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The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is urging organizers and exhibitors at county/state fairs and local festivals not to attach banners to scissor lifts, as this could create a “sail board” effect which could destabilize the lift and cause it to turn over. Scissor lifts are a safe way to perform temporary work at height […]

Portsmouth, UK-based Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has expanded its pick-and-carry crane fleet with the addition of 12t and 18t units from Manitex Valla, via the Italy-based manufacturer’s UK distributor Peter Hird & Sons. The larger Valla Model 180E is the highest capacity crane of its type that RRS has purchased. The lifting, transport, and storage specialist has […]

Starting in 2018, CeMAT will be co-located with HANNOVER MESSE every two years. Featuring about 1,000 exhibitors from around the world, CeMAT is the international market flagship of a fast-growing industry which produced 20.1 billion euros worth of equipment in Germany in 2015. The main drivers of this growth are eCommerce and integrated production, both of which […]

Tenaris, which provides a complete range of tubular products for energy and other industrial applications, has invested in a material handling solutions for bundling and moving pipes. Tenaris operates a network of manufacturing facilities, service yards, and commercial offices around the world. It provides casing and tubing, line pipe, and various other mechanical and structural steel pipes, varying […]

Italian truck mounted boom manufacturer Isoli will launch a 19m (62ft 4in) working height machine at Vertikal Days – a UK lift and access exhibition. Available soon in the UK from Isoli distributor APS, the PT 190J is a simple, robust and competitively priced telescopic boom with jib. It provides a maximum platform capacity of […]

During the first quarter of 2016, international light and compact equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson continued to feel the impact of difficult conditions across many of its markets, in particular in the Americas region. Although the Group managed to maintain revenue at almost the same level as the record-breaking prior-year quarter, it reported lower profit figures […]

The UK Association of Industrial Truck Trainers (AITT) has been chosen by major global forklift truck manufacturer Crown Lift Trucks to accredit the company's internal and external operator training courses in the UK. Mike Knowles, UK operations director at Crown, said, “Kevin Sowerby joined Crown four years ago as technical training manager; with Kevin’s appointment […]

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) recently relocated their administrative offices from just outside Atlanta, Georgia to the Orlando suburb of Sanford, Florida. The office is the company’s central location where certification cards will be processed, paper exams will be shipped, written and practical exam sites around the country will be managed, as well as all customer […]

Skyjack is contributing to Special Olympics Ontario’s first annual Polar Plunge in Guelph, Ontario, to help raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Ontario 2016 Provincial Spring Games. Dominique O’Rourke who works in sponsorship and marketing of Special Olympics Ontario said, “We had a donated pool for the event, platform and stairs to get in […]

Teupen has introduced a modular basket design for select articulating and straight boom lift models in its LEO Series. The new concept, which is currently offered as a standard feature on its TL63A articulated compact lift and TL76S, TL92SJ, and TL110SJ telescopic boom models, offers the machine owner greater flexibility and cost savings by providing component replacement rather than entire basket repair […]