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Co-founder and Managing Director of the GGR Group Ltd, Gill Riley has been awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for her Services to Construction in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours published this week. GGR Group is a UK supplier of vacuum handling equipment, compact pick and carry cranes, Unic mini spider cranes and […]

Aerial work platform manufacturer, Snorkel has appointed Song Wang as sales manager in the company’s China team.  In his role Wang will be responsible for all sales activities for Snorkel in the Mainland China region.  This will include management and development of Snorkel’s existing Chinese distributor network, as well as direct sales into key accounts […]

UK company Lift Turn Move (LTM) has launched its new chain hoist product The LoadGuard Mini to its Middle East customers at the Palme Middle East show in Dubai . The LoadGuard Mini is a light weight hoist, weighing 12kgs, with a lifting capacity of 250kg on one fall of chain and has the benefit […]

Gordon Clark has been appointed new sales director Offshore Cranes at Liebherr Maritime Cranes. Clark joined Liebherr in 1991 as assistant to the managing director and was responsible for the running of Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd. that mainly produced offshore cranes for the UK market. After seven years, in 1997, he moved to the mobile […]

Kalmar, is working on the upgrade and refurbishment of the overhead crane at the steel mill of the Aperam stainless steel plant in Genk, Belgium. The scope includes design, construction, delivery and erection of all the materials for the project, according to the standards and regulations for hoisting liquid steel. The project, which started in […]

Remote control manufacturer HBC-radiomatic Inc. has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to better serve its customers on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Jeff Allan, CEO, HBC-radiomatic Inc., said: “Given that the Gulf region has been an important area for us for some time, establishing a direct presence in Houston was a logical development…If customers require local inventory, […]

Modulift has achieved recertification of its business management system, having undergone an audit by DNV-GL Business Assurance. The business certification body has verified that Modulift meets the requirements of all of the ISO standards (ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007), and it has met the DNV GL full “Management System Certification” criteria. The purpose […]

Scotload, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Sea-Land Distributors, a wholesale distributor of wire rope and rigging products in New Orleans. With this agreement, Sea-Land will distribute and provide after-sales service for Scotload’s range of load testing and certification equipment in the United States. The available product range […]

The Joseph Merritt Group Plc, a leading global specialist in the lifting, transportation, installation, removal and storage of manufacturing machinery and production equipment has been named as one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK’s East Midlands. Grant Thornton, a leading financial and business adviser, has issued its third report looking at the 200 […]

To mark the second USA annual National Forklift Safety Day on 9 June 2015, sponsored by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA), The Raymond Corporation is sharing best practices in operator and pedestrian safety by offering a free poster to serve as a best practices reminder to operators and pedestrians. “With labour being more than 70% […]