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Crown Equipment's QuickPick Remote order-picking technology has earned its third international design award from the iF International Forum Design's 2014 product design competition in the category of Transportation Design/Special Vehicles. Crown’s QuickPick Remote is utilizes technology to reduce operator fatigue and improve productivity and safety. Order selectors  press a button on a wireless transceiver glove to remotely […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. (NMHG) has donated $28,900 to the United Way of Pitt County based on the number of three-point baskets scored by the East Carolina University (ECU) basketball team during the 2013-2014 season. At the final regular-season ECU home basketball game against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Feb. 27, […]

Hyster Co. is working with automated guided vehicle (AGV) provider Seegrid, to bring the Guided by Seegrid technology to its customers–specifically its lift truck customers. The Guided by Seegrid system delivers smart navigation without the need for wires, lasers, or tapes like other AGVs. The Guided by Seegrid technology is designed to help reduce the […]

Konecranes has been named Business of the year in the large business category by the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce for its success in the greater Springfield/Clark Co. Ohio area in 2013. A local company, Konecranes joined more than 370 representatives from area businesses at the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center. Tom Sothard, senior vice president at […]

  Wirral, UK-based Lift Turn Move Limited (LTM) has launched the new GIS GPM electric chain hoist, which offers lifting capacities from 80kg to 250kg. The GPM is the newest product from the GIS production line in Schötz, Switzerland and is the first model of the new GP electric chain hoist generation, designed to fit […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has CMOD 50 corner units available for immediate rental. CMOD50 are the corner units for mod 50 spreader beams to make up a spreader frame. Spreader frames are useful for lifts with more than two lifting points. These are also ideal for lifts with low headroom. The CMOD modular spreader frame […]

Magnetek Inc. now has available the DataLogger Series 4 drive support tool. This microprocessor-controlled, flash memory drive recording device makes it easier for users to access operation history and parameters from the company’s IMPULSE•G+/VG+ Series 3 and  4 and IMPULSE•G+ mini drives. Like Magnetek’s previous DataLogger, the Series 4 allows users to access the run, […]

  Load pin supplier Strainstall UK Ltd will work alongside SBM Offshore, a leader in floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) systems, on the prestigious Shell Stones project, an ultra-deep oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. The FPSO on the project has a forward mounted turret with a disconnectable buoy (also known […]

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU)  has launched new 8-Series Electric Stand-Up Rider Counterbalance forklifts, available in 3,000 to 4,000 lb. lifting capacities. The new forklift series are suitable for use in general warehouse and storage operations, automotive and general manufacturing, and all operations needing a dock-to-stock solution for multi-tasking functions and constant on and […]

SBP Holdings, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bishop Lifting Products, has completed the acquisition of Delta Rigging & Tools. The combined company will go to market under the brands Bishop Lifting Products, Delta Rigging & Tools, Delta Rentals & Rigging, and Morgan City Rentals. The company currently operates 23 branches in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, […]