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Bishop Lifting Products Inc. (BLP), Houston, has acquired Atomic Industrial Marine and Supply, a New Orleans, La.-based sling fabricator and marine supplies shop. The 20,000-square-foot facility, which BLP has rebranded as Bishop Lifting Products, Inc., stocks domestic and imported rigging hardware, wire rope, chain and marine supplies. The facility will fabricate the company’s synthetic web […]

It's not too late to sign up for the Lift and Access Showcase & Symposium, which is free for qualified lifting equipment professionals. This year's event will feature five product categories, including 15- to 18-ton boom trucks, compact and 12,000-pound capacity telehandlers, compact track-mounted aerial lifts, and 60-foot boom lifts. In addition to product walk-arounds, […]

R&M Materials Handling, Inc., Springfield, Ohio, has introduced the ControlMaster Anti-Sway System R&M, a new QX modular crane package option designed to eliminate sway while moving and lifting loads. The system automatically adjusts the crane’s traveling movements by using a mathematical calculation to estimate load swing. The calculation is based on the distance between the […]

The inaugural Maritime Lifting Solutions Workshop, December 7 -9, 2011, in Mobile, Ala., has added new speakers to the event, including Shaun Sipe, vice president of human capital, Barnhart Crane & Rigging, and John Colletti, president/CEO, CraneDoctor. Hosted by the Alabama State Port Authority, Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Memphis, Tenn., and Woodland, Wash.-based Industrial Training […]

Viastore Systems, Inc., has added three new AS/RS aisles to the existing automated material handling system it installed at Phoenix Contact, Harrisburg, Pa., in 2008. Initiated as a result of Phoenix Contact’s strong and continued growth, the expansion will enable the company to effectively serve the needs of its markets within the Americas.  The original […]

Irvine, Calif.-based Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) has completed the acquisition of the Industrial Equipment Division (IED) of Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI)., effective Oct.1, 2011. Toyota now offers 73 authorized Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers with a total of 224 dealership locations in the United States and Canada. Rob Reinders, who previously served as TCI […]

Shuttlelift, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has released the new DB Series double-beam mobile gantry cranes designed to lift heavy, bulky items from production to transport. Targeted for plant manager use in applications such as those in the concrete and steel industries, DB Series model capacities range from 60,000 pounds to 400,000 pounds. The DB rubber-tire gantry […]

New Iberia, La.-based load testing, inspection and rigging equipment provider IntegriCert has introduced the Vic-Lok Shackle, a permanently attached shackle that increases safety by eliminating the possibility of using incorrect shackles. The Vic-Lok’s shackles can’t be removed without being cut off or destroyed. Its patent-pending design has a 5:1 load safety factor and is available […]

Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., has released an upgraded series of AC-powered OrderPickers with lifting capacities of 1,500 to 3,000 pounds. The series includes the heavy-duty counterbalanced R30XM3 with travel speeds up to 6.5 mph, the standard-duty counterbalanced R30XMS3, the R30XMA3 straddle selector, and the R30XMF3 furniture selector. The product line features an ergonomically designed operator’s […]

Two of American Crane and Equipment Corp.’s Bridge Traveler Cranes were featured in the September 25th episode of “60 Minutes” in a story entitled “Fighting terrorism in New York City.” American Crane designed, manufactured and tested the Bridge Travelers, located on the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge, between 2007 and 2009, when the scope of […]