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SANY America, Peachtree, Ga., announces veteran crane engineer Jeff Dreger will serve as senior manager, product and marketing support for the company. In his new position, Dreger will provide full marketing and technical support for reach stackers, crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes.  Before joining SANY America in March 2011, Dreger spent 35 years with Manitowoc […]

The International Powered Access Federation has launched the “ready reckoner”, a conversion tool that helps operators calculate appropriate spreader plate sizes to ensure the safe use of powered access equipment. This new tool builds on IPAF’s international “Spread the Load” campaign, which states that spreader plates should always be used with boom lifts, or boom-type […]

Terex Corp., Westport, Conn., has announced that the Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement (DPLA) between Terex and Demag Cranes was registered in the commercial register on April 18, 2012, and is now effective. Following Terex's purchase of approximately 82 percent of the outstanding Demag Cranes AG shares in 2011, Demag Cranes' management board […]

  Konecranes has received an order for cranes for a shipyard being built in Baku, Azerbaijan. The order was placed by Baku Shipyard, a joint venture company formed by State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Keppel Offshore and Marine (KOM), and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC). The order comprises one Goliath gantry crane and two […]

  The European Federation of Materials Handling (FEM) product group Cranes and Lifting Equipment Sub-Group Lifting Equipment (EOT) and Hoisting Equipment—Project Light Cranes has published its FEM 9.771 Light Crane Systems document, prepared by Europe’s leading manufacturers of light crane systems. Juha Erikkilä, chairman, Erikkila Group, and chair of the Working Group Light Crane Systems […]

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. has received an order for a ship-to-shore container crane from Exolgan Container Terminal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The crane has a waterside outreach of 51.5m, a span of 31.37m and a landside backreach of 14m. The SWL of the crane is 65 tonnes under twin lift spreader with a lift height of […]

  Erikkila Oy will celebrate its 100th anniversary on 7 June, 2012. Celebrations will be linked to the opening of the factory’s latest extension, which will be used for the new Spartan family of products. The year will also see the publication of a company history written by Anu Erikkilä. Erikkila has grown from a […]

Tangye hydraulic toe jacks are now available for rent at Lifting Gear Hire Corp., Bridgeview, Ill. The Hydraulic Toe Jacks are composed of high-strength aluminum alloys and have a ram capacity ranging from 5 to 60 tons. They have the ability to lift, lower, maneuver, and position heavy loads with maximum safety. The Tangye products […]

According to Bloomberg, Nissan Motor Co. and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. are merging their forklift operations through a new venture. Nissan will own 20 percent, and Hitachi Construction will hold 26.7 percent of the venture. The remaining shares will be owned by the government-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, which will provide 30 billion yen […]

The International Powered Access Federation indicated in its U.S. Powered Access Rental Market Report 2012 that the U.S. market experienced relatively strong growth in rental revenue to $6.2 billion in 2011. The market growth is due to increased demand that led to higher rental rates. Continuous growth is expected in the next two years. The […]