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Lifting specialist GGR Group has added to its growing hire fleet of glass handling equipment with the Hydraulica 2600 Quad-Circuit Compact glass vacuum lifter.  This heavy-duty machine is now the highest capacity glass lifter available in the UK with a 2600kg of lifting power and features the latest quad circuit vacuum technology for ultimate safety […]

CLARK Material Handling Company has introduce the C40-55 Series with Tier 4 Final-compliant engines. The C40-55 Series lift trucks use the Deutz TD3.6 diesel engine, featuring common rail direct injection fuel system that delivers 74 hp at 2200 rpm and 243 ft/lbs of torque at 1600 rpm. The advanced design and efficiency of the Deutz engine […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation now offers to the rigging industry American-made towing assemblies and the addition of 35 products to its In-Stock Guarantee. Columbus McKinnon and its subsidiary, Tennessee-based Dixie Industries, have designed a variety of versatile cluster, chain and bridle assemblies suited for the toughest towing applications. With patented attachments and short link chain that resists bending, these towing assemblies provide […]

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 […]