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Dana Inc. has announced a definitive agreement to purchase the power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Brevini Group, S.p.A. Under terms of the agreement, Dana plans to initially purchase an 80% share in the Brevini businesses, with an option to purchase the remaining 20% by 2020. Dana has valued 100% of the Brevini businesses at […]

Skyjack division participated in this year’s Bauma China – 22 – 25 November 2016, displaying its DC electric scissor SJIII 4740 for the first time in Asia. The four-day event takes place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Malcolm Early, vice president of marketing at Skyjack said, “This year’s Bauma China was a great […]

The Manitou group, is attending the Bauma China international trade fair again this year (22 – 25 November 2016). The event, which is dedicated to the construction industry, and welcomed 190,000 visitors in 2014, enables Manitou to reaffirm its ambitions in the Asia region with products and services that is increasingly tailored to the needs […]

Portsmouth-based Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has doubled its exhibition stand at the upcoming LiftEx trade show—and will utilise the extra floorspace to showcase Hydra-Slide AS500 alignment shoes, used for final positioning of loads. RRS is the first company to take delivery of the shoes, offering 450t capacity, in the UK. Hydra-Slide equipment was already the […]

Skyjack is helping an elite team investigate the mysterious spacecraft touch down across the world in the upcoming award-winning film Arrival. In this science fiction about humans' first communication with aliens, a Skyjack rough-terrain scissor lift is seen elevating an elite team that includes characters portrayed by Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker smoothly […]

EnerMech’s cranes and lifting division has benefited from a £85 million-plus uplift to its order book with a series of contract wins, extensions and renewals. The Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group has consolidated its position as a major international cranes services provider, strengthening its reputation in the Caspian region and extending its reach by winning new […]

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 […]