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Manitou Group won the 2023 ‘Product of the Year’ award at the International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) ceremony in Berlin. This award, given to the 100% electric Manitou 160 ATJ+ e rough-terrain articulated platform, emphasises the Group’s commitment to providing increasingly innovative and sustainable solutions. Jointly organised by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) […]

Sparrows Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has announced changes to its senior management. The announcement comes following Sparrows Group’s acquisition by Altrad Group last year. Sparrows will remain operating autonomously as an individual entity. Following the acquisition Sparrows will move to a regional operational model […]

JLG Industries, Inc is sending an all-female delegation to the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) Summit and IAPA on 19-20 April to highlight its support of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B) in the workplace. Led by Tjitske Van Hellemond (managing director commercial EMEAI, the Netherlands), the eight-strong multinational delegation includes a keynote speaker for […]

GIS-owned Lift Turn Move Ltd’s (LTM) single-phase electric chain hoist series is being widely used, in numerous markets. The GIS GP single-phase series includes the GP250/500 and GP1000 models, which have a lifting capacity range of 125Kg to 2000Kg and are available in both 110V and 220V options. With a higher duty rating than the […]

Engineered Material Handling (EMH) has promoted Ann Branham to the position of national sales manager. Branham leads a sales team that is responsible for handling, processing and releasing all standard equipment orders to production. For EMH and its outside sales team, Branham’s responsibilities include quoting new equipment projects, as well as managing and overseeing customer […]

Konecranes has acquired the industrial and nuclear crane and crane service operations of privately held Whiting Corporation, strengthening its presence in the North American market. Whiting Corporation is a well-recognised, respected player in North America. For over 100 years, Whiting has served a variety of customers including steel mills, automotive plants, fossil fuel plants, metal […]

Doosan Industrial Vehicle (DIV), a global South Korean forklift manufacturer and Kollmorgen, a German industrial automation specialist, are collaborating to secure a leading position in the material handling industry. The objective is to innovate and build efficient, sustainable, and reliable custom made automatically guided vehicles (AGVs) that exceed its customers’ future requirements. Present in over […]

LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) is now offering members the PLM (Powered Lifting Machines) Manual Lifting Machines (MLM) Global courses in English, Arabic, Bahasa, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified Chinese. These are the latest additions to the market leading training courses being rolled out as part the Association’s state-of-the-art Academy 2.0 platform. LEEA’s all new Foundation […]

Snorkel Europe Limited has promoted Scott Holtby to sales director for the UK. From 1 April Holtby is heading up the UK sales team bringing extensive sales experience to the role including his five years at Snorkel. Holtby joined Snorkel in the summer of 2018 as an area sales manager in the Southwest with the […]

BVS Cranes has successfully commissioned a new crane in the largest infrastructure project in Europe – the HS2 in the UK. BVS Cranes of Turkey has completed the installation and commissioning of the BVS 87.5t SWL gantry crane for its customer the British and French EPC Contractors’ Joint Venture, Balfour Beatty & Vinci JV in […]