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Contractors, end-users and rental companies are being urged to download free poster artwork for use in their daily operations, as part of IPAF’s latest Andy Access campaign promoting the safe use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). Simple posters featuring the characters Andy Access and Hugh Hazard form the basis of this campaign. Three posters […]

FB Chain Ltd the UK subsidiary of the FB Group, owned by Swedish company Addtech AB. FB Chain specialises in high quality industrial chain products for the materials handling and industrial process markets, including leaf chain and associated pulley and anchor bolt components as well as roller, attachment and large pitch conveyor chain. FB Chain’s […]

Designed to enable a single crane to precisely position heavy and unbalanced loads, Spanish equipment manufacturer Enerpac has launched the SHAS-Series synchronous hoist system. The SHAS-Series is a below-the-hook crane attachment comprised of multiple self-contained, PLC-controlled hydraulic lifting devices. Each of the lifting devices includes a double-acting hydraulic push pull cylinder with an integrated pump […]

The Caldwell Group has partnered with Certex Lifting Products to engineer and manufacture a lifting system to support the U.S. Navy’s Triton MQ-4C Drone development. The system was used in the NAS Patuxent River Anechoic Chamber during two months of specialized testing.  Certex was awarded the project in late 2014 and immediately partnered with Caldwell […]

Hyster Company announced that Papé Material Handling, a division of The Papé Group, has expanded its territory coverage with the acquisition of Johnson Lift, a division of Johnson Machinery Co. As a result, Papé Material Handling is now the authorized and exclusive Hyster dealer in those territories previously covered by Johnson Lift, including eight Southern California counties, […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) and Industrial Training International (ITI) are partnering to offer prospective students of rigging the chance to train with two of the biggest names in the industry. ITI will be offering Rigging Gear Inspector Levels I & II and Lift Director & Critical Lift Planning at Lifting Gear Hire’s warehouse in Bridgeview, Ill. Students […]

Genie has designed a new consolidated maintenance protocol that enables customers to complete the entire program for any Genie S- and Z-model boom lift models in less time. With this new approach, maintenance procedures are reduced, or even eliminated, to save time and labor costs. With rental equipment constantly going out and coming in, the maintenance protocol […]

  Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Australia's newest and largest automotive and RoRo terminal, which due to open in April 2016. The terminal has been designed, constructed, and will ultimately be operated by the newly formed Melbourne International RoRo and Automotive Terminal Pty Ltd (MIRRAT). The order includes four Kalmar DCE330-RoRo forklifts for […]

TMEIC Corporation has received an order from Shanghai-based Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company LTD. (ZPMC) to supply electrical control and automation systems for 30 automatic stacking cranes. These ASCs will be supplied to Yangshan  Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. As the Shanghai International Port Group develops its first automated terminal environment, Alan Peterson, TMEIC crane systems industry segment leader, […]

In late September, American Crane and Equipment Corporation hosted two groups of local high school students as part of Berk County's Business Coalition's "Students Interacting with Business" program. This program is designed for students to learn about the culture of business and how businesses assess prospective candidates for employment. The morning began with a demonstration […]