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Ratchet-lever hoist manufacturer Lincoln Hoist, North Grafton, Mass., has joined forces with Sweden-based ProRigger to expand its business in Europe. "We are a U.S. company aiming to extend our business in Europe, and we believe having partners on the ground with the necessary experience and expertise is vital," said Lincoln Hoist president, David Hallen. Hallen […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), Greenville, N.C., has been awarded the Carolina Star Safety Award at the Eastern North Carolina Safety awards ceremony by the North Carolina Department of Labor. In order to qualify, a company needs to pass an initial assessment to prove that their facilities are a safe, healthy and productive work […]

Sapient Automation, Doylestown, Pa., a subsidiary of MDCI, a leading provider of automated storage and retrieval systems including Carousels and Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs), has named George Fiorentino, Jr. east coast director of sales and business development. Fiorentino boasts over three decades of experience in designing, selling and implementing automated storage and retrieval systems in facilities […]

Maximum Capacity Media announces two additional supporting organizations of the July 19-20 CRC and ICHC conferences to be held in Houston, Texas in conjunction with Reach Expo. The Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) and the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) will promote the Crane & Rigging Conference and Industrial Crane & Hoist […]

The commercial glass industry is taking notice of Smart-Rig Crane’s, Newport Beach, Calif., S1 model. "Commercial glazing contractors in the U.S. and Canada are using the mini-cranes to lower their bottom line," said Josh Clark, owner of Smart-Rig Cranes. With its portable design, the glass lifting robotic portable crane can be transported by elevators or put on […]

Cattron Group International, Sharpsville, Pa., a unit of Laird Technologies, will be attending the Canadian Mining and Industrial Expo, Ontario, Canada, 27-28 April, 2011. Cattron will be located at booths 52 and 53. With a focus on underground mining, Cattron will display products aimed at increasing safety and productivity, including its underground communication system (SIAMnet), […]

A fourth presentation has been confirmed for Industrial Lift & Hoist's (ILH) Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference (ICHC), set to take place July 19-20 in Houston, Texas. Following a successful inaugural event in 2010, ICHC will return to Houston, where it will again be staged alongside the Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) and Reach Expo […]

Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, has unveiled the Crown SC 5200 Series of sit-down counterbalanced forklifts designed for multiple applications from dock work to transporting and stocking. The Crown SC 5200 Series features the three-wheel SC 5215 that has a 3,000-pound lifting capacity for applications requiring additional maneuverability to work in limited spaces such […]

Southworth Products Corp., Portland, Maine, introduces a new product that brings the worker to the job with the availability of worker platforms. For assembly or maintenance operations where large structures, such as aircraft or heavy equipment, must be accessed at elevated or varying heights, Southworth now offers custom-configured lifts that can be designed into most […]

At ProMat, Combilift, Greensboro, N.C., marked its 11th year of production of the Aisle-Master articulated forklift with the introduction of new designs and a new model. End users have found that by replacing a combination of reach and counterbalance trucks with narrow aisle operation Aisle-Masters, their storage capacity can be doubled. Aisle-Master was a pioneer […]