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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% […]

Clark Material Handling Co. has expanded Apex Material Handling’s dealer territory into Bartonville, Ill. Currently of Chicago, Apex will now also offer sales and service, a rental fleet, an aftermarket parts department, and a full offering of allied products from its Bartonville, Ill. facility. John Paul Turcich, president of Apex Material Handling president, said, “We are […]

Jordan Barab, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, reiterated to the audience at last month’s IPAF Summit that “safety is not a luxury; it’s a necessity that every worker deserves.” With falls from height still the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the United States and many other countries, Barab commended the powered […]

Konecranes won an order last month for three ship-to-shore cranes from PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero) in Surabaya. The cranes will be delivered to the PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) at the end of 2016. When those crane arrive, seven Konecranes STS cranes and 16 Konecranes RTG cranes will be in operation at TPS. TPS […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a leading manufacturer of material handling products, has developed the Parts Star replacement parts programme to ensure that its customers can buy authentic Columbus McKinnon parts. The company says that genuine CMCO parts are designed to fit the hoist’s exact specifications, maintaining warranty requirements and the integrity of the hoist’s design and […]