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Custom Equipment has recently improved its low-level Hy-Brid HB-830 scissor. The 500-lb. capacity lift now has a longer platform that enables maintenance crews and contractors more space for tools and materials, reducing the number of trips up and down to reload the lift. The lightweight unit that has a working up to 14 ft.  also features […]

Jason Dorsey of Western Carolina Forklift has received UniCarriers Americas first master technician certification. UniCarriers University, formerly the University of Nissan Forklift, launched in January 2012, is an educational platform that enables UniCarriers Americas Corp.'s service technicians to rank among the most highly skilled and knowledgeable material handling equipment representatives in the industry. Students complete […]

Crown Equipment recently recognized its best performing company-owned branches and independent dealers in North America. Crown Lift Trucks of Ontario, Calif., and NorthWest Handling Systems Inc. of Seattle, Wash., both earned the James F. Dicke Pioneer Award as 2013’s top-performing branch and dealer, respectively. “Our most successful retailers continue to demonstrate that the Crown experience […]

Manitou Group’s President and CEO Michel Denis has unveiled a new direction for the company, which includes the Group being organized by three divisions—Material Handling and Access (MHA) product division, Compact Equipment (CE) product division, and the Service & Solutions (S&S) division. MHA Division-The MHA will manage the French and Italian production sites, manufacturing telehandlers, rough-terrain […]

Arbil Lifting now now has Enerpac Authorised Service Centres in Lye, serving midlands and northern based customers, and in Bristol, serving the company’s expanding southern customer base. “Enerpac was one of the first suppliers we worked alongside when the business began in 1963, so across the company we are extremely familiar with the range of products,” […]

  Wirral, UK-based Lift Turn Move Limited (LTM) has announced dates for two motor schools, which will take place at Adlib Audio’s new custom training facilities in Liverpool, on 3-4 and 5-6 June. The two-day courses will be led by expert staff from LTM and will cover hoist maintenance and general theory. The courses offer […]

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 […]