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Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP), Houston, Texas, has opened a regional office in Oklahoma City, Okla. The new office will be a one-stop source for servicing oilfield rigging needs in the Mid-Continent region. “Our Oklahoma City office will provide rigging solutions and local MaxiRider support to businesses in the region,” says Jeff Bishop, president of […]

Richard Tindale will step down as global sales & marketing director at Snorkel, effective April 5th. Tindale joined Snorkel’s parent company, The Tanfield Group Plc, in 2006 as it prepared to buy UpRight Powered Access. He has played an integral part in the development of the business over the past six years, including a key […]

  Swedish iron foundry Arvika Gjuteri AB has commissioned a new ZKKW double-girder process crane with an integrated weighing and position measuring system. With the investment in modern crane technology, the manufacturer, with a long tradition of producing castings for commercial and off-road vehicles, will increase handling rates for scrap in line with its increased […]

  Wirral, UK-based stage engineering specialist Hoist UK has supplied and installed a lightweight aluminium rigging bridge system at Warwick Arts Centre for its 1,500 seat concert theatre, Butterworth Hall. The aluminium bridge rigging system covers an area of 360 square metres and contains 20 moving and lockable rigging bridges, each capable of suspending a […]

Jergens, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has named Bob Rubenstahl as general manager for its Tooling Components Division. As general manager, he will be responsible for the general management of the entire division, comprised of the Workholding Solutions Group, Specialty Fasteners Group, and Lifting Solutions Group. Rubenstahl, who has been with Jergens for two years, previously serving […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) Corp., Bridgeview, Ill., has updated and revamped its 2012 Product Specification Catalog. The catalog features an updated cover design and reorganized page layouts. Each section offers a pictorial overview of the products available for rent or sale, as well as product descriptions and specification tables. Additions to the catalog include large […]

  Demag Cranes has supplied its first mobile harbour crane to Bermuda. A Gottwald HMK 170 E will be taking up commercial operation in the spring of 2012 at the port of Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, where it will be handling containers and general cargo. The crane will play a key role in providing […]

  Verlinde organised a stand at the Promote Trade Show in Yaoundé, Cameroon aimed at seeking partners, integrators and distributors of manual or electrically driven lifting equipment. The French manufacturer was seeking partners to work on a local basis to develop markets embracing the building industry, communication networks, port and even petrochemical infrastructures. Verlinde made […]

  Phil White, joint managing director of Servtech, has been elected chair of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA). He replaces Chris Towne, who has completed his two year tenure in the post. “I am extremely keen that the LEEA becomes a truly global entity and continues to develop and extend its portfolio of practical […]

Penny & Giles, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and designer and manufacturer of precision joystick controllers, sensors and solenoids, is continuing to strengthen its global distribution network with the appointment of French distributor Wimesure. Wimesure has agreed to work with the retiring distributor IC Mesures for a transition period of at least six months. […]