Tractel now adds Topal to its range

Tractel has extended its product range by acquiring Topal Industries, France's best selling producer of grabbing, lifting and handling equipment For 20 years Lyon-based Topal has been developing and manufacturing handling and lifting equipment, providing handling solutions for fragile, sensitive, heavy and even dangerous loads. Its product range includes the Pal-Beam spreader kit and the Pal-Turn load turnover system as well as a full range of lifting clamps for all sorts of applications.

Tractel said that the Topal range was a good fit with its own range of lifting and pulling, floor handling, height safety equipment, temporary and permanent access systems and now gave it "the widest range of products in this field".