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Sunbelt UK has acquired Media Access Solutions (MAS), a UK aerial lift supplier specialising in MEWPs for the film and television markets. from owner and manager Tim Kendall in an all-cash purchase. The final deal was agreed and completed this afternoon. No further details of the transaction have been released. According to a Sunbelt LinkedIn […]

Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. will lead a series of initiatives this fall to raise money for breast cancer charities, including offering its most popular beam in pink. The manufacturer of material handling and rigging equipment, has made its Model 20 low headroom lifting beam available in pink, when ordered in lengths up to […]

Doncaster, UK-based Certex UK has won a major framework to supply statutory inspection and maintenance of Balance of Plant (BoP) equipment at the 114-turbine, 1075MW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of Angus in the North Sea firth. The framework, won via tender, is for three years, plus a two-year extension. A £3 […]

The Crosby Group, a leading provider of lifting and rigging solutions, and Kito Corporation, a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment with 90 years of experience in the development and production of hoists and cranes, has announced that they have secured all regulatory clearances for their business combination and that The Crosby Group (Crosby) will […]

The tyre brand, BKT, is now the Title Sponsor of the United Rugby Championship (URC) until 2025 and in the northern hemisphere of the world, alongside Vodacom, that is the league’s Title Partner in South Africa. From 2 September, the league will be known as the ‘BKT United Rugby Championship’ and the news follows from […]

The Crosby Group has announced its Rigging for the Troops campaign, supporting the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation. Fallen Patriots provides college scholarships and educational counselling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. After government programmes, the average shortfall in college funding is $25,000. Supported by its channel partners […]

After a two-year break, the UK material handling industry’s awards ceremony is returning, and the organisers, the UK Material Handling Association (UKMHA)  has just released the list of finalists. Formerly the FLTA Annual Awards for Excellence, the Archies will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel on Saturday 15 October. This year, an enhanced […]

Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems (Sunlight Group), a technology company specialising in industrial mobility and energy storage systems, is expanding its lead-acid production capacity to 9GWh per year. Investments amount to 100m euros and ramp-up the company’s lead-acid output to establish Sunlight as what is believed to be the largest producer of lead-acid motive power […]

Carolina Handling is the exclusive Raymond Solutions and support centre in the Southeast of the USA for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida’s Central time zone territory. On 10 October the company will attempt to create the world’s largest pallet painting when it hosts The Patriotic Pallet Project at Greenville Downtown Airport in […]

MODEX 2024 will be held March 11-14 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. MODEX is the largest international supply chain expo, bringing together solution providers who demonstrate the full spectrum of equipment, technology, systems and services for manufacturing, supply chain and transportation operations. In March 2024, over 900 exhibitors will showcase their solutions on the […]