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Lift-It Manufacturing, Pomona, Calif., reports that an refinery in Trinidad and Tobago required a product that became a production milestone for the company. The refinery required a 34’x34’ barrier net. Previously, the largest, heavy-duty cargo net fabricated by Lift-It were 25’x25’, which was used to lift a 50,000-pound historic object in the Hawaiian Islands. For […]

To address the growing demand for training, North American Crane Bureau is opening a new facility in Central Florida, located near NACB’s headquarters and near the interstate. The 6,200-sq.-ft. training facility will allow for hands-on and classroom training, and it will include an area specifically for simulation and interactive learning. NACB expects the facility to […]

Cynergy Ergomics, St. Louis, Mo., has recently installed a custom lifting system to lift, rotate, and reposition five separate commercial aircraft fuselage panels of differing sizes, weights and geometries.  The panels, which weigh up to 2,500 pounds each, are lifted and then rotated either 90° or 180° before being placed into dunnage, a storage pogo, […]

  The emergency lowering device recently introduced by German manufacturer JD Neuhaus for its EH range of air operated hoists can now also be supplied as a standard feature on the Profi Ti line from 25t to 60t lift capacity. Hoists incorporating the emergency lowering device option are equipped with a separate air tank, with […]

  Verlinde has seemed up with fellow French firm Sere Maintenance to give flight to a giant heron carrying visitors to “the Machines de L’île,” a cultural and entertainment project in Nantes. A heron with an 8-metre wing span carrying passengers flies over the great model of the Heron Tree set in the middle of […]

SANY America, Peachtree City, Ga., has launched container reach stackers and empty-container handlers for port, rail, and intermodal cargo use in North America. “Sany port machines are in use at some of the busiest ports and intermodal yards in the world,” said Kyle Nape, vice president of global sales and marketing at Sany America. “We’re […]

The International Powered Access Federation’s accident reporting project has determined there were 26 deaths resulting from 25 worldwide accidents involving aerial work platforms from January to September 2012. Results for the last quarter reveal that there were seven fatalities from six accidents that were reported in the months of July, August, and September. These accidents all […]

Access equipment provider CTE held a successful dealer training day in Rivoli Veronese, Italy, 3-4 October 2012, where it shared product information about the new ZED truck-mounted articulated platforms—and the entire CTE range. Demonstrations of truck-mounted and self-propelled track mounted platforms were staged for attendees in addition to a presentation of the new ZED 20.2H […]

ProMat 2013 will return Jan. 21-24 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill. The biennial tradeshow, owned by the Material Handling Industry of America, will bring a wealth of information to industry professionals. Equipment providers will show their latest manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain equipment and systems, and the event will host a number of […]

  Van Beest will show its range of Green Pin shackles, Excel hooks and steel wire rope and chain accessories at LiftEx 2012, which takes place 29-30 November at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK. Van Beest will exhibit at stand 25 among more exhibitors and floorspace than ever before at this event, now in its […]