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  Konecranes president and CEO Pekka Lundmark was “pleased” with third quarter results following the Finnish company’s latest interim finance report. “Although not yet at the goal, we are pleased with our results in third quarter,” he said. “Service business is improving its performance and achieving the goal of prioritising profitability over growth this year. […]

  Italian access equipment supplier CTE sold its first ZED 23 JH to a customer in Rome, Italy having made the sale at Bologna’s Saie exhibition earlier this month. Presented for the first time at Saie 2012, the new truck-mounted platform with 250kg of capacity, 23m working height and flying boom is the sister model […]

Konecranes, Springfield, Ohio, has introduced two speed control options—extended speed range and adaptive speed range—for overhead lifting equipment motors for the power industry. The control options provide cost-effective solutions for achieving high average hoist speeds without increasing motor size. The extended speed range has been developed for high duty applications where near capacity loads are […]

Vestil Manufacturing, Angola, Ind., now offers the galvanized truck jib crane, which features a maximum capacity of 2,000 pounds to assist lifting heavy items. The unit can be used in water environments or areas prone to moisture. The crane can swivel 360° for limitless operation.

Timothy Koval, vice president and chief legal officer for the Raymond Corporation, has been appointed president and COO for Arbor Material Handling Inc., an authorized Raymond sales and service center headquartered in Willow Grove, Pa. In this role, Koval will oversee all operational aspects of the business, which services customers throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New […]

Mazzella Lifting Technologies has opened a new branch in Virginia, Minn. The facility is in a central location for serving the local Taconite Mines and other general industry in the region. “We see the Mazzella Companies’ expansion into the Mesabi Range of Minnesota as a natural progression of our long-term relationship with U.S. Steel,” says […]

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 […]