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Skyjack has appointed of Matt Tavianini as vice president of sales for North America. Bringing a wealth of experience to the role, Matt has been at Skyjack since 2016, serving as regional vice president of sales South prior to his most recent appointment. Previous leadership experience at BlueLine Rental, Volvo Construction Equipment Rents and Hertz […]

Konecranes has received its fifth portal jib order from the US Navy, part of an agreement initially announced in December 2019. This latest process crane order, worth $46.8 million, was booked in November 2024 and the jib will be delivered to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia. The US Navy has the option for two additional […]

Leading Vietnamese maritime-logistics operator Haivanship (HVS) is growing its Konecranes fleet with two Lloyd’s-certified Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.9B crane on barge. The order for the first crane was booked in Q3 2024 and the second in Q4, with both to be delivered at the end of 2025. Haivanship is currently providing coal transshipment using […]

Hyster-Yale Inc, has been awarded a 2024 Bronze medal by EcoVadis, an esteemed rating agency specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility. This accolade places Hyster-Yale among the top 35% of over 130,000 companies globally assessed by EcoVadis, highlighting its dedication to sustainable practices and continuous improvement. “As sustainability and related topics get more attention, […]

Konecranes has completed its acquisition of Peinemann Port Services and Container Handling Konecranes has closed its acquisition of Rotterdam-based Peinemann Port Services BV and Peinemann Container Handling BV after receiving approval for the transaction from the Dutch competition authority. Peinemann is a significant port services provider in the Netherlands with a wide customer base, and […]

Winona, Minnesota, US-based Oz Lifting Products LLC is celebrating 20 years in business. The manufacturer of davit cranes and industrial lifting equipment was inaugurated on 4 December  2004 with two staff; today, it has 25 full-time employees, a distributor network across North America, and is preparing to relocate for a fourth time. Even as the […]

TVH has added the PK-TS Fork Positioner to its CAM attachments range. Designed for precision and safety in material handling, the PK-TS offers features tailored for operators of material handling machines like forklift trucks and telehandlers. CAM attachments, subsidiary of TVH, specializes in manufacturing attachments for off-road equipment. Today they introduce the PK-TS Fork Positioner. […]

Skyjack has announced the expansion of the of their latest range of EDrive machines in the DC electric scissor range and the electric rough terrain articulated boom range at Bauma China. Following the successful launch of the scissors in North America and the booms in EAME, both ranges make their debut in the Asia Pacific […]

RiConnect Inc, a provider of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS), has named Electro7 General Trading LLC a distributor in the Middle East. The partnership was welcomed by attendees at the recent ADIPEC Exhibition & Conference, which took place in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Electro7 will supply RiConnect’s full SaaS offering to large-scale industrial and commercial […]

Konecranes has received Finland’s prestigious Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic in recognition of its decades-long successful growth and expansion from Hyvinkää, Finland to a presence in over 50 countries. The annual award, which was established in 1967, focuses on criteria including competitiveness, geographic scope of business operations and profitability. The evaluation also […]