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Two specially designed GMK4100 mobile cranes from Grove, customized for work indoors and in tight industrial spaces, have completed their first job. The 100 t capacity cranes lifted an 82 t piece of machinery at a 6.5 m radius inside a manufacturing facility just 10 m tall in Germany.  The cranes, named the GMK4100S, were […]

CLARK Material Handling Company, Lexington, Ky., is announces its “Dealer of the Year” Award for 2013 has been awarded to Fraza Forklifts of Detroit, Mich. Clark selects its Dealer of the Year each year from a North American network of 85 dealers and 200 plus dealership locations, recognizing the dealership’s excellence in equipment sales, parts […]

Two specially designed GMK4100 mobile cranes from Grove, customized for work indoors and in tight industrial spaces, have completed their first job. The 100 t capacity cranes lifted an 82 t piece of machinery at a 6.5 m radius inside a manufacturing facility just 10 m tall in Germany.  The cranes, named the GMK4100S, were […]

Crown Equipment has announced the opening of company-owned facilities in New Orleans and Shreveport, La., to enhance service to customers in the region. “Crown has served customers in Louisiana for more than 25 years,” said Jim Mozer, senior vice president, Crown Equipment. “These new company-owned branches will allow us to take our customers’ experience to […]

Cargotec's Kalmar has secured a large order for 15 Kalmar E-One rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolivariana de Puertos (Bolipuertos), S.A through construction contractor Teixeira Duarte, part of the consortium Consorcio TD-Mota-Proyecto Puerto de la Guaira, in Venezuela. The deal follows an order for Kalmar port equipment received earlier in March from Bolipuertos. The equipment […]

In March 2013 Konecranes received an order for a Goliath gantry crane from Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu (“EEP”). The high-tech Goliath crane, which will be one of the largest gantry cranes in the world, will be taken into operation in July 2014. This order continues the series of Konecranes Goliath gantry cranes being […]

  The 28th Movimat international intralogistics fair will take place 17-19 September, 2013 at the Expo Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil. A mix of material handling equipment will be on show representing the automation, packing and lift truck sectors, including industrial vehicle manufacturers and distributors; accessories and parts; wheels; batteries; pallet support structures; lifting equipment; […]

  The 28th Movimat international intralogistics fair will take place 17-19 September, 2013 at the Expo Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil. A mix of material handling equipment will be on show representing the automation, packing and lift truck sectors, including industrial vehicle manufacturers and distributors; accessories and parts; wheels; batteries; pallet support structures; lifting equipment; […]

IPAF has announced that Jordan Barab, deputy assistant secretary of labor for  Occupational Safety and Health and second in command at OSHA, has confirmed that he will address the IPAF Summit in Miami on March 26. Barab’s presentation is entitled:  “Scaling New Heights in Fall Protection." He completes a panel of speakers that includes keynote […]

  Momentum is building behind the World Materials Handling Alliance following its inaugural meeting at January’s ProMat show in Chicago. As reported by Maximum Capacity Media (MCM) titles, U.S.-based material handling association MHI hosted a meeting with four other major global trade associations at McCormick Place, where it sponsors the biennial trade event. Actually, as […]