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Konecranes wins 2024 German Sustainability Award for Lifting and Handling Technology
Konecranes has won the 2024 German Sustainability Award in the Lifting and Handling Technology category. The award is for climate action achievements in Germany and globally, with Konecranes one of only 20 corporate winners chosen from a list of some 6,000 companies competing across multiple categories.
Overhead lifting firm Mazzella Companies acquires Midco Companies
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, hoists, blocks and sheaves, and tie-down accessories.
Microcrane performs maintenance at water reclamation facility
Microcrane performs maintenance at water reclamation facility
Snatch block with shackle range adds new sizes
The Green Pin-branded Snatch Block with shackle from lifting equipment manufacturer Royal Van Beest has been upgraded with six new sizes, extending its working load limit coverage from 2.0t up to 125t.
Lifting association names new chair
Kat Moss, chair of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (Leea) board, will complete her two years of service at the end of 2023, and will be succeeded in January 2024 by the current vice chair, Oliver Auston.
Tele Radio creates quick-to-install radio control system
Tele Radio has introduced a quick-to-install radio control system specifically designed for lifting and hoisting applications.
Private equity invests in Ireland-based lifting business
Ireland-based W.H. Scott Group, a company involved in the design, fabrication, supply, inspection, and certification of equipment used in lifting and industrial markets, has announced that Renatus Capital Partners, an investor in Irish and UK SMEs, has agreed to make a majority investment into the business to support the group’s growth plans.
Material handling case study: Stacker success
Combilift’s pedestrian stacker range walks the talk in Northern Ireland.
Aicrane supplies overhead crane to Kazakhstan manufacturing plant
A manufacturing facility in Kazakhstan has installed a 10-ton overhead crane from Chinese company Aicrane. The crane, an AQ-LD type overhead bridge crane, is tasked with handling steel components.
Piedmont Hoist & Crane designs a large gantry crane for the US Navy
Piedmont Hoist & Crane designs a large gantry crane for the US Navy.