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Empire Energy Partners’ Offshore Division has signed an MOU (memorandum of understanding) framework agreement with Sarens, a global leader in heavy lifting, transport, and engineering, to enhance the development of US offshore wind projects. This collaboration, which combines Empire Energy’s engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities with Sarens’ expertise in large-scale heavy lifting and transport, aims […]

The European trade show season has seen Sinoboom attending three key events during September. These events offered MEWP industry professionals across the regions the opportunity to see the latest Sinoboom products up close, discover their attributes and hear from the team about product and service plans for the near future. Karlsruhe in Germany was the […]

For the 12th consecutive time in the award’s 16-year history Combilift has been again recognized as a Best Managed Company, requalifying as Platinum winner for the sixth time. The company’s management prowess was rewarded at Deloitte’s prestigious awards ceremony in Dublin on the 19th of September. The Deloitte Best Managed Company award acknowledges the achievements […]

Kalmar has signed an agreement with ContainerCo, a leading independent container depot operator in New Zealand, to supply six Kalmar empty container handlers. The order was booked in Kalmar’s Q3 2024 order intake, with delivery of the machines scheduled to begin in early Q1 2025. Established in 2013, ContainerCo has grown to become one of […]

Last week Vertikal Days, was held at the Newark showground in the UK for the first time. The linear layout made sure that visitors didn’t miss anything and it was easy to negotiate. Unfortunately, the first day was cold and ranged between brilliant sunshine and torrential rain resulting in spectacular rainbows – the second day […]

Maxiload has entered the UK specialised transport market with Austlift’s Maxibinder and Swiftcore load restraint products. Portsmouth, UK-based Maxiload is a new division of material handling equipment supplier, Austlift, headquartered in Australia, but the products are already established in other regions, including the US, Canada, and New Zealand. Maxibinder and Swiftcore will be available across […]

Low-level access veteran Martin Cheese retired at the end of August after 47 years in the access industry, most recently as international sales manager for JLG Power Towers. Martin began his career in the Merchant Navy, where he developed a lifelong passion for traveling the world. After leaving in 1977, he joined the scaffolding company […]

On 21 September, Stabau will look back on five decades of developing, manufacturing and selling attachments, stationary installations and telescopic forks for intralogistics. In the future, the company would like to work more closely with its partner and parent company Hubtex and also market its products internationally. From small beginnings in the 1970s, Stabau is […]

JLG Industries, Inc  has completed the acquisition of Ausacorp S.L. (Ausa), adding the market-leading brand’s compact all-terrain machines for the transportation and material handling to the company’s Access segment. Following the acquisition of Hinowa in 2023, the Ausa acquisition further supports the Oshkosh accelerated growth strategy and strengthens the JLG equipment portfolio. Established in 1956, […]

Point of Rental has tabbed Kat Gillis to lead Record360 as the organization’s general manager. As Record360’s chief operating officer, Kat has played a vital role in the company’s operations and success. In her new position, she’ll oversee the continued growth of the product and organization within Point of Rental. Record360, the world’s leading mobile […]