GLAD

Powered by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) and supporting organisations, Global Lifting Awareness Day (#GLAD) is now a widely celebrated day where manufacturers, suppliers, and end users are among those that share material that promotes safe and high quality load lifting. Social media posts, videos, articles, and in-person activity will again be bound together […]

This year’s Global Lifting Awareness Day, which takes place on 13 July, will kick-off with an event at UK Parliament on the eve of #GLAD2023 and lead into a packed programme of content, delivered by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA).It will be an emphatic statement to industry that #GLAD2023 – and everything it stands […]

‘We promote safe lifting, so we support GLAD’ is the rallying call of this year’s Global Lifting Awareness Day #GLAD2023 on 13 July. The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has revealed the mission statement as supporters unite in preparation for a day where manufacturers, suppliers, and end users share material that promotes safe and high […]

The Crosby Group, a leading manufacturer of rigging, lifting, and material handling hardware, was given the Best Contribution to GLAD (Global Lifting Awareness Day) Award by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) in Aberdeen last week. The award was presented at a gala night during LEEA’s annual LiftEx trade show. GLAD – celebrated on social […]

Ross Moloney, CEO of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) was GLAD to see people from around the world telling their stories of what attracts them to the lifting industry, how they got here and what makes them proud about it. On Thursday 8 July 2021, social media channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok […]

On Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD), which takes place on 8 July 2021, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will be hosting a ‘Calendar of Content’ to ensure that the whole day, right across the globe, will be full of messages promoting Lifting on social media. The Association is encouraging companies, organisations and individuals that […]

The first Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD), which took place on 9 July had the lifting industry taking to social media in-force. The day was all about getting the whole industry and the associated supply chains to recognise the importance of high standards in lifting, the significance of quality and how to ensure lifting best […]