lanigan
* Black Tie Products

## Cranes
### Travelift

The Mi-Jack Travelift is a rubber tired gantry crane used for a variety of applications, from steel and precast concrete, to manufacturing, wind, or bridge related lifting needs.

### Translift

Mi-Jack’s Translift rubber tired gantry cranes are used at rail intermodal terminals and may run on a hybrid battery system.

#### JL1400P

The JL1400P is a Translift RTG container crane from Mi-Jack. Made in the US and launched in 2022 it is designed for standard applications at ports and intermodal terminals.

## Technology
### Mi-Star
#### AccuTrack™

AccuTrack™ is a container terminal productivity solution that provides personnel and asset tracking with optional work zone protection features. Among its applications it provides:
* Safe Zone: AccuTrack™ recognises the position of tagged personnel in the safe zone and sends direct feedback by displaying a green traffic light. The straddle carrier can continue operating.
* Unsafe Zone: AccuTrack™ recognises the position of tagged personnel in the unsafe zone and sends direct feedback by displaying a red light section warning. The driver must then stop and wait for personnel to leave the area before the signal turns green.

## Notable Projects
### MTA Park Avenue Viaduct Replacement Project

In 2024 New York City's subway, MTA announced it's Park Avenue Viaduct (PAV) Replacement Project constructed by Halmar International. Halmar used two custom Mi-Jack gantry cranes that spanned across the PAV allowing them to remove and replace multiple spans of the viaduct while the MNR trains continued to run unobstructed.