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Despite reports increasing over the past year, the fatality rates of the leading types of accidents have declined – an encouraging sign that collective action across the powered access industry to tackle key underlying causes of accidents is starting to take effect, according to the latest report from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) based […]

Topi Tiitola, senior vice president of Integration and Project Management, has decided to leave Konecranes to pursue other opportunities. He stepped down from Konecranes Leadership Team on 14 July  2023, but will continue to be employed by Konecranes until 14 January  2024, ensuring smooth handover of his duties. “I want to thank Topi Tiitola for […]

Councillor Rosy Raines cut the ribbon as Crosby, a global leader in lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware, welcomed over 50 channel partners and additional guests from around the world to its 16,500 square-foot site in Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK. The facility manufactures Crosby’s Straightpoint and BlokCam brands, which are leaders in load monitoring and crane […]

Powered by LEEA and supporting organisations, #GLAD is now a widely celebrated day where manufacturers, suppliers, and end users are among those sharing material that promotes safe and high-quality load lifting. Yesterday no fewer than 10 UK Members of Parliament attended  LEEA event at the Jubilee Room in Westminster, which served as the unofficial launch […]

Representatives of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) used both the Vertikal Days and Plantworx 2023 events, held in May and June respectively at the East of England Showground near Peterborough, UK, to promote its Safe Loading and Unloading campaign. Spinning a ‘wheel of misfortune’ highlighted to visitors to the IPAF stand all about the […]

In the last months, Riwal, the international aerial work platform rental and sales specialist, has extended its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) by another two years. The interest rate on the RCF will, amongst others, depend on the company’s year-on-year sustainability performance improvement. The RCF’s interest rate is 100% linked to sustainability indicators, measuring Riwal’s performance […]

Mollo Noleggio has acquired Manetta Noleggi, a company operating in the field of equipment for aerial work, building and industrial maintenance since 1999. This latest acquisition follows the purchase of Monia Noleggi (Forlì), Parmiani Noleggi (Sondrio) and, the very recent, PMP (Udine). Manetta Noleggi is based in Mosciano Sant’Angelo (Teramo) provides Mollo Noleggio with an […]

Liffey Crane Hire has been announced as an official GGR Group partner and official supplier of the Woods Powr-Grip and Unic mini spider cranes in Ireland. Through GGR’s partnership with Liffey Crane Hire, it now carries the largest stock of Woods Powr-Grip glass vacuum lifters and Unic cranes for hire and sale in Ireland. With […]

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has announced that comedian, presenter, actor and singer, Jason Manford will be the special guest at the LEEA Awards 2023 dinner, which will be held at the Rum Warehouse in Liverpool, UK on the evening of 21st November 2023 – the first night of LiftEx 2023. Hosting shows like […]

Based on actions carried out in 2022, Haulotte has improved its EcoVadis score by 13 points, from 46/100 in 2022 (score based on 2021 actions) to 59/100 in 2023. The Quality, Safety and Environment teams and head management are extremely satisfied with this new score, which illustrates efforts and actions carried out by Haulotte teams […]