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The Indonesian branch of All-Rig Lifting and Engineering Supplies Pty. Ltd. has become the 500th member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), Huntingdon, England. Established in 1944, the LEEA has expanded rapidly in recent years, with membership more than tripling since 2003. All-Rig Indonesia joins its Australian-based operation as a full member of the […]

Delta Rigging & Tools, Inc., Pearland, Texas, has appointed Mitch Hausman as president and COO. Hausman, who brings more than 30 years of experience in the wire rope and rigging industry to the position, will be based in the company’s Pearland headquarters. Hausman began his career in 1979 with WireCo World Group in St. Joseph, […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), Cleveland, Ohio, presented United Way of Pitt County, Greenville, N.C., with a $32,000 check during East Carolina University’s (ECU) final regular-season home football game. As a sponsor of ECU athletics, NMHG’s check was allocated to United Way of Pitt County based on this season’s total number of ECU touchdowns. […]

Sapient Automation, Hatfield, Pa., has introduced a new program called Intelligent Machine Health Monitoring (IMHM), which remotely monitors horizontal and vertical carousel and VLM systems in real time, and allows technicians to respond prior to failure. The IMHM system remotely monitors critical maintenance thresholds, actual carousel/VLM usage, picks, run time, and energy consumption levels to […]

The new generation LCD601 access monitoring system for forklifts and equipment from Keytroller, LLC, Tampa, Fla., has been named a finalist for Plant Engineering Magazine’s Product of the Year in the Material Handling category. The device, which serves as an addition to mobile equipment, limits access to only trained and authorized operators with a valid […]

Hoosier Crane Service Co., Elkhart, Ind., has been chosen as a Parts Depot and Warranty Repair Center for Columbus McKinnon's CM and Yale Hoists/Shaw-Box products. As part of Hoosier Crane's new responsibilities, the company developed a streamlined inventory system for the most popular CM and Yale Hoists/Shaw-Box products, and will perform warranty repairs for the […]

In an independent survey conducted by Peerless Media Research Group, Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., ranked No. 1 in brand satisfaction. The Peerless study surveyed individuals in September 2011 who indicated that they were involved in their company’s lift truck purchase process. The sample group was selected from the Peerless logistics management subscriber base and represented […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst, N.Y., has renovated its original Tonawanda, N.Y., company headquarters into a new training center. The facility, which most recently served as a LodeRail production plant, will hold classes for certification and training courses in various formats and will offer both classroom and hands-on learning. Expanding its training offerings will enable the […]

Scott Miller has been named the new managing director of Kito Europe GmbH, the Düsseldorf-based subsidiary of the Japanese manufacturer. Miller was previously vice president operations of Manheim, Pa., USA firm Harrington Hoists Inc., which is a wholly-owned Kito Corp. subsidiary. "After five-and-a-half years of business activity in the European markets, Kito Europe has positioned […]

R&M Materials Handling, Inc., Springfield, Ohio, supplied North Carolina Zoo Surgery with a Loadmate chain hoist, part of a harness used to lift a 13,000-pound elephant that needed cataract surgery. C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s oldest male elephant at 37, and one of the park’s most well-known animals, recently underwent the successful four-hour surgery in […]