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BVS Cranes ‘Distant Room Remote Control System’ study has won an innovative project award and the study has published in an academic journal. BVS Cranes is a certified R&D Centre by the Ministry of Industry and Technology in Turkey with a large and experienced engineering team and 36 years of background in the industry. At […]

After 53 years at the helm of Sellick Equipment Limited, co-founders Howard and David Sellick have decided to retire. Howard and David co-founded the company with their late father Walter Sellick in 1968. Together the trio took the company from a converted Ford tractor and built the Harrow, Ontario based company into a world leader […]

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will roll out the new TEAM Card in 2022, which will replace all existing TEAM Cards. The new TEAM Card will enhance security, provide instantly verifiable data when required, and will be instantly updated by the LEEA team when changes occur – for example, when new qualifications are added, […]

Jacco de Kluijver, Terex Aerial Work Platforms (Genie) vice president of sales and marketing EMEARI, has been seconded to the board of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), ahead of IPAF’s AGM in London on 10 March 2022. De Kluijver has a wealth of experience in powered access, making his entry to the industry with […]

Bilingual computer engineer Jorge C Menocal, with over 20 years’ experience in the lifting sector, is Jekko’s new regional sales manager-LATAM (Latin America). Menocal has built up a wide knowledge of the sector during his previous jobs as sales support in the export sales and market development departments of several international companies such as United […]

The Niko Group has created a new division, Niko Crane Systems SA, which will focus on the expansion of the lifting solutions currently provided by the group. Established in 1972, Niko – Helm Hellas SA has concentrated in offering high quality overhead conveyor systems, sliding door fittings and handling systems (light cranes, festoon systems and […]

VisionNav Robotics – the driverless, vision-guided industrial vehicle specialist –is bringing its range of fully automated, vision-guided forklift trucks and intelligent operating systems to the European market. The VisionNav range includes driverless counterbalanced forklift trucks, reach trucks, stackers and tow tractors and, in keeping with the company’s global marketing strategy, VisionNav Robotics is looking to […]

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has handed over three fully automated, rail mounted gantry cranes to the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. The cabinless RMGs have been supplied with Liebherr Remotem operator Stations (ROS) for supervised moves and exception handling. The widespan Liebherr RMGs have a span of 165ft […]

Yale Materials Handling Corporation has won another award for the Yale Power Suite, which provides the guidance to help customers choose the best-fit motive power source to meet their sustainability and operational goals. This line up of power options earned the company a 2021 Green Supply Chain Award presented by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. […]

Konecranes is partnering with Pesmel to supply automated warehouse container handling technology with the aim of revolutionising material handling in logistics hubs and distribution centres. Konecranes and Pesmel signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 25 November 2021, to provide the globally available new solution under the Konecranes brand. The solution will handle containers fully automatically […]