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Emerson Industrial Automation has appointed a new president to manage its Control Techniques business unit. Scott Anderson will lead the business from its headquarters in the United Kingdom where it employs around 650 people, along with a further 1,000 employees across 55 locations worldwide. Anderson brings 32 years of Emerson experience to Control Techniques. His most recent […]

The Crosby Group has redesigned its IPSC10 screw clamp line. With its forged allow steel body design, the screw clamp now has larger jaw openings. Larger jaw openings are available with 1.5- and 3-metric-ton capacities with jaw openings of 0-1.57” / 0-40mm and 0-2.36” / 0 – 60mm, respectively. The IPSC10 is suitable for use […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp. has a new line of heavy-duty crane hooks that includes single and double configurations with capacities up to 1,250 metric tons. The line comprises standard forged hooks, hooks with extended shafts, custom-designed hooks, complete hook suspensions, and high-quality machined and un-machined products for a variety of industrial applications. In January 2015, Columbus McKinnon acquired […]

Harrington Hoists Inc. has introduced its new line of below-the-hook and material-handling equipment. The BTH line now includes lifting beams, spreader beams, roll lifters, coil lifters, tongs, sheet lifters, and pallet lifters. Fork truck accessories, material stands, and material baskets make up the material-handling equipment line. Harrington’s new complete line of lifting devices is offered […]

On the Thursday of this year’s ICUEE exhibition – held September 29-October 1 in Louisville, Kentucky USA – proceeds from a benefit auction will go to The Call of DutyTM Endowment. The goal is to bringing military veterans and industry jobs together. The Call of DutyTM Endowment is a USA organisation, which helps military veterans […]

Van Beest has expanded the Excel grade 10 range with the introduction of the grade 10 Eye grab hooks for 6 mm diameter chain. Other dimensions will be manufactured soon. Grade 10 Eye grab hooks comply with the requirements of the standard DIN 5692. These grab hooks can be used to shorten a sling. The […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) announced today that pending the completion of the proposed transactions between Gregory Poole Equipment Company, Dougherty Equipment Company Inc, LiftOne LLC, VBS Inc Material Handling Equipment, and Briggs Equipment Inc, and execution of dealer agreements, the Company will have successfully completed a major restructuring of the dealer networks for […]

Swedish metals company Boliden has placed an order with Konecranes for a 50t process crane. The crane will be delivered in February 2016 to Boliden Harjavalta’s smelter in Harjavalta, Finland. The crane will be installed in the copper converter hall where it will replace an old crane. The converter hall crane is used continuously in […]

The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) has announced that Paul Drechsler, chairman of diversified international firm Bibby Group, has been nominated to succeed Sir Mike Rake as president of the UK’s leading business group. CBI members will be asked to endorse Drechsler’s appointment as president at the annual general meeting on 13 July 2015. It […]

German rental company Hydraulik Bühnen Verleih (HBV) recently added new Snorkel aerial work platforms to its fleet, including S1930E electric scissor lifts, Snorkel’s trailer mounted boom lift TL37J, and the first S3970RT compact rough terrain scissor lift in Germany. Located in the Northwest region of Germany, HBV is a machinery rental and sales company that […]