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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 […]

Clark Material Handling Co., Lexington, Ky., announces Rob Smith has been promoted to the position of marketing supervisor, reporting directly to Bo Maslanyk, vice president of sales and marketing. In this new position, Smith will be responsible to supervise, direct and oversee the marketing, advertising and graphic design functions of the company. He will be […]

EnKon Systems, Walled Lake, Mich., has manufactured an electric belt drive scissor lift table that provides static positioning indefinitely to +/- .01 inches. The electric belt drive lift also offers precision control to +/- .06 inches, which can be improved with an encoder. This specific system consists of a portable electric belt drive lift table […]

In a continued effort to meet these expectations Starke Material Handling of Ontario has added an AC Electric Walkie Stacker Reach Truck to its range of Lift Maxx stackers and pallet trucks. The ESR30ACX Stacker Reach’s compact design is ideal for operation in narrow aisles with step-less speed control for smooth, consistent speed; a vertical, […]

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 […]

Alliance Scale, Canton, Mass., has introduced a heavy-duty, portable crane scale with a wireless remote control for a wide range of material-handling applications. The Alliance/CAS IE Series crane scale features an aluminum die-cast case, an easy to read 1.1-inch LED or LCD display, and function keys for power, zero, tare, and hold.  The wireless remote […]