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Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has been named a UK distributor of Verton’s load orientation products. Verton is an innovative technology firm and inventor of the world’s first remote-controlled load orientation system, which makes taglines obsolete, removing the need for workers to be near moving or suspended loads. It is focused on providing scalable […]

Owners and users of work equipment in the UK and Ireland have even greater access to Thorough Examination services following a rise in CFTS accreditations last year. The scheme recently added dozens more locations to its ever-growing nationwide network of certified providers so users of lift trucks and agricultural equipment anywhere in the UK can […]

Canadian aerial work platform and telehandler dealer, Adcock Equipment, placed an order for North America’s highest capacity telehandler, the Xtreme XR7038, at World of Concrete 2022 – held on 17-20 January 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, USA. Ordered via Ahern Canada, an official Xtreme Manufacturing distributor, this is the first Xtreme XR7038 telehandler […]

The latest climate research proves an urgent need to cut emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Konecranes wants to be a part of the solution and has announced new climate targets that will target emissions in both its own operations and its value chain. The new targets support Konecranes’ efforts to cut […]

The Caldwell Group Inc has recruited staff to strategic roles in Florida, USA and Mexico. Caldwell has hired from channel partners to position the company for continued growth in these two key marketplaces. Ben Blasio and Ryan Chambless, both based in central Florida, near Orlando, have joined as an independent sales agency. The agency, Covering […]

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 […]