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Kalmar has won an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a call for tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement D'Interêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP). The value of the order is approximately EUR 10 million. The order has been booked into Cargotec's 2016 fourth quarter order intake and the equipment will […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp. will purchase Stahl CraneSystems, a business of Konecranes Plc., in an all-cash transaction value for the acquisition is €224 million ($240 million). Konecranes is divesting Stahl as a result of the European Union anti-trust review related to their pending acquisition of Terex Corporation’s Material Handling & Port Solutions business. Timothy Tevens, president and […]

Scottish rental company Active Access has wasted no time under new ownership to expand its specialised access fleet. The company has ordered a further ten Hinowa tracked booms from the Scottish Hinowa dealer, APS. This consignment consists of a mix of 17.75, 20.10 and 26.14 machines – and is in addition to three new machines […]

US material handling company, Crown Equipment Corporation, has opened a new sales and service location near Milwaukee, USA. The new facility will help meet growing customer needs in the Eastern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan regions. Crown has served customers in this region since 1996, and the new facility is three times larger than the previous […]

Crosby’s new SL-150 Slide-Loc is an innovative alternative to standard eye bolts The SL-150 Slide-Loc can be used with traditional eye bolt methods of rigging except instead of an eye bolt you have a new kind of lifting point. You thread the lifting point into the load, using no tools – your hand fits comfortably […]

KION North America has appointed Spokane Forklift & Construction Inc. to its dealer network. Based in Spokane, Wash., they will offer sales and service to parts of Washington, Idaho and Montana. Family owned and operated, Spokane Forklift has maintained a presence in the greater Pacific Northwest since 2007. KION North America is confident that Spokane Forklift is […]

Ainscough Crane Hire has named Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) a preferred supplier of lifting and rigging equipment. The mobile and crawler crane rental company operates from 30 strategic locations spanning the length of the UK, while Wales headquartered RSS has recently opened its fifth in close proximity to Ainscough’s depot in Hayes, near […]

Netarus LLC, maker of the HoistCam platform of remote camera monitoring systems, now offers an industry leading 5 Year Warranty on standard HoistCam camera systems, including the HC140 and HC180. The company will repair or replace cameras affected by manufacturing defect for five years from the date of purchase. “Unique to the construction and industrial camera […]

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 […]