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  Terex Corporation is introducing Terex Port Solutions at the TOC Container Supply Chain Europe event, which started this morning in Antwerp and runs through 14 June. As part of the Terex Material Handling and Port Solutions segment of the company, this group will unite Terex and Gottwald Port Technology as a single source for […]

  Iraq-based Ster Group, a partner of Italian access equipment provider CTE, will supply 266 CTE B-Lift truck-mounted platforms to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The order, for platforms ranging from 15-27m working height, is valued at over €10 million. The units, which will be delivered by the end of the year, will be sent […]

Terex Cranes has delivered an additional six TFC 46M HC reach stacker to Tecondi – Terminal Para Conteineres da Margem Direita S/A to operator in Santos Port, Brazil. Produced at the Terex Cranes facilities in Montceau-les-Mines, France, all six units were delivered via the company’s local distributor Equiport and fully commissioned on March 15th.   […]

Socage has issued a statement to customers and business associates that the company did not stop production despite the nearby earthquake. “Though the difficulties due to the earthquake in the last weeks that caused moral and material inconveniences to employees and caused slowdowns of seven days of the production in the factory of San Felice, […]

  Austrian crane manufacturer Hans Kuenz GmbH has received an order for automated stacking cranes and intermodal container cranes from APM Terminals‘ new Maasvlakte II Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, opening in November 2014. A contract for the supply of 26 automated stacking cranes and two rail-mounted gantry cranes was signed last week. The […]

Nissan Forklift Corporation, Marengo, Ill., announced Material Handling Products Corporation (MHP Corp.) as its new authorized distributor in upstate New York. Effective immediately, MHP Corp. is responsible for Nissan Forklift new equipment sales, aftermarket parts, and service in upstate New York with locations in Rotterdam and Syracuse. According to Mark Manninen, director of distribution management […]

Rio Tinto Alcan has selected Konecranes, Springfield, Ohio, to provide two 225-ton SMARTON powerhouse cranes with tandem lift capability for its aluminium smelter in northern British Columbia. The turnkey contract also includes installation, remote diagnostics and an operator training package. Rio Tinto Alcan’s BC Operations, based in Kitimat, British Columbia, supplies the majority of the aluminum products for the […]

Access manufacturer Niftylift, Stonebridge, England, has promoted Jon Hedlund to vice president of North American operations. Before the promotion, Hedlund had been North American sales manager for five years. Hedlund began selling Niftylift products in North America as an independent representative in 1998. He joined the company as a direct employee in 2007. “I grew […]

Winkle Industries, Alliance, Ohio, now represents the Tech Weigh ScrapMaster line of in-motion weighing systems for magnets and grapples. Winkle President Joe Schatz announced the new distribution agreement. “The Tech Weigh system is an ideal fit for Winkle products and for our customers,” he said. “It complements our own line of custom lifting magnets, and […]

Konecranes has introduced a hybrid (diesel/electric) power option for its rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs), which can reduce diesel fuel consumption by over 60 percent. With the addition of this new power option, Konecranes now provides a full range of solutions for RTGs: Hybrid Power Pack, Diesel Fuel Saver, and two electric power options, the Cable […]