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GIS expands lightweight hoist range

GIS AG, a leading global manufacturer of electric chain hoists, is expanding its LPL lightweight series. Building on the success of the LPML250 which was designed for D8 applications, the LPL series is now also suitable for D8+ and C1 installations. The LPML250 is the lightest hoist in its class with a weight of just […]

04/02/2025 - 11:47 am

Movequip solutions and Verlinde equipment optimise handling in Brazil’s sugar industry

Founded in 1995 in the city of Ribeirão Preto in South-East Brazil, Movequip offers its customers a complete portfolio of intelligent material flow solutions using high-tech lifting and handling systems. Movequip has been Verlinde’s partner since 2023. As a specialist of Big Bags loading and storage optimisation, Movequip markets lifting equipment that is extremely safe […]

20/12/2024 - 11:09 am

A transatlantic partnership will bring Quad Pawl hoists to the US

Atlas Lifting & Rigging (ALR) has signed an agreement to import innovative hoists from William Hackett in the UK. The hoists feature William Hackett’s patented Quad Pawl technology, which the company says makes them the safest in the world. Ben Burgess, director of William Hackett, said, “Our Quad Pawl technology has been a huge success […]

01/10/2024 - 14:02 pm

Floating a great lifting solution

A family-owned company, Thunderbird Products, produces the world-renowned lines of Formula Boats. With a long-established philosophy of uncompromising quality in every detail, Formula is recognised as one of the world’s premier powerboat manufacturers, producing fiberglass boats from 24 to 50ft in length. Bohl Crane, which has been an R&M Materials Handling Master Distributor for more […]

03/01/2024 - 12:25 pm
Products  >  Hoist

Harrington Hoists’ new mini electric chain hoists

Harrington Hoists, Inc has released two new lines of mini electric chain hoists designed for use in medium to heavy-duty industrial settings, repair shops, garages and any facility with limited space. Harrington’s EM series three-phase mini electric chain hoists are available in 250, 500 and 1000lb capacities. The company’s SEM series single-phase mini electric chain […]

28/02/2023 - 16:50 pm

R&M improves reliability for stainless steel producer

Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc (VSSI) is part of the Valbruna Group. Founded in 1925, Valbruna has 2500 employees and an annual output of approximately 250,000USt of specialty steels. Production is primarily focused on stainless steels and specialty alloys, such as nickel alloys and titanium long products. As part of […]

29/11/2022 - 15:59 pm

Donati’s site makes crane configuration simpler

Donati Sollevamenti has recently implemented a free access version of its product configurator, called Leonardo, on its website. Using Leonardo, customers can configure all types of standard hoists, jib cranes and standard girder cranes both manual and electric, alone or in combination. All versions and options are accessible Because users have free access, configuring Donati […]

22/11/2022 - 11:55 am

Jaso contributes to paper mill modernisation

Jaso Industrial Cranes, through its distributor Fives, participated in modernising the paper mill that Canadian company Domtar has in Windsor (Quebec). Domtar is one of the leading companies in the pulp and paper industry in Canada and the US, and has paper mills and offices distributed throughout North America. Specifically, the factory in Windsor required […]

10/05/2022 - 17:22 pm

New crane system for advanced automation supplier

Three 5USt capacity overhead cranes have been installed at a JR Automation/Setpoint facility where the design, engineering, and integration of robotic systems and custom amusement attractions occurs. Overhead crane and hoist manufacturer R&M Materials Handling Inc and its distributor Hoj Innovations, of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, combined to deliver a solution for a recent […]

04/05/2022 - 20:18 pm

Lifting Products to manufacture GIS crane systems in the UK

UK-based Lifting Products Limited will provide a full line of slewing jib cranes, light crane systems, and crane track from Swiss manufacturer GIS AG. Lifting Products will receive jib crane and other parts from Schötz, Lucerne, but will manufacture the range for the first time in the UK. GIS-owned Lift Turn Move (LTM), meanwhile, a […]

04/08/2021 - 11:02 am

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