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Managing director and co-founder of GGR Group, Gill Riley, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of her services to the lifting industry, in the 2025 King’s New Year’s Honours List. The official appointment will be marked with an investiture ceremony later in 2025. This CBE follows […]

Point of Rental has added Emad Georgy as its first chief technology officer (CTO), taking its investment in people-centred technology to a new level. Emad Georgy is a transformative technology leader, known for his hands-on approach and execution-focused leadership, with a passion for scaling teams, developing innovative solutions, and growing leaders to drive meaningful change. […]

Saltuk Erdemli has been appointed as the general manager of BVS Cranes, Turkey’s largest crane manufacturer. Effective from January 2025, Saltuk returns to this position where he had a successful tenure as general manager from 2010 to 2016, he brings a wealth of experience and leadership to guide the company into its next phase of […]

The Roman god, Janus is the god of beginnings and ends, gates, transitions and doorways. He is usually depicted as having two faces, one looking forward and one back, so it is appropriate that the month of January is named after him. This is a time where we look back over the last year and […]

The Access Alliance is a collaboration of some of the UK and Ireland’s strongest, independently-owned regional powered access sales and rental companies. The latest members’ meeting, held 20 November at the Forest of Arden Hotel in the Midlands, UK, brought together key players from the access industry for a day of networking, discussion, and Genie® […]

Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM) has joined the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR), which means it is approved to work on aerospace, defence, and security contracts, such as those overseen by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) and its supply chain partners. Southampton-based DLM is a specialist in the design, manufacture, repair, and […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) crowned the winners of its first ever company awards at a gala evening held at the Village Hotel Swansea, Wales. The lifting and rigging equipment supplier announced the victors in 11 different categories, from Digitalisation to Young Person, in front of 140 staff and guests at a ceremony that […]

Kito Crosby, a leading manufacturer of lifting and securement solutions has promoted Jason Bulan to vice president of Business Development & Product Strategy, for its hoists and cranes portfolio in the Americas. Jason, a 23-year veteran in the lifting and securement industry, will drive strategic initiatives, focusing on business development and commercial and product strategies […]

Combilift, a global leader in material handling solutions, has been awarded Company of the Year at the Business & Finance Awards 2024, in association with KPMG Ireland. This achievement marks Combilift’s 9th major win in the last three months. The Company of the Year award, presented to Combilift’s CEO Martin McVicar by Seamus Hand from […]

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has won its first-ever contract to supply ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to the West Coast of the United States. TraPac Oakland, a prominent container terminal operator in California, has awarded Liebherr the contract for two state-of-the-art STS cranes, marking an important milestone in the company’s history. While Liebherr has previously supplied […]