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LEEA invites GLAD supporters to share stories, tackle skills gap

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has outlined ways industry can raise awareness and find solutions to the skills gap — the primary focus of Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) 2025 on 12 June. GLAD, upheld by the theme, ‘Lifting Careers, Building Futures,’ is dedicated to tackling the growing skills shortages across the lifting industry […]

05/13/2025 - 11:53 AM

Combilift and CMETB celebrate 10 years of engineering traineeship

This week saw a landmark celebration at Combilift’s global headquarters in Monaghan, marking the 10th anniversary of the highly successful OEM Engineering Traineeship – a collaborative initiative between Combilift and the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). The event, which welcomed past graduates, current trainees and local educators, underscored the programme’s evolution from […]

05/13/2025 - 3:55 PM

Launch of Jekko UK  

Jekko and Foster Cranes have launched Jekko UK, a new company dedicated to exclusive sales and service of Jekko cranes in the United Kingdom. In January 2024, Foster Cranes Ltd became the exclusive UK dealer for Jekko Cranes,. Due to the overwhelming success of the Jekko product range in the UK and Foster Cranes’ long-term […]

05/13/2025 - 3:41 PM

Bridge the lifting expertise gap

Reinforcing the piers that support a major UK rail viaduct spanning a river estuary is no easy task, so the specialist marine subcontractor appointed to undertake this project approached Hoist & Winch Ltd for the optimal lifting solution. The brief provided to Hoist & Winch was for the supply of a turnkey lifting solution comprising […]

05/13/2025 - 10:54 AM

High-Performance steel rope for telescopic, crawler and tower cranes  

WireCo Casar, a leading brand in specialized steel ropes, has launched Boomfit, a steel rope designed specifically for use as an adjustment rope in telescopic cranes, crawler cranes, and large tower cranes. Boomfit is designed to offer outstanding compressive strength for multi-layer spooling, excellent spooling behaviour and exceptional durability. As the crane industry continues to […]

05/13/2025 - 10:06 AM

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ILH April 2025

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Opinion Pieces

Train to gain

Training is vital for career progression in the Lifting Industry, no matter what role you are in or where in the world you work – but it must be the right training, says Ian Cooke, director of Academy at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA). Estimating the number of people working within the global Lifting […]

04/29/2025 - 4:53 PM

Location, location, location

Proximity has always been important, but now life and business have been supercharged by immediacy too. Prepare for take-off, writes Joel Cox. I heard about a long-running television show once on my travels in the UK called, ‘Location, Location, Location.’ I think it was based on the cliché used in property parlance that the three […]

04/15/2025 - 4:43 PM

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