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Harrington Hoists, Inc., Manheim, Pa., has signed up to sponsor the Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference (ICHC), co-located at the ProMat trade show, McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill., on Tues., March 22, 2011. ICHC will be staged by Industrial Lift and Hoist (ILH) magazine. Harrington, which last year celebrated its 20th anniversary as a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]

The Materials Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) will hold its 56th Annual Convention from April 30 to May 4 at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Ariz. The convention provides material-handling equipment professionals the opportunity to spend four days learning, networking, and discovering resources for their company. This year's theme is "The Customer Convention." […]

Hitachi America Ltd., Industrial Components & Equipment Division, Tarrytown, N.Y., has unveiled its SJ700-2200HFU2 model inverter, with a 440 A output current capability, ideal for vertical lift applications.  This new model fills in the gap at 300-350 hp in the SJ700 series, which now completely covers the range from 0.5 to 600 hp. The SJ700 […]

Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), Redmond, Wash., a business segment of Terex Corp., is now distributing Genie parts and Terex utility parts from its new Distribution Center East. This 500,000 square foot distribution center is located in Southaven, Miss., just outside of Memphis, Tenn., and supplies the eastern and southern parts of the country. The new […]

Terex Corp., Westport, Conn., today announced several senior executive changes. Thomas Riordan, president and chief operating officer, has announced his resignation from Terex effective January 31. The company reports it does not intend to fill Riordan's position in the near future, and his responsibilities will be assumed by Ronald M. DeFeo, Terex chairman and CEO. […]

MH Equipment, Peoria, Ill., has acquired the assets and assumed responsibility for Yale-brand forklifts in the St. Louis area from Springfield, Mo.-based Gammon Equipment Co. The acquisition will make MH Equipment NACCO Material Handling Group's dual brand dealership, representing Hyster and Yale brands in the St. Louis market. "Today's acquisition not only allows us to […]

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in December for the 17th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 20th consecutive month, according to the latest Manufacturing Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report on Business, referred to in a report posted today on the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) website. Manufacturing continued […]

As the major tradeshow season approaches, Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Redmond, Wash., reports it will introduce several new Genie aerial work platforms at The Rental Show and ConExpo. The products include two mast boom products and three rough-terrain scissor lifts. First introduced in Europe, the Genie GR-20J and GR-26J jib-equipped self-propelled vertical mast boom lifts […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) will show a range of Hyster lift trucks at the World of Concrete trade show, which takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 18-21, 2011. NMHG will exhibit at booth C6051. Hyster will display its range of concrete and warehouse lift truck products and […]

JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., has signed an exclusive agreement with Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Off Road Tire division to supply Firestone DuraForce MH tires on JLG-, Lull-, and SkyTrak-brand telehandlers. The two companies worked together for three years to develop the telehandler-specific tires. Before now, telehandlers used grader tires. Available in two sizes—370/75-28 and 400/75-28—the […]