Technical Reports

JCB was founded on 23 October 1945 by the late Joseph Cyril Bamford in a tiny lock-up garage in the Staffordshire market town of Uttoxeter in the UK. It was the same day as his son Anthony, now Lord Bamford, was born and as Joseph Bamford remarked “being presented with a son tended to concentrate […]

Even during these challenging times Modulift has been experiencing sucesses – in particular with  two products: the Modulift Trunnion Spreader Beam and the Modulift Active Link.  While both products have been a success since their respective launches, Modulift has seen a substantial growth in sales this year as the global lifting industry continues to demand […]

When the UK’s Health and Safety Exeutive (HSE) released its latest fatal accident figures in July, falls from height were once again the single biggest cause of workplace deaths in the UK (up 4% at 29%), and accounted for 8% of all workplace injuries. What is significant in these figures isn’t the headline numbers though […]

A forklift truck is a vital tool, and significant investment, that should be regularly maintained and productively managed across the whole life of a truck. Ross Farquhar, Strategic Planning Manager at Rushlift asks how many businesses fall short? How important to your business is your forklift truck fleet? Across a broad swathe of industrial and […]

On 9 July 2020, in a united call to action, the world’s lifting community is invited to come together to celebrate our industry for Global Lifting Awareness Day #GLAD2020. Spearheaded by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), Lift & Hoist International (LHI) and Public Relations consultancy Bridger Howes, the #GLAD2020 initiative is designed to raise […]

Towards the end of May, Martin McVicar, managing director of Combilift took the initiative to contact members of the world’s press via a Zoom meeting to explain what his company was doing to keep production running, keep the workforce safe and help Combilift’s customers improve the efficiency and safety of their workplaces. As some of […]

Based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Genie offers new procedures and protocols for cleaning and disinfecting aerial equipment on jobsites to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 while working at height. This information provides jobsite superintendents and fleet managers with specific precautions to take in order to keep workers […]

Italian manufacturer Magni has been established for just five years – specialising in rotary telehandlers. The machines make load handling easier at heights of up to 46m offering flexibility, precision and safety in part due to the three-stage slewing drives from Liebherr Components. Magni’s CEO and founder Riccardo Magni says, “Our machines are sometimes competing […]

The timber industry utilizes a range of different systems for handling long, heavy and bulky goods. Transport requirements vary significantly according to whether the client is a manufacturer, distributor or processing company. There is therefore no one-size-fits-all solution for handling timber. In a new white paper entitled “Order picking in the timber industry,” HUBTEX provides […]