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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 […]

Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP), Houston, Texas, has opened a regional office in Oklahoma City, Okla. The new office will be a one-stop source for servicing oilfield rigging needs in the Mid-Continent region. “Our Oklahoma City office will provide rigging solutions and local MaxiRider support to businesses in the region,” says Jeff Bishop, president of […]

Richard Tindale will step down as global sales & marketing director at Snorkel, effective April 5th. Tindale joined Snorkel’s parent company, The Tanfield Group Plc, in 2006 as it prepared to buy UpRight Powered Access. He has played an integral part in the development of the business over the past six years, including a key […]

  Swedish iron foundry Arvika Gjuteri AB has commissioned a new ZKKW double-girder process crane with an integrated weighing and position measuring system. With the investment in modern crane technology, the manufacturer, with a long tradition of producing castings for commercial and off-road vehicles, will increase handling rates for scrap in line with its increased […]

  Wirral, UK-based stage engineering specialist Hoist UK has supplied and installed a lightweight aluminium rigging bridge system at Warwick Arts Centre for its 1,500 seat concert theatre, Butterworth Hall. The aluminium bridge rigging system covers an area of 360 square metres and contains 20 moving and lockable rigging bridges, each capable of suspending a […]