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OMIS hosts global partners, spotlight on H Series wire rope hoist
OMIS Open House, held on October 9-10 at the company’s historic industrial hub, provided an exclusive platform for global distributors to experience the H Series wire rope hoist—a true game changer in OMIS’s lifting equipment portfolio. Visitors toured production facilities and explored the latest technologies applied across manufacturing processes. The two-day event offered updates, dialogue, and knowledge sharing.
The Leading Event
As the essential event for the lifting industry, join lifting professionals, suppliers and innovators for two days of networking, knowledge sharing and industry advancement for this years LiftEx 2025 on 18 and 19 November at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool.
Safety First
Accidents happen. They shouldn’t. Rules, regulations and best practices have been developed and refined to make industrial lifting as safe as possible. The rules are essential, but so is another factor: human beings have to act upon them, and to be to be vigilant at all times. Julian Champkin reports.
Learn To Be Safe
Any worker must be able to handle their equipment safely. Training is vital – and this is particularly true in heavy lifting. Julian Champkin reports.
Working Together
In our ongoing CEO diaries, we speak to Gaz Pickering, director of Chesterfield Crane Company, to find out about his experience in the industry and what shaped him into the industry leader he is today.
Battery lifting beams
Fork trucks have batteries much like cars, but they are set lower, weigh more and are harder to remove – that’s where battery lifting beams come in, explains Jeff Ferchen, director of business development at The Caldwell Group.
The right bridge and gantry crane for the job
Ben Dobbs, head of global standards and legislation at LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association), provides a brief guide on selecting the right bridge and gantry crane for the job.
Seeing it through
Liverpool tech firm CoreRFID, invests in Apple Vision Pro to develop a world-first VR system for industrial safety inspections. CoreRFID commits to proof-of-concept development targeting real-time field compliance data access during live operations.
Rising to the occasion
As the year draws to a close, the industry is gearing up for one of the most essential lifting events. A must visit for anyone using lifting and height safety equipment, this year’s LiftEx is set to take place on 18 and 19 November at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool. With over 1,500 industry experts in attendance, join us and many others to explore cutting-edge lifting solutions, attend its newly launched Thought Leadership Conference and build skills along the way at the End User Seminar.
Investing In the Future
In our latest CEO Diaries, Robert Desel, CEO, Kito Crosby, discusses his role as an industry leader and the importance of innovation.