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The French equipment manufacturer Manitou Group is holding a totally new event with all its partners in Punta Umbria in the south of Spain from May 29 to June 1. Called "The Festival," the event is bringing more than 1,000 guests from 80 countries together to discuss the Group's outlook, and define how to "Grow […]

Bishop Lifting Products, Houston, Texas, has won the 2012 Houston Area Safety Council and Houston Business Roundtable's Silver Safety Excellence Award in the Crane & Rigging Support category. The category addresses the lifting arena, from transportation, matting, and suppliers of rigging and lifting products, to crane vendors and operators.

  Demag Cranes has received an order for eight fully automated process cranes and a warehouse management system from Chinese company Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Co. Ltd. The cranes will be used in what will become the largest paper-roll shipping store in the world, Demag said, constructed at Shanying Paper’s headquarters in Maanshan, China. The […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst, N.Y., released the high capacity Yale LodeKing electric wire rope hoist. With capacities from 15 to 60 tons, the LodeKing wire rope hoist combines durability with the higher capacities needed for applications, such as energy and power generation, government and aerospace, agriculture and logging, marine and transportation, and general manufacturing and […]

Clark Material Handling Co., Lexington, Ky., appointed Manuel Sierra as an international service engineer. He will provide field service technical support to the company’s dealer organization, end users and customers throughout North and South America, as well as administration of the company’s warranty policies. Sierra, who speaks fluent English, Spanish and Portuguese, will dedicate much […]

Presenter Paul Boeckman, vice president of engineering, the Crosby Group, has urged the Canadian crane community “to stay updated with new developments in the industry and meet others in the field” at MCM Events’ Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada. “Crosby was involved in last year’s conference,” he adds. “There were good topics, and it […]

  Kaliningrad, Russia-based crane manufacturer OAO Baltkran produced its 100th crane for the nuclear industry alone earlier this year for the machine hall at the Novovoronezhskaya Nuclear Power Station. The 500 tonne unit will primarily assist in the assembly of turbine plant and generator stators but will also handle other heavy loads. The crane is […]

This year’s two-day Crane & Rigging Conference in New Orleans, La., attracted about 180 lifting industry professionals interested in learning about tools for effective crane and rigging management. The two-day conference was held jointly with the Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference, focused on overhead crane applications. Participants could custom tailor their education by choosing to […]

Sapient Automation, Hatfield, Pa., named Tim Harrison as Midwest sales director. Prior to joining Sapient Automation, Harrison worked as a senior account executive for Pick and Store Systems, Indianapolis, Ind. Harrison implemented many vertical lift module (VLM), vertical carousel and horizontal carousel systems in organizations including Caterpillar Inc., Rolls Royce and Cook Medical Inc. His […]

Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Components and Equipment Division, Tarrytown, N.Y., is relocating its Charlotte, N.C. facility to a larger facility in Charlotte to accommodate projected growth in sales. The new facility is 38,400 square feet, increasing the company’s working space by 42 percent. The company expects the relocation to be completed by the end of June. […]