Lifting Equipment

Since its launch two years ago, the hybrid Genie® Z®-60/37 FE boom lift is revolutionizing the access market to become a star on jobsites in Europe. And it’s perfectly logical, since everyone stands to gain at all levels. For rental companies, this model’s excellent productivity, high rates of utilization and …

A Trailblazer Working Group (TWG) to develop the apprenticeship standard for the Lifting Industry has been assembled by Baz Trewhella, Project Specialist at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association, LEEA, following an intensive consultation campaign. The TWG met for the first time on Wednesday 14 November 2018 during LiftEx 2018. The …

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has added a JCB Teletruk to its range of front line fire fighting and emergency rescue equipment. The Teletruk is deployed at waste and rural fires where it is used to move bailed and bulky items to support improved firefighting tactics, reduce the risk of …

KABELSCHLEPP Metool designed and implemented a solid stainless steel drag chain including a support structure for a rotating tower crane from AXTech, used on the gigantic multi-function vessel “North Sea Giant” in the offshore business. The resulting solution takes into account the limited packaging spaces and extreme requirements of this …

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has launched a system to manage and respond to its members’ technical queries. The LEEA Technical Triage will allow any member of the association in the world to send a technical queryor question via email to a specific address: technicaladvice@leeaint.com. LEEA aims to deliver …

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has completed the acquisition of Effer S.p.A. from CTE Group. Signing of the transaction was announced on 31 July 2018. For Hiab as the global leader in on-road load handling solutions, this acquisition means a significant advancement in its ambition to be leader in cranes and …

As part of its ongoing commitment to raise the profile of the logistics industry among young people, IMHX 2019 (the International Materials Handling Exhibition; NEC, Birmingham; September 24-27, 2019) is offering a cash prize to the team of students that devises the most impressive way of reducing online returns in …

Handling and rotation of heavy and expensive tools can cause a range of issues from potential damages to costly tools, damages to hoist brakes and ropes and safety issues to the operator. The RUD Tool-mover provides a safe solution to these problems. The Tool-Mover is a handling device that helps …

What happens when you need a truck which can reach the parts other trucks can’t reach? Jim Wellington of Evenheights Specialist Transport found out when he approached Renault Trucks for their help in building a high specification Range C520 8×2 heavy haulage tractor unit with Fassi 820 82-tonne metre crane …

The Finnish brewery has ordered a new dolly picking system and modified solution for keg handling for its headquarters in Iisalmi, Finland. Cimcorp, a manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic gantry-based order fulfilment and tyre-handling solutions, announces it is providing a robotic dolly picking system for Olvi Brewery www.olvi.fi at …