RSS

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has delivered Industry Lifting Lead Appointed Person Group (ILLAPG) Hands Off, Step Away, Safe Space (HOSASS) briefings to over 100 individuals this year, as the RSS Training Academy gave 15 external courses in two months. The HOSASS content is incorporated into all slinging-related courses given by the RSS Training […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) coordinated delivery of hundreds of presents for last year’s Cash for Kids Mission Christmas campaign, which aimed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. RSS is a nationwide provider of material handling products and training, in addition to digitalisation and compliance technology  and […]

A Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd (RSS) personnel basket was used by PJS Crane Hire to help Santa turn on Christmas lights at the Mersey View Pub & Hotel in Widnes, Cheshire, UK. The 220kg capacity, one-person basket, manufactured by Eichinger Equipment Ltd, was raised by a 40t capacity Terex crane from the PJS fleet. […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) will bring another multifaceted exhibit to LiftEx, which centres on the rebranded RSS Training Academy. Representation from the live365 team; a nine-dart challenge and fully stocked refreshment bar will be other highlights at Exhibition Centre Liverpool, 18-19 November. RSS offers a comprehensive portfolio of lifting and rigging products and […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd has rebranded the RSS Training Academy to more closely align course content and delivery with industry feedback and the findings of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association’s (LEEA) State of the Lifting Industry Report. RSS offers a comprehensive portfolio of lifting and rigging products and training, in addition to live365 digitalisation […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has supplied rigging gear as Hutchinson Engineering Services cranes were used to position a life-size sculpture of a Lancaster bomber next to the A46 in Norton Disney, Lincolnshire. The landmark project was executed by the Bomber County Gateway Trust – a Registered Charity with the object of designing, constructing, […]

Gemmak Engineering Ltd apprentice welder, Lee Gibson, won bronze in the Skills Competition Wales, organised by the Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales project. Gibson received his prize at a gala presentation evening in Swansea earlier in March. Gemmak serves as the manufacturing division within Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd’s (RSS) engineering services department. It is […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has provided rigging equipment for use below-the-hook of a Liebherr mobile crane, as the UK’s Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) West project continues. TRU is a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements; it will bring better journeys to passengers travelling across the Pennines between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York. The […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has appointed Leanne Whitehurst-Maiden to the role of national digitalisation manager. Leanne will principally lead development of the company’s live365 online inspection software, across a national network of soon-to-be 14 depots. It represents a return to RSS, having worked for the business for nearly a decade from 2015. Based […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) crowned the winners of its first ever company awards at a gala evening held at the Village Hotel Swansea, Wales. The lifting and rigging equipment supplier announced the victors in 11 different categories, from Digitalisation to Young Person, in front of 140 staff and guests at a ceremony that […]