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Unipart Rail and Unipart Manufacturing Group have successfully built their first McCulloch Rail Panel Lifter at a new production facility in Coventry. The new Panel Lifter production line is a unique collaboration bringing together the Panel Lifter technology of McCulloch Rail, the automotive industry experience of Unipart Manufacturing Group, and the global customer network of […]

Leading lifting solutions specialists, GGR Group, have recently recruited their second female crane operator as part of their ongoing commitment to bring more women into construction. Kirsty Parkin, long standing operator and Appointed Person at GGR Group and Olivia Rollinson, their newest female operator, have been involved in some of the biggest and most prestigious […]

Magni TH has signed an OEM Agreement with Bobcat to supply a range of the latest rotating telehandlers. The new Bobcat rotating telehandler range includes ten Stage V compliant models for the European market, with lifting heights from 18 to 39m and lifting capacities from 4 to 7t . These are complemented by another four […]

Easy Lift, an Italian manufacturer of tracked platforms and truck mounted access equipment, has cooperated with France Elevateur Benelux on the Belgian market since 2012. In these eight years the business relationship has become stronger and has brought significant results, in terms of sales. This year, despite the general economic uncertainty due to the Covid-19 […]

In a presentation of its 2025+ strategy, Jungheinrich revealed it will focus on increasing profitability, efficiency and sustainability. Having achieved its strategic growth target for 2020 a year earlier than planned, the business now aims to create even greater sustainable value for its stakeholders in the coming years.  The new strategy detailed business ambitions including: […]

With its recent investment in the Haulotte HA20 LE PRO, a 20m electric all-terrain articulating boom, the Loxam Group welcomed specialised training from Haulotte to support their sales and technical teams in this transition of its aerial work platforms. The training will equip the Loxam sales teams with a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of […]

Straightpoint, a Crosby owned company, has appointed lifting and rigging equipment sales specialist, US Cargo Control, as an official supplier.  In addition to providing a large selection of essential lifting and rigging equipment, including wire rope slings, chain slings, polyester round slings, shackles, and more – the online retailer now offers complementary load cell monitoring […]

Italian minicranes manufacturer, Jekko, has established a new subsidiary in Germany: the company will be named Jekko Deutschland and will allow a more widespread presence in the German speaking areas. It has been 15 years since the first Jekko  minicrane landed in Germany. From then on, the German market has become increasingly important not least […]

JLG has announced that Etienne Bourcier returns to JLG, replacing Walter van Winckel, who is retiring in May 2021, as strategic key account director EMEAIR (Europe, Middle East, Africa, India and Russia). Van Winckel joined JLG in January 1997 as sales director, playing a crucial role at the start of JLG’s European Operations, based at […]

Off highway tyre specialist BKT has built a contactless Covid-19 treatment centre and E-ICU unit at its plant in Bhuj, India. The centre, which is already operational,  joins the secondary medical assistance services that already exist on the site, employs a doctor and eight healthcare operators and will be responsible for treating workers and their […]