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Responding to increasing demands for aerial equipment and solutions in North America, Genie has expanded its sales team to include Nate Alonzo, Jon Cotts, Connor Dugan, Matt Fitzsimmons and Max Izotov. These team members will support all Genie products and services, working to meet customers’ equipment needs, developing new growth opportunities and focusing on customers’ […]

Nationwide Platforms has donated the use of a MEWP to the John Eastwood Hospice in, Nottinghamshire, UK to help the charity raise more than £11,000 in its Christmas appeal. Each year the hospice raises an average of £11,000 via its Tree of Light Appeal. Nationwide Platforms’ MEWP was used to decorate the tree with the […]

Five Terex Service Center team members have been interviewed for an episode of Military Makeover: Operation Career, to air on the US Lifetime Network on 20 December at 7:30am EST. The television series highlights military veterans who have transitioned out of the military into successful civilian careers. The Terex team members who were filmed for […]

JLG Industries is prominently featured in Precision Construction: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things, a new book highlighting a series of eight case studies of digital technologies in action from contractors, rental companies, OEMs and suppliers. Among the highlights, readers will learn more about how JLG is embedding more electronics into equipment […]

Designed to make operators more efficient when working at height, the new Genie lift tools Expo Installer allows for precise, easy placement of signs, banners and hanging décor. Ideal for use in convention centres, arenas, malls, theatres and other locations that decorate with suspended ornamentation, this new accessory helps to maximize safe productivity while operating […]

Straightpoint (SP) has appointed Lauren Johnson as sales and customer support executive, as the load cell manufacturer continues to expand its team based at Havant, UK headquarters in line with its growth strategy. The appointment represents a move into the industrial sector for Johnson, who was previously assistant manager/events coordinator for a venue on the […]

JLG Industries a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, has released the SkyGuard SkyLine enhanced control panel protection system as the new standard for North American boom lifts. The safety innovation is the result of customer feedback stemming from the release of SkyGuard in 2012. SkyGuard SkyLine features a slim wire rope […]

CFTS, the body behind the fork lift truck industry’s Thorough Examination standard, has paid tribute to its valued technical manager, Shaun Prendergast.  Shaun died on Saturday 10 November, after a period of illness and was surrounded by close friends and family. Prendergast had a wide and varied career, which began while serving HM forces in […]

Skyjack is heading to Shanghai for China Bauma with a display of access equipment chosen for many fleets across the globe, Skyjack intends to put its best platform forward at this biennial event. ”With the 2017 launch of our SJ85 AJ, we now cover all core classes in a variety of product categories, and that’s […]

The best of Britain’s young forklift service engineers have been honoured in a graduation ceremony hosted by the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) in the magnificent surroundings of Hoar Cross Hall in Burton on Trent. Four graduates attended the ceremony, representing an inaugural class of eight, all had achieved the advanced levels of specialist technical […]