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Following the recent appointment of Jamie Graham as vice president of Product Support for Xtreme Manufacturing and Snorkel, the companies are pleased to announce the promotion of Tony Deatherage to service manager – The Americas. Deatherage has more than 23 years of experience in technical service and training at Snorkel.  Starting out at the company […]

UK-based access rental and sales company, LTS Powered Access has taken delivery of 15 Snorkel electric scissor lifts. The order placed with Jim Martyr, sales manager for Snorkel UK at Bauma 2016, consisted of five Snorkel S3219E models, plus five of each of Snorkel’s wider S4726E and S4732E models.  The lifts were handed over to […]

The Raymond Corporation and Brammo Inc have announced a strategic technology alliance for developing robust lithium-ion alternative energy solutions. The alliance will focus on highly demanding warehouse applications that use electric forklifts. Raymond and Brammo have started testing a variety of configurations and will be releasing more information later this year. Michael Field, chief executive […]

Kalmar has received a follow-up order from the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) for 12 empty container handlers including five used machine trade-ins, to the SCPA Charleston area port facilities. Delivery is set for the first quarter of 2017. Stevenson Kemp, Jr., Director of Terminal Operations SCPA  said, "The order marks the continuing cooperation between […]

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has opened a new facility near Los Angeles to meet growing customer demand in the region. As one of eight North American regional training facilities, the new location will feature a large parts department and extensive equipment inventory, while also providing customers with a […]

Straightpoint Inc has named three new distributors, as the manufacturer of force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell equipment continues to raise its profile in the US scale market. The Scale People Inc, of Newport News, Virginia; RD Jacobs Company, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Cooper Instruments & Systems, of Warrenton, Virginia – […]

DLM will be attending LiftEx this November showcasing its industry established tensile links. The DLM Engineering team has been continually researching and improving the links to ensure they meet the highest quality and safety standards expected of the lifting and rigging industry. Manufactured from lightweight aerospace grade aluminium these devices can be used in various […]

Canadian Business and Profit Today ranked Stärke Material Handling Group number 452 on the 28th annual Profit 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the Profit 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth. For the second year running, Stärke Material Handling […]

Workplatform – the official distributor for Genie has relocated to Willow Farm Business Park, Castle Donnington from its former location further east on the Derby Southern Bypass, along the M1 corridor. The move to a bigger more modern premises of nearly 3000sqm has been designed to best meet with customer requirements. Jonathan Hull, of Workplatform […]

Overhead crane and hoist manufacturer Ace World Companies has received an order for a custom hot metal ladle crane with three hoists from Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc. in Illinois. The 175/35/15USt capacity crane will have a 70ft span, 460 VAC power supply and meet Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA) duty classification F. CMAA Class […]