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Raimondi Cranes appoints Tecno Edicasa 29 March, 2024
Raimondi Cranes has appointed Tecno Edicasa as its official dealer for the Italian region of Veneto. The strategic dealership appointment comes from a client partnership of over a decade with Tecno Crane.
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LEEA welcomes Southeast Asia manager
Thursday, March 28, 2024 William Ng is the new LEEA Member Engagement Manager for Southeast Asia. He previously spent 10 years with Rigging and Marine Services in Singapore as a Sales Executive, mainly dealing with Load Test and Rigging jobs with Singapore Shipyards.
Mind the standard gap
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Ben Dobbs, Head of Global Standards and Legislation at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), gives an update on the gap analysis currently being carried out to ensure standards align with the Machinery Regulation.
RiConnect Headline Sponsor of LiftEx 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 LiftEx 2024, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), will be taking place on 16-17 October 2024 at Olympia London's West Hall. The organisers are pleased to announce RiConnect, as the Headline Sponsor.
New VP for Engineered Rigging
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 US based heavy lift equipment rental and engineering company Engineered Rigging has promoted Mike Beres to vice president sales and operations.
Overhead cranes: The devil is in the detailing
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Connection detailing is an underrated art form, especially on cranes, writes Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer at Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A).
Key Themes For 2024          
Monday, March 25, 2024 Brian Cook, senior product manager at Conductix-Wampfler, discusses the themes that have emerged as OEMs and operators consider overhead crane control investment priorities in 2024.
Load cells: A critical safety device
Friday, March 22, 2024 Load cells are a critical safety device and necessary in any situation where the weight of an item being lifted is not known, or there is a risk of overloads, writes Martin Halford, managing director at the UK’s Dynamic Load Monitoring, which has a partnership with Chant Engineering Co., of New Britain, Pennsylvania.
Non-Marring Clamps
Thursday, March 21, 2024 There are special clamps for lifting hard metals or delicate loads, such as those in the aerospace or food production industries, writes Dale Kelly, engineering manager at The Caldwell Group.
Palazzani replaces her father as president
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Italian spider lift manufacturer Palazzani, has appointed Paola Palazzani as president, replacing her father Davide who becomes vice president. At the same time, chief operating officer Francesco Zola has joined the board of directors as chief executive.
CMCO appoints new board director
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO) has appointed Chris J. Stephens Jr. to its Board of Directors effective immediately.

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