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  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, […]

J D Neuhaus has introduced new models into their EH range of air operated monorail hoists, suitable for applications in harsh environments including onshore and offshore, the cement industry, steelworks, and shipbuilding. Two versions, for each of the 75 and 100 metric ton lifting capacity products in the EH range are now available in both […]

Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) President and CEO Brett Wood has been appointed to serve on the 2014-2015 Manufacturers Board of Advisors of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) and to the 2014-2015 Board of Governors for MHI. As president and CEO, Wood leads TMHNA, a company comprised of Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., […]

Eriez HydroFlow STAR Filters are designed with advanced features that Eriez says eliminate common problems with rotating vacuum filters.  Typically installed as central systems with flow rates above 250 GPM and filtration to one micron, the Star Filter uses a centrifugal pump to draw liquid through a permanent media element with an optional feed of […]

Associated and Peach State Integrated Technologies Inc. has completed the transaction to acquire Peach State, which under the agreement will operate as a subsidiary of Associated. Peach State, headquartered in Atlanta, GA,  provides supply chain consulting, engineering, and automated material handling solutions. “We are very excited to have this transaction completed.  As we look toward […]