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Cargotec is launching a programme to achieve annual cost savings of approximately €25 million and beginning statutory cooperation negotiations. According to preliminary estimates, efficiency improvement actions seek the reduction of approximately 260 full-time staff globally. MacGregor employed 2355 persons globally at the end of September 2016. The objective of the savings is to adapt to […]

Strengthening its hand at both ends of the lifting market, the ALL Family of Companies began the final quarter of 2016 announcing the acquisition of an equipment package consisting of large-capacity crawlers and aerial lift equipment, including boom lifts and telescopic forklifts. The two separate deals with leading-brand manufacturers Manitowoc and JLG will include 30 […]

Modulift has named below-the-hook equipment provider Cargo Lift its first distributor in Mexico, as its newest partner prepares to stock spreader beams up to 110t capacity. Cargo Lift is headquartered in Mexico City but has additional, coastal sites in Cd del Carmen, from where it principally supplies oil and gas customers and, in between the […]

Airpes, a weighing systems and lifting equipment specialist, has expanded its presence in international markets, and boosted its customer service proposition, with the opening of Airpes US LLC. The investment in the Wisconsin site improves its manufacturing, service and support offering to US customers across the board. Josep Compte, CEO of Airpes, who heads up […]

GTAccess has added the first new 15m Hinowa tracked booms in the UK to its growing hire fleet. The powered access specialist is the first British owner of Hinowa Lightlift 15.70 units, which are replacing some older Hinowa 14m tracked booms. The machines were supplied by APS, the exclusive UK distributor for Hinowa machines. GTAccess […]

Following the agreement to acquire Platform Service & Repair Limited (PSR), Terex AWP has completed the combination of its new and enhanced Genie UK and PSR Service Organisation. The field service team will operate under both brands, with the Genie UK team counting now ten dedicated field service technicians and the PSR team having 20. […]

Almost half of UK businesses (44%) believe that the UK’s infrastructure has improved over the past five years, but only a quarter (27%) think it will pick up in the next five years, and two thirds (64%) suspect it will hamper the country’s international competitiveness in the coming decades, according to the 2016 Infrastructure Survey. […]

Konecranes has received a Notice of Intent to Award Contracts from the Virginia Port Authority in the USA. The Award covers the provision of 86 automated stacking cranes. Deliveries are scheduled in phases for 2018-2020. The value of the contracts will exceed €200 million. This will be the largest deal in the history of Konecranes. […]

According to the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Industrial Trends Survey the UK’s manufacturing output and orders grew over the last quarter, with export volumes growth the strongest for two and half years. The latest quarterly survey of 459 manufacturers revealed that competitiveness in EU markets rose at the fastest pace since the series began […]

Snorkel UK, the dedicated sales and service provider for Snorkel lifts in the UK and Ireland has appointed Sheffield-based PLP Lift Trucks as an authorised regional dealer. Under the terms of the agreement, PLP Lift Trucks are authorised to sell and service Snorkel lifts in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, alongside Snorkel UK. PLP Lift […]