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The international CeMAT Port Forum, which covers current challenges and developments in the port sector, returns at this year’s CeMAT intralogistics show in Hannover, Germany, and will be held in Hall 25 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, 2 June. This year’s Port Forum is themed “Seaports as Opportunities for Logistics Chain Optimisation” […]

Siemens Wind Power has awarded Street Crane a £3.3m contract to supply overhead cranes for its state-of-the-art £310m wind turbine production and logistics facilities in Hull, UK. Street will design, manufacture and install 32 overhead cranes at the blade manufacturing factory, three cranes at the site’s service and logistics building and a further two cranes […]

Among the exhibits on Italian company, BKT’s stand at Bauma is a new tyre for the industrial and logistics sectors, Liftmax LM 81, a radial tyre for forklifts. The latest BKT product is distinguished by comfort, durability and lower operating costs. It has a strong and extremely sturdy all-steel casing structure, which ensures reduced rolling […]

Enerpac announces a new addition to its standard EVO-Series Synchronous Lifting Systems. The EVOB-System combines high-pressure hydraulics with a PLC-system to monitor and control precise movement and positioning of heavy loads in a compact, simple-to-use package. Through an integrated Human Machine Interface (HMI), all movements are managed from a central control position that displays ‘live’ […]

Trimble Lifting Solutions, a leading US manufacturer of wireless and cable-based safety instrumentation for the crane and lifting industry has launched the Trimble MBR Series Displays for quick, handheld or cab-mounted wireless monitoring of crane sensors. The MBR Series Displays can monitor load, wind speed, wind gust, A2B, boom angle, trim angle, list angle, rope […]

For his outstanding contribution to the field of lift truck safety and training, Mentor Training’s Richard Shore has received international recognition. Credited with establishing the UK’s first national fork lift truck training network, Shore was presented the Fork Lift Truck Association’s (FLTA) “Services to Industry” Award at the Awards for Excellence, in February. Shore has […]

The UK Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has announced that Glyn Parker – the national technical manager for Briggs Equipment UK Ltd for the last 10 years – has now joined the Association’s Technical Committee. Parker has 32 years of engineering experience and his training expertise and technical knowledge is amongst the most impressive in […]

JC Renfroe & Sons, a division of The Caldwell Group, based in Florida USA is a leading international manufacturer and marketer of industrial lifting products. The company has opened a new training centre onsite at its Jacksonville plant to help educate customer operators and employees on the safe use of the company’s products. The newly […]

US company Tandemloc has been officially designated ISO 9001:2008 certified in the “Design, Development, Manufacture, Inspection, Testing and Distribution of Below-the-Hook Lifting and Rigging Devices; Tie Down Assemblies; ISO Shipping Container Connectors, ISO Shipping Container Construction Components, and ISO Shipping Container Mobilizing Equipment” (ISO 9001:2008 Certificate). Tandemloc says that safety and quality products have always […]

Leading lifting solutions specialists GGR Group’s new training centre is taking shape. Work on the facility began just before Christmas at its headquarters in Oldham, UK. The frame is now in place and the roof is in place. A number of pieces of GGR’s specialist machinery is being used in the project. This includes a […]