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Clark Material Handling Company and the University of Kentucky have reestablished a $250,000 endowment fund to be called the “Clark Material Handling Company Endowment for Faculty Excellence.” The endowment will provide financial support for faculty at the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. Awards will be made by the Dean […]

Glasgow-based Leggat Plant has taken delivery of a Terex Explorer 5500 all terrain crane – the first to arrive in the UK. Part of an on-going investment programme, it brings to seven the number of Terex cranes in the Leggat Plant fleet. In the 130t capacity class with a main boom length of 60m and […]

In March 2015, Konecranes received an order from PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero) in Surabaya for three Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes. The cranes will be delivered to the PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) at the end of 2016. When the cranes are in operation, a total of seven Konecranes STS cranes and 16 Konecranes RTG cranes […]

Preventive maintenance measures are vital to the longevity of cranes, saving money for dealers and rental companies by better ensuring machine availability for the length of contracts and reducing costs for spare parts and repairs. To ensure Manitowoc and Grove customers in Latin America are making full use of preventative maintenance – and getting the […]

Genie SmartLink is a user-friendly control system, which comes as standard on European-produced electric Genie GS-series scissor lifts, GS-69 DC & BE scissor lifts and Runabout family products.  The system was upgraded in 2014 with a simplified user interface, new proportional joystick lift and drive controls, and new push-button selection of lift, drive and outrigger […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp.’s CM Bandit, the first HMI-certified ratchet lever hoist, is now available in 3- and 6-ton capacities. These additions complement CMCO’s 3/4- and 1-1/2-ton units. The lightweight and compact CM Bandit was developed for the global market and features a 360° rotating handle, American-made gold chromate chain, zinc plating on major components for […]

Flow in Motion LLC, Fort Worth Texas, is working with Woelfer Motoren of Germany to supply motors and other components for five container cranes. Woelfer Motoren and Flow in Motion received an order for squirrel cage AC motors, gantries, trollies, hoists, and booms for the new ship-to-shore container cranes.The cranes are scheduled for delivery to […]

Crown Equipment Corp. is sharing best practices from the company’s employee development program at this month’s IMPACT Manufacturing Summit in Las Vegas. The IMPACT Manufacturing Summit is an executive-level manufacturing conference in the United States, hosting hundreds of senior level executives from discrete, process, and food & beverage manufacturers. Dave Beddow, Crown Equipment’s vice president of manufacturing […]

UniCarriers Americas Corporation (UCA) announces that the GCT ZD30 Tier 4 diesel engine now available in its 8,000- to 11,000-lb. capacity, G04 Series  pneumatic-tire forklifts. The 3.0-liter, turbo ZD30 diesel engine, designed by UniCarriers’s wholly owned subsidiary, Global Component Technologies (GCT), increases fuel efficiency of approximately 10% versus the prior engine design, and it reduces emissions below […]

Haulotte Group reported that its first quarter 2015 consolidated revenues grew by 10% to € 98.2 million ($105.63 million) compared to € 89.3 million ($96 million) for the same period of previous year. Equipment sales were up 2% excluding currency effects and represent a stable weight 83.3% (against 83.4% in 2014). Services was up 10% […]