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Kalmarhas secured a significant order from long-term customer DP World for eight fully electric Kalmar straddle carriers with high-energy batteries at its London Gateway logistics hub. The order was booked in Cargotec’s Q2 2023 order intake, with delivery of the machines scheduled for Q2 2024. London Gateway is a state-of-the-art deep-sea port, rail terminal and […]

2023 sees Narrow Aisle Ltd, the independently owned British warehouse truck manufacturer, celebrate the 25thanniversary of its successful distribution partnership with Sunbelt Material Handling of the USA. Sunbelt has played a key role in developing the market for Narrow Aisle’s pioneering range of Flexi articulated very narrow aisle (VNA) lift trucks across North, Central and South […]

The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Awards 2023 ceremony took place on 22 June in Dortmund, Germany.  Both Jungheinrich’s  ultra-compact PowerCube storage system and the innovative addedVIEW fork camera with barcode scanning received the much-coveted awards in their respective categories. The Jungheinrich PowerCube, an automated compact container warehouse for the particularly […]

In front of the backdrop of the new production halls, Böcker celebrated its 65th company anniversary 16 and 17 June with the 360deg Height Days. In midsummer temperatures, the masts of the truck and trailer cranes were shining. The entire Böcker product range could be admired and tested live on site. Special highlights were the […]

Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM), of Southampton, UK is meeting high demand for telemetry shackles in towing applications across North America, through distributor Chant Engineering Co Inc, of New Britain, Pennsylvania. DLM has a long-running partnership with Chant, which delivers a variety of its load cells, load monitoring, and cable working equipment to the […]

Konecranes has acquired the industrial crane service operations of Norway’s Munck Cranes AS, giving it access to new customers and a large installed base of Munck’s industrial cranes in Norway and beyond. Munck Cranes AS is a well-recognised industrial crane and crane service provider in Norway with international component export operations. For almost 100 years, […]

A compact, lightweight design combined with the efficiency of Genie E-Drive technology contributed to Cramo Group’s decision to add the GS-1932m micro scissor lifts to their fleet Cramo Group, a division of Boels Rental and one of Europe’s leading companies specialising in equipment rental services, has taken delivery of 181 Genie GS-1932m micro scissor lifts […]

Leguan Lifts Oy, a manufacturer of spider lifts has announced the successful restructuring of their assembly process. This strategic move signals a significant step towards enhancing production efficiency and expanding Leguan Lifts’ capacity for future growth. As one of the fastest growing spider lift manufacturers in the world, Leguan Lifts has continuously demonstrated their commitment […]

This year’s Global Lifting Awareness Day, which takes place on 13 July, will kick-off with an event at UK Parliament on the eve of #GLAD2023 and lead into a packed programme of content, delivered by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA).It will be an emphatic statement to industry that #GLAD2023 – and everything it stands […]

Jungheinrich has started production at its new plant in Chomutov, Czechia. Following a construction period of around ten months, an ETV 216i reach truck became the first unit to roll off the production line on 6 June. Thanks to the new site, which has an area of around 37,000sqm, more than 350 new jobs will […]