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Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Amherst, N.Y., has made its popular Yale Global King electric wire rope hoist available in a Quick Ship Program. The Flex-48 Program offers the flexibility to order select Global King units as a standard monorail unit or as a complete plug & play crane kit. These units have been configured for broad […]

LiuGong Forklift Americas, Katy, Texas, announces that Mayan Forklifts, S. de R.L. de C.V., Merida, Mexico, is now an authorized distributor. The company will be a dealer of LiuGong forklift products in the Mexican States of Yucatán, Campeché, and Quintana Roo. Mayan Forklifts expands LiuGong’s forklift dealer network in Mexico, which also includes AMMEX in […]

The second Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada featured the public inauguration of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC). The independent group also formed a panel to conclude the two-day event, which has held Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, sharing with delegates a commitment to ensure positive change […]

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Lift-It Manufacturing Co., Inc. has launched a new website at Lift-It.com, providing extensive product and safety information in addition to improved navigation for visitors. The site is designed to provide instant, easy access to the complete line of slings, rigging hardware, load securement, nets, dynamometers, blocks, plate clamps, cordage, fall prevention equipment, […]

Clark Material Handling Co., Lexington, Ky., has appointed Susan Harmon as the company’s purchasing manager, and Treva Payne has been named the company’s planner expediter. Harmon will be responsible to provide leadership and management to the purchasing and materials group for the aftermarket parts business. She returns to Clark with more than 25 years of […]

American Sales Development LLC (ASD), Fairfield, Conn., introduces the ergonomic ASD electric walkie tug, which reduces the effort, strain, and chance of injury when moving heavy or unwieldy loads in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.  With a capacity of up to 20,000 pounds on wheeled carts or trailers, the unit easily and safely replaces the […]

Clark Material Handling Company, Lexington, Ky., has recognized the top parts managers, service managers, and customer service specialists for 2011 from across North America. Bo Maslanyk, Clark’s VP of sales and marketing, said that “Strong performance in aftermarket parts sales is a prime indicator of Clark's close relationship with its dealers.” With more than 75 […]

  Holland-based hooks, steel wire rope and chain accessories provider Van Beest has expanded the Green Pin socket range with two new types: Open Spelter Sockets and Open Wedge Sockets, both with safety bolts. Sockets are used to attach steel wire rope to a fixed point. Van Beest is a manufacturer of Green Pin shackles, […]

  Telford, UK-based Independent Parts and Service Ltd (IPS) and Huntingdon, UK-based Access Platform Sales Ltd (APS) are to merge their European operations to create an independent full service distributor of powered access (aerial work platforms) in the UK. Since its creation 10 years ago IPS has grown revenues to in excess of £8 million […]

  A UNIC mini crane was hired from lifting solutions specialist GGR Group to take on a more unusual lifting challenge at one of London’s most famous shopping destinations. The spider crane assisted in erecting a giant statue of iconic Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at Selfridges department store on Oxford Street. A URW-376 mini crane […]