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Handling Specialty recently revised its online parts and service offerings by streamlining the navigation process and adding an expanded menu, and additional online forms,  Featuring a more detailed list of services, the website can better serve those looking for keywords associated with the company’s activities. Options like installation assistance, operator and maintenance training, repairs, parts ordering, inspections, and […]

Enerpac introduces the SHS-Series SyncHoist System, a below-the-hook lifting solution for positioning heavy crane loads. Using just one crane, the SyncHoist System allows operators to easily position loads vertically and horizontally, all while ensuring complete safety, speed, and control.  Designed with four BTH-1-compliant hydraulic lifting cylinders, the SyncHoist System is connected directly to the suspended rigging. […]

Hyster-Yale Group, manufacturer of Hyster and Yale lift trucks, has entered into a preferred vendor cooperation agreement with robotics specialist Balyo Inc. to market self-guided trucks in North America. Through this agreement, Hyster-Yale Group will broaden its capabilities by offering robotic high-productivity solutions for the materials handling industry, while Balyo aims to accelerate adoption of its innovative […]

Canadian company CM Labs Simulations has released a new training module for operators of rough terrain mobile cranes to coincide with unpredictable winter conditions in North America and Europe. The new training module, which provides a complete learning solution for RT mobile crane trainees, can run from any Vortex Simulator. This includes simulators ranging from […]

Independent access rental company Elavation has extended its range of Hinowa tracked boom lifts. The UK-based powered access specialist has taken delivery of a Hinowa Lightlift 26.14 Performance IIIS, a crawler-mounted articulated boom offering a 25.7m maximum working height (23.7m max. platform height) and up to 13.6m of horizontal reach. Elavation already supplies a range […]

Enerpac introduces a new addition to its EVO-Series Synchronous Lifting Systems, the EVO Mini (EVOM), which combines high-pressure hydraulics with a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system to monitor and control precise movement and positioning of heavy loads in a compact, simple-to-use package. Through an integrated Human Machine Interface (HMI), all movements are managed from a central […]

KION North America Corp. has made several changes to its sales and service dealer network for material-handling equipment. Together with Puerto Rican dealer Multi-Batteries and Forklifts, KION North America expanded to the Dominican Republic in Aug. 2015. In November 2015, the industrial forklift manufacturer made the decision to expand its presence in Virginia along with Roanoke-based Homestead […]

In December 2015, Konecranes received another order for six rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes from GCT Canada Limited Partnership for its GCT Deltaport facility located in Port Metro Vancouver, Canada. The cranes will be delivered fully-erect in the winter of 2017. When these cranes are commissioned and working, GCT Deltaport will operate a fleet of 12 […]

In an independent test of industrial lifting clamps conducted by Rexnord Innovation Center (RIC), J.C. Renfroe was the most durable product for horizontal lifting in the study. From July to August 2015, RIC performed fatigue testing on three manufacturers’ vertical, 180 degree turn + side pull clamps in the horizontal orientation. The horizontal test was performed at the +100/+1, 102-pound […]

FIPA Inc. recently developed a custom material-handling solution that improved reliability and decreased cycle time for one of STVision GmbH’s more challenging automated vision systems. STVision specializes in developing industrial automatic inspection systems for the semiconductor production, automotive, medical, precision metal foil, and watch industries, but struggled to find a reliable solution capable of individually lifting magnetic-coded disks […]