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Street Crane launches new website and portal for global distributors
A new information rich website and much expanded interactive customer portal are being launched by Street Crane. These were live from Monday 7 July . The UK company is known for its innovative modular approach to factory crane and hoist design and manufacture. These are used internationally throughout engineering, manufacturing, materials handling and the supply […]
Yoke bolsters global stock of Eye Self-Locking Hooks
Yoke Industrial Corp. has combined with global channel partners to stock more Grade 100 Eye Self-Locking Hooks at the point of use than ever before. Yoke supplies lifting chain fittings; swivel hoist hooks; shackles; angular contact swivels; wire rope clips; and lifting points. The Grade 100 X-025 line was launched in 2010; the Eye Self-Locking […]
Niftylift employee honours late colleague with ultramarathon for Leukaemia UK
Niftylift’s environmental health and safety (EHS) officer, Nick Fox, has completed an extraordinary 250km ultramarathon from the company’s facility in Hoyland, South Yorkshire, to its headquarters in Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, in honour of his late colleague and friend Brailer Cuevas. Brailer, a senior control systems engineer at Niftylift, died following complications relating to leukaemia […]
LMS and Modulift appoint Westcon in Norway
Pewag brands Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and Modulift have appointed Westcon Løfteteknikk (WCL) as an official distributor in Norway, marking a key milestone in their global expansion. The announcement supports Pewag’s Stronger Together strategy, uniting its lifting brands under one roof to serve global markets with below-the-hook products. “This is a natural evolution of an […]
Bobcat appoints new authorised dealer for Iceland
PON ehf, based in Hafnarfjordur, has been appointed as the new authorised Bobcat dealer for Iceland with immediate effect. PON was founded in 1962 and has specialized in importing and servicing forklifts and other machinery, representing top brands across multiple industries. Hjalti Kristinn Unnarsson, PON’s operations manager, said, “Being Iceland’s exclusive Bobcat dealer is a […]
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Opinion Pieces
Plan your lift correctly
Whether a lift is complex or simple, planning and supervision is critical for safe operation. Bernie Winter, from the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Technical Services, offers guidance A core aspect of safety of any lifting operation – whether it is routine or complex – is correctly planning and supervision. This means every employer needs […]
A foot in both camps
Regardless of the status of automation and digitalisation, industry remains in a hybrid state, and the customer continues to dictate technological terms, says Doug Stitt, president and CEO at The Caldwell Group Inc. Acceptance of technology may well be gathering speed, but its cadence is inconsistent, and we exist in the grey area between tradition […]