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The manual hydraulic hand pump stacker from Vestil Manufacturing Corp., Angola, Ind., is compact enough to fit through standard doors. The forks are raised by manual hydraulic hand pump operation and released by a lever located on the handle. The mesh guard provides visibility for the operator. The stacker is maintenance free and a solution […]

In early 2012, an LHM 550 Liebherr mobile harbor crane, purchased by Maine Port Authority, marked the 40th delivery to the North American market. Of these machines, 32 have been delivered to the United States, and eight were sent to Canada. The 40th crane delivered was purchased by the Maine Port Authority for its port […]

Vista, Calif.-based Sherline Products’ suspended hydraulic scale is used to estimate the amount of weight being lifted for loading purposes. It has a 1 sq.-in. surface area hydraulic piston. Each pound of weight suspended from its hooks exerts exactly 1 PSI of hydraulic pressure. This is read directly on the hydraulic pressure gauge, which now reads in […]

CLARK Material Handling Co., Lexington, Ky., announces the appointment of Jim Gillespie as national accounts sales representative. He reports to Bo Maslanyk, vice president of sales and marketing. His responsibilities will include working closely with dealers and regional sales personnel, as well as end users in establishing and maintaining national and major account customer relationships. […]

American Crane & Equipment Corp., Douglassville, Pa., a manufacturer of overhead electric cranes and hoists, has installed a custom under-hung crane system in the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner manufacturing facility in Charleston, S.C. This project included the design, manufacture and installation of an 80-ton capacity custom under-hung crane system with multiple bridges. These bridges can […]

The Raymond Corporation, Greene, N.Y., is celebrating its 90th anniversary in the material-handling industry. From the company’s invention of the first hydraulic hand pallet truck in 1934 to its current advancements in lift truck automation, Raymond has pioneered leading-edge innovations that improve material-handling productivity, reliability, and efficiency. “In the past 90 years, the demands on […]

Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, IPAF rental company members in the UK must report any known mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) accidents involving their staff at the IPAF accident database. The move to mandate accident reporting as a condition of IPAF membership for UK rental companies was agreed at the first meeting of the IPAF UK […]

  A 40t double girder Goliath crane on London’s Oxford Street, which has been in service for three months, is the 10th Street Crane installation on the Crossrail project, a new railway being built in southeast England. The crane will be lifting spoil skips and lowering tunnel segments and other pre-cast elements for the Crossrail […]

  Lifting solutions and mini crane hire company, GGR Group, has completed work on a long-term project to help refurbish one of Glasgow city centre’s landmark high rise buildings, St Andrews House. The 17 storey tower on West Nile Street, originally built in 1963, has been transformed from a dated office building into a brand […]

Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT), Garner, Iowa, has released its new and improved lineup of TireHand tire manipulators, which enable customers to efficiently and safely install and rotate the massive tires on mining and construction equipment. IMT has added two new TireHand models and redesigned previous offerings to meet customer needs for more capacity […]