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Due to continued growth and to improve service to our customers, TVH has opened a distribution facility in Shreveport, La.   TVH will reach a large number of our customers using one-day ground service from the Shreveport location to all of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma. In addition, TVH […]

Cargotec has secured an order to supply two of its eight-wheel Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes to Ecuador. The two models have been purchased by  Ecuadorian cargo handling firm INARPI S.A for a new inland yard operation on Trinitaria Island, Guayaquil, the largest city in the country. The new equipment is scheduled for delivery in […]

Flow-Rite, Byron Center, Mich., announce the recent hiring of Todd Hart and the promotion of Rob Brock to the newly created positions of sales director and major account manager.   As sales director, Hart will oversee all Flow-Rite sales efforts, including battery watering and marine businesses.  He will be a bridge between the sales team […]

APEM Components Inc., Haverhill, Mass., introduces its IH Hall Effect pushbutton. This pushbutton switch features a 12mm diameter bushing with a low behind-panel depth. APEM’s IH series offers one of a kind Hall Effect sensor technology for a long lifecycle.   APEM has created to version of the IH series: the IHL and the IHS. […]

  Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. has secured an order for the supply of four Megamax ship-to-shore container cranes to Associated British Ports, Southampton, UK. The order comes on the back of a new UK ship-to-shore productivity record which was set by a Liebherr megamax ship-to-shore crane at the Port of Southampton, on 17 October when […]

  At its Vernouillet, France, production plant, Verlinde SA has introduced an environmental management system in compliance with standard ISO14001-2004. Based on a four-stage procedure (planning, service enhancement, data collection, inspections) it is designed to introduce and promote integration of environmental criteria as early as product design and manufacture; reduction of consumption of energy and […]

Briggs Equipment, has named Grant Johanson manager of BE Fleet, the company’s industrial equipment fleet management consulting service.     In his role, Johanson will provide strategic program leadership and oversight for the BE Fleet consulting team. He’ll also work with individual customers to find fleet asset, maintenance, operator, and safety management options that help achieve […]

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 has surpassed the 2-million mark in record time for net square feet of sold exhibit space, with more than a year to go until opening day. The show is 75 percent ahead in exhibitor count and 33 percent ahead in exhibit space compared to the last show cycle at a similar time.   […]

For readers looking for more information in deep-cycle battery technology, the first set of Trojan Tips educational videos is now available on the Trojan Battery Co. website.   “Trojan developed the Trojan Tips video tutorials to educate the public on how to enhance the performance and longevity of deep-cycle batteries that power a variety of […]

Magnetek, Menomonee Falls, Wis., has expanded international distribution of its radio control products in China. The company has signed a distribution agreement with Beijing Asiastars Electronic Technologies Co., LTD (AET). Under terms of the agreement, AET will serve as the exclusive distributor of Magnetek’s radio control products to the material handling and mobile hydraulic industries […]