Britlift

CAF Rolling Stock UK produces trains for the UK market. The bodies, bogies and engines are manufactured at CAF facilities in Spain and France for assembly at its plant in Llanwern near Newport, Wales. Clients include Transport for Wales, which recently commissioned 180 new diesel trains from CAF. The Welsh facility runs two 25t cranes […]

A new modular system from Britlift is helping improve productivity for bathroom pod lifts in London. Rainbird Crane Services works predominantly in central London, specialising in lifts onto high rise buildings of prefab and modular units. It also has a machinery moving division, lifting and shifting industrial and mechanical equipment, as well as carrying out […]

Notus Contract Lifting has over 60 years’ combined experience delivering contract lifting solutions. The company specialises in ensuring that lifting requirements are executed safely and in line with a project’s operational and commercial demands. As a fully independent business, Notus can offer each customer a completely unbiased, evidence-based technical proposal, meaning the correct equipment is […]

More precise spreader beams have enabled complex lifting operations for a contractor working on HS2. The HS2 is Britain’s new high speed rail line being built from London to the North-West, with HS2 trains linking the biggest cities in Scotland, Manchester, Birmingham and London. It is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and said to […]

Lifting equipment specialist Britlift is supporting an attempt to break the outright world water speed record for the fastest boat in the world. Longbow, a pure thrust jet hydroplane, is currently under construction on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire and aims to become the fastest vessel on water. The record currently stands at 317mph, set in 1978 by […]

Unique Group, one of the world’s leading integrated subsea and offshore solutions provider, has entered a new partnership with lifting and spreader beam designer and manufacturer, Britlift, in a move which will see Britlift spreader beams being offered for rental and purchase via Unique Group’s global network. With the agreement in place covering Unique Group’s […]