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Mike Parnell, president and CEO of Industrial Training International, Woodland, Wash., is the latest in a series of high-profile speakers to confirm their services to MCM Events' second Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, which will return to Edmonton, Alberta, and it will be held at the Sutton Place Hotel on Sept. 13-14, 2012. Parnell […]

Southworth Products, Portland, Maine, has introduced the PalletPal 360 Air level loader, which allows operators to ergonomically build or break down pallet loads. The unit automatically adjusts the height of pallets as boxes are added or removed using a heavy-duty reinforced rubber air bag that maintains the top layer of stacked containers at a convenient […]

  Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. will supply a 16-wheel rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane to the Port of Cork, Ireland. The crane stacks one over five containers high and spans seven containers plus a truck lane. Its safe working load is 40.6 tonnes under spreader, while hoist speed is 28-56m/min and trolley speed 70m/min. The crane’s […]

Genie, Redmond, Wash., is introducing its new Genie GS-2646 AV scissor lift at the Cygnus Aviation Expo in Las Vegas, Nev., March 7-9, 2012. The scissor lift offers a working height of 32 feet (9.92 m) and a drive height of 26 feet (7.92 m). The width of the scissor with the Padded Aircraft Protection […]

The 2012 SAF-T Conference Webinar Series is scheduled to kick off March 22 at 2 pm EDT with “Best Practices for Aerial Lift Training.” Presented by Jeff Stachowiak, national safety training director for Sunbelt Rentals, this webinar will review and explain in detail top industry concerns for aerial lift training. He also will discuss overcoming […]

JLG Industries, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pa., will display its LiftPod personal portable lifts and X550AJ Compact Crawler Boom in Booth #2029 at the National Facilities Management & Technology (NFMT) Conference & Expo, March 13-15, 2012, in Baltimore, Md. JLG’s LiftPod FS60 is the latest addition to the LiftPod line of personal portable lifts that features a […]

The Lift’n Buddy mobile lifting device from Ergologistics, North Fargo, N.D., has been named as a finalist for the 2012 Edison Best New Product Awards in the Industrial Design Tools category. Since 1987, the Edison Awards have recognized ideas at the forefront of new products, services, marketing, design and innovation. "I am extremely pleased to […]

Sauer-Danfoss, Ames, Iowa, introduced the new PLUS+1 Compliant KEP3 electronic foot pedal, a bi-directional, over-center rocker pedal used to drive vehicles equipped with hydrostatic transmissions and/or electronically controlled engines. “Sauer-Danfoss foot pedals provide OEMs with robust solutions for controlling vehicles in harsh mobile equipment environments,” said Joseph P. Maher, product marketing manager for Sauer-Danfoss. “Smooth […]

Nagano, Japan-based Maeda Seisakusho and Maeda USA, LLC have named Falcon Equipment, LTD, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, as the Maeda Mini Crane dealer for British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, Canada. Falcon Equipment will represent the full North American line of four Maeda crane models from facilities in Surrey and Prince George, British Columbia; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; […]

Custom Equipment Inc., Richfield, Wis., has unveiled the prototype of a new control system for its HB-830 Hy-Brid compact electrically powered scissor lift. The new system features a dual-axis joystick with fully proportional control that allows precise and easy control of travel and steering. Moving the joystick forward or backward travels the lift in the corresponding […]