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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the January 2014 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 64.9, the highest confidence level in two years and an increase from the December index of 55.8.  An improved general outlook for economic activity among industry leadership contributed […]

Mobile scale manufacturer RAVAS will show its cost-saving weighing systems for hand pallet trucks, warehouse trucks, and forklifts in March at Modex. The units cut costs because they reduce cycle times, the space is used more effectively, and the internal logistic processes' efficiency has increased. At Modex, RAVAS will demonstrate the iForks Touch, which are […]

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the January 2014 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 64.9, the highest confidence level in two years and an increase from the December index of 55.8.  An improved general outlook for economic activity among industry leadership contributed […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Amherst, N.Y., has appointed R. Scott Trumbull to its board of directors, effective Jan. 19, 2014.  Trumbull is the chairman and CEO of Franklin Electric Company Inc.  He joined the board of Franklin Electric in 1998 and was elected CEO of the company in December 2002. Prior to Franklin Electric, Trumbull began his […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Amherst, N.Y., has appointed R. Scott Trumbull to its board of directors, effective Jan. 19, 2014.  Trumbull is the chairman and CEO of Franklin Electric Company Inc.  He joined the board of Franklin Electric in 1998 and was elected CEO of the company in December 2002. Prior to Franklin Electric, Trumbull began his […]

  Siobhan Hitchen, managing director of Rope Assemblies Ltd, has become the first female director of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA). Hitchen was elected onto the board of the fast-growing organisation, which now represents over 740 member companies worldwide, alongside three other new directors, Douglas Price of Gunnebo, Richard Oldknow of The Crosby Group […]

  Düsseldorf, Germany-based electric and manual chain hoist manufacturer Kito Europe GmbH has announced the promotion of Manuela Thiel to manager of customer service and IT. Meanwhile, Daniel Mayershofer has been assigned to an additional field sales position in Germany. Thiel joined Kito Europe two years ago in an IT support role. Since then, she […]

The entire Thermote & Vanhalst (TVH) Group has joined the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), including its Belgium headquarters and 18 other TVH companies across 15 countries. TVH director of business development Kristof Coudenys said: “As a result of the expansion of our rental activities and the growing sales of aerial platform parts, we are convinced that our IPAF […]

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has added Richmond, Va.-based Colonial Tire Distributors to its authorized retread network.Colonial Tire sells new Goodyear commercial truck tires and Goodyear retreads at three locations in Virginia: Richmond, Ashland, and Tidewater. Its fully equipped retread plant in Richmond produces Goodyear precure retreads, including the G572, the G316 AT, and others, […]

L-com Inc. has engineered three new USB 3.0 cables equipped with thumbscrews for use with USB3 Vision standard applications. These cables are built precisely to the USB3 Vision specification hosted by the AIA (Automated Imaging Association) for the machine vision industry. In addition to applications where the secure thumbscrew is beneficial, L-com's USB3 Vision Cables […]