Cleanroom processes make special demands on lifting equipment, which hoist manufacturers and distributors are only too pleased to accommodate. Sally Spencer reports Manufacturing processes requiring c[...]
Paola De Pascali finds that users in South East Asia are increasingly asking for smart features to enhance productivity and sustainability. Automation and smart features are driving the overhead lifti[...]
The Caspian is a growth region for many lifting equipment companies. Keren Fallwell reports Since Kazahkstan and Azerbaijan gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 they [...]
Northern Italy has produced some of the world’s finest engineering and continues to do so. Julian Champkin reports. Italian engineering is, of course, renowned. And the centre of it, if it has one, [...]
BB Cranes delivers to desalination plant The seawater desalination plant at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa, is a privately owned project under construction by Proxa Wa[...]
Konecranes, a provider of material handling solutions, has won an order for 35 CXT overhead cranes from Chinese filter press manufacturer Jingjin Equipment Inc. to support its newly established manufa[...]
Verlinde hoist replaces Verlinde hoist at cement factory Ireland-based Prolift Handling has installed a Verlinde Eurobloc VT3 electric wire rope hoist for a customer running a cement factory. Prolift [...]
US overhead lifting and rigging business Mazzella Companies has announced the acquisition of Midco Companies, a full-service rigging supplier of slings, wire rope, chain, fall protection devices, hois[...]
Tele Radio has introduced a quick-to-install radio control system specifically designed for lifting and hoisting applications. The set includes the company’s existing Panther T29-12 remote control a[...]
Three high-performance Bang Kransysteme cranes have been commissioned for US electric vehicle company Lucid Motors. By John Bensalhia Based in Casa Grande, Arizona, Lucid Motors selected the German co[...]