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Diggerland USA, a construction-themed adventure park based in West Berlin, New Jersey., allows children and their families to drive, ride and operate real heavy machinery in a safe environment The third of five new attractions being added for Diggerland’s upcoming 2018 season is the “Elevation Station,” which seats five guests across a 6ft wide by […]

Straightpoint (SP) received the Sustained Business Performance 2017 award at Action Coach’s regional annual awards ceremony, which took place at the Royal Maritime Club in Portsmouth, UK in February. Action Coach, which helps entrepreneurs and owners overcome the challenges in maintaining a company, works with the load cell manufacturer on matters related to business strategy. […]

Nylacast and collaboration partners TTI, Brunel University and EMEC (European Marine Energy Centre) received the ‘Rushlight Responsible Product or Service Award’ at a ceremony which took place at the Royal Geographical Society in London, UK. Nylacast and partners were presented with the award in recognition of the work carried out on the development of innovative […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has launches a new range of equipment designed to offer customers in the Latin American market a value-based choice of the high quality, reliable equipment that Kalmar is known for. Based on Kalmar's proven G-generation platform, the Essential range includes reachstackers, empty container handlers and forklifts. The range was introduced for […]

Marketing veteran, John Knowles, was declared winner of the Services to the Industry Award at the recent FLTA Awards for Excellence 2018. The announcement came as an enormous surprise to John as, despite his company organising the event, his nomination had been kept totally secret from him! The founder and managing director of JKC Creative […]

Powered access and lifting equipment specialist, Hird, has added a lithium-powered tracked boom to its expanding fleet. The company is replacing a 23.12 diesel machine purchased in 2013 with a new Hinowa Lightlift 26.14 Lithium model. Jason Hellwig, Northern Access manager for Hird, said, “We have invested in our first lithium-ion machine due to customer […]

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has entered into an agreement to acquire the major businesses from TTS Group, a global provider of cargo handling equipment and services for merchant and offshore ships for an enterprise value of EUR 87 million. The combination of two complementary businesses will produce greater scale and diversification and will strengthen MacGregor's […]

Skyjack has delivered its first Australian order of SJ85 AJs to Botany Access, Australia. The New South Wales company had its eyes on Skyjack’s newest articulating boom since it was unveiled at the 2017 Vertikal Days event in the UK. This order initiated the first SJ85 AJs heading to job sites in Australia. “Skyjack’s service […]

Kuli Hebezeuge – Helmut Kempkes GmbH is looking forward to an even more successful CeMat exhibition than it enjoyed in 2016, as this year it takes place parallel to the big Hannover Messe 23 – 27 April. Kuli says, “As this is designated to be the world's leading trade show for industrial technologies we are […]

In a bid to expand their product offering, established U.K. plant hire specialist, Banner Plant has invested in Snorkel low-level access platforms. The initial order of Snorkel S3010P push-around mini scissor lifts and Snorkel S3010E self-propelled mini scissor lifts has been deployed in the Rotherham depot, offering a new product category to their vast customer […]