Star Platforms Fit Cross to New Church

UK powered access rental company, Star Platforms, provided a Niftylift HR21D articulated boom lift to fit the aluminium cross to the newly built Baptist church at Botley in Oxfordshire.  The new building is part of a regeneration project and relocation for the church and the final task was fitting the impressive new cross above the […]

13/02/2020 - 18:11 pm

OX Worldwide Complete a Very Special Order

OX Worldwide completed a very special order on behalf of Grúas Aguilar in late 2019, to manufacturer and supply modular spreader beams for a bridge on the M30 in Madrid, in just one month. Ox received the order in Oct 2019 to design, supply and installation of the spreader beams, for the construction of a […]

13/02/2020 - 14:56 pm

ACCO MHS partners HCSG to Provide Custom Hoist for Pulp and Paper Facility

Louisiana-based Hoist & Crane Service Group (HCSG) have partnered with ACCO Material Handling Solutions LLC to supply and install a custom 2.5-ton heavy duty wire rope hoist solution to remove waste from wells at a pulp and paper recycling facility. The Wright Work-Rated electric wire rope hoist is installed on a 42.9 ft.-long beam with […]

13/02/2020 - 13:29 pm

Flexi technology delivers optimum storage capacity for Rico

Rico Logistics, the high quality industrial and parts fulfilment group, has maximised the storage capacity of its new warehouse facility on the outskirts of Birmingham by reconfiguring the internal lay-out of the site around a high-bay narrow aisle racking system served by a fleet of Flexi articulated lift trucks with a 14m lift height supplied […]

04/02/2020 - 15:10 pm

Minicrane lifts giant steel leopard sculpture

A Unic mini spider crane and a team of GGR Group’s skilled crane operators helped install an eye-catching centrepiece on Aberdeen’s historic “Coat of Arms” in Scotland. This beautiful steel leopard was created by internationally acclaimed sculptor Andy Scott was lifted into position by a 10t capacity Unic URW-1006 spider crane. “Poised” is made from […]

04/02/2020 - 15:04 pm

MGT place order for four Liebherr ship to shore container cranes.

Liebherr Container Cranes and Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGT) have announced the signing of a contract for the supply of four large ship to shore (STS) container cranes to the Cast Container Terminal in Montreal, Canada. The Port of Montreal has experienced increased container traffic for a number of years and forecasts show that this […]

23/01/2020 - 11:39 am

Combilift’s heavyweight solution

Concrete is the foundation of the German company Tenwinkel GmbH & Co.KG, which develops and manufactures concrete counterweights, moulded parts and technical components and is the world leader in its market. Established over 60 years ago it continues to be a family run operation headed up by brothers Stefan and Markus Tenwinkel. Based not far […]

10/01/2020 - 15:20 pm

OZ Lifting Manual Brake Winches for Kayak Launch

Stainless steel manual brake winches from OZ Lifting Products LLC are an integral component of a patented kayak launch from Golden Boat Lifts. The Fort Myers, Florida-based marine products manufacturer installs the winches to control up and down movement as kayaks weighing up to 250lb. are lowered and raised from water. The 1000lb. capacity OZ1000BWSS […]

07/01/2020 - 14:24 pm

Star Platforms brings Merry Christmas to Merry Hill

Intu Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley, UK puts on a spectacular display of decorations every Christmas and has hired UK powered access rental company, Star Platforms for the best part of 20 years to help facilitate this.  Spanning over 1,671,000sqft and two floors, the shopping centre is home to a retail park with more […]

17/12/2019 - 18:17 pm

Production takes off with workstation crane

Working with its dealer, Lloyds British, Metreel has secured an order to supply a 1000kg SWL Powered Travel Met-Track Workstation Bridge Crane to a blue chip aerospace manufacturer. The end user was so impressed with the product, it has ordered a second identical system for use in a parallel production line. Using steel A-frames to […]

17/12/2019 - 10:58 am

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