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Following the success of its innovative Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) Instructor course launched in 2024, the UK’s Road Transport Industry Training Board (RTITB)  is set to introduce a new customisable Instructor training program. Since launching in June 2024, RTITB’s modernised MHE Instructor course has seen 741 candidates complete the course with an average score of […]

Franna, global manufacturer of pick-and-carry cranes, will showcase its AT22 crane for the first time in the UK at Vertikal Days, taking place on 10 and 11 September at the Newark Showground. The AT22-2, a mid-sized mobile crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 22t, will be displayed at the Crowland Cranes stand. Crowland Cranes, […]

Konecranes will supply an advanced Automated Horizontal Transport (AHT) System, supporting the Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) Euromax terminal’s transition to fully electric operations. In 2005, the parties signed a contract for the delivery of 96 diesel-electric Konecranes Gottwald AGVs. Having provided two decades of reliable performance, the AGVs laid the foundation for Hutchison Ports […]

Italian companies Easy Lift and the Almac Group have joined forces. The companies say that this move, “Marks the beginning of a new phase in our journey, founded on shared values such as quality, innovation, and customer focus.” Easy Lift and Almac offer complementary products and markets and, in joining forces, they strengthen their international […]

A new information rich website and much expanded interactive customer portal are being launched by Street Crane. These were live from Monday 7 July . The UK company is known for its innovative modular approach to factory crane and hoist design and manufacture. These are used internationally throughout engineering, manufacturing, materials handling and the supply […]

Yoke Industrial Corp. has combined with global channel partners to stock more Grade 100 Eye Self-Locking Hooks at the point of use than ever before. Yoke supplies lifting chain fittings; swivel hoist hooks; shackles; angular contact swivels; wire rope clips; and lifting points. The Grade 100 X-025 line was launched in 2010; the Eye Self-Locking […]

Niftylift’s environmental health and safety (EHS) officer, Nick Fox, has completed an extraordinary 250km ultramarathon from the company’s facility in Hoyland, South Yorkshire, to its headquarters in Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, in honour of his late colleague and friend Brailer Cuevas. Brailer, a senior control systems engineer at Niftylift, died following complications relating to leukaemia […]

Pewag brands Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and Modulift have appointed Westcon Løfteteknikk (WCL) as an official distributor in Norway, marking a key milestone in their global expansion. The announcement supports Pewag’s Stronger Together strategy, uniting its lifting brands under one roof to serve global markets with below-the-hook products. “This is a natural evolution of an […]

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has published its 2025 MEWP Rental Market Reports, featuring expert insight into the rental markets across Europe, the US, and Asia. In 2024, the MEWP rental markets in both Europe and the US continued to grow in revenue, fuelled by sustained demand, increased rental rates, and inflationary factors. However, […]

PON ehf, based in Hafnarfjordur, has been appointed as the new authorised Bobcat dealer for Iceland with immediate effect. PON was founded in 1962 and has specialized in importing and servicing forklifts and other machinery, representing top brands across multiple industries. Hjalti Kristinn Unnarsson, PON’s operations manager, said, “Being Iceland’s exclusive Bobcat dealer is a […]