Combilift donates an Aisle Master to Convoy of Hope

As part of Combilift’s celebrations for its 25th anniversary, the Irish materials handling specialist has announced that it is donating its 75,000th truck – an Aisle Master articulated forklift – to Convoy of Hope, a non-profit humanitarian and disaster relief organisation. Convoy of Hope works alongside communities and its wide network of volunteers aim to […]

28/03/2023 - 14:49 pm

Genie MEWPs chosed for facility maintenance at two holy mosques

Authorised Genie dealer Medco has begun delivery of 135 Genie boom and scissor lifts purchased by Al Majal Al Arabi for facility maintenance on holy mosques at Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. These lifts will be used for cleaning and routine maintenance at these important sites. The order includes Genie S-60 J and S-80 […]

28/03/2023 - 13:30 pm

Skyjack announces global capacity increases

Skyjack arrived at ConExpo to outline the larger programme of activities that have seen a global transformation of its manufacturing footprint in the last 12 months. This transformation is set to represent a potential global unit capacity increase of 235% globally when compared to today’s (2022) capacity and will take the number of manufacturing plants […]

15/03/2023 - 15:14 pm

JCB’s hydrogen world first makes international debut

JCB’S £100 million project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines was given its international debut at ConExpo. A team of 150 engineers is working on the pioneering initiative to develop hydrogen combustion engines — more than 50 prototypes have already been manufactured at JCB’s UK engine plant. On 14 March the wraps came off the brand-new […]

15/03/2023 - 14:50 pm

Avant Tecno Italia becomes Leguan Lifts distributor

Spider lift manufacturer, Leguan Lifts from Finland, has signed a new distributor agreement with Avant Tecno Italia srl. The latter will take charge of sales and aftersales in Italy. Hugues Lambert, export sales manager of Leguan Lifts said, “Since Avant Tecno Italia has been selling for close to three decades the Avant product range in […]

13/03/2023 - 10:10 am

New working at height training platform opened

Certex UK has today opened their new working at height training platform, which has received recognition from the Global Wind Organisation for its high standards of training and safety. Cllr James Naish, leader of Bassetlaw District Council, said, “I would like to congratulate Certex UK on the latest addition to its business and the recognition […]

10/03/2023 - 14:47 pm
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Haulotte Iberica : Open Up Business

On 23 February Haulotte Ibérica, which covers the Spanish and Portuguese markets, organied its ‘Open Up Business’ event for customers’ service managers and expert technicians. More than 80 service managers and technicians were present and able to participate in the six different workshops the Spanish team had prepared. The goal was to deepen their knowledge […]

07/03/2023 - 11:28 am

Jungheinrich makes changes at the top  

The supervisory board of Jungheinrich AG has resolved to propose Rolf Najork for election to the supervisory board at the company’s Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2023. In addition, it is intended to propose Najork as a candidate for the position of chairman of the supervisory board. In September 2022, Hans-Georg Frey resigned as […]

07/03/2023 - 10:53 am
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Greener Intralogistics at LogiMat 23

The growing trend toward the efficient use of resources takes its place alongside automation and digital transformation as an economic imperative in industry and logistics. That’s why sustainability and flexibility in automation and digital transformation are the key trends evident in the products that exhibitors from around the world and across all sectors are presenting […]

02/03/2023 - 10:13 am

Supply chain veteran, Ken Fleming joins Fizyr

Fizyr, a company providing smart and fast vision AI for robotic systems has appointed Ken Fleming as CEO to lead the business into its critical North American and European expansion. Fizyr’s co-founder and previous CEO Herbert ten Have remains as director of strategic alliances, continuing in his role as a robotics industry visionary. “Labour availability, […]

02/03/2023 - 09:53 am

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