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Eriez, Erie, Pa., which manufactures lifting magnets, has promoted Dave Heubel to the newly-created position of director—North American sales. This follows the announcement that the company is combining its U.S. and Canadian sales organizations into a consolidated North American sales team.Most recently, Heubel served as national sales manager for Eriez’s U.S. light and heavy industry […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CMCO) has signed up as associate sponsors for Maximum Capacity Media's (MCM) Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, which will take place Oct. 12-13, 2011 at the Fantasyland Hotel, Alberta. CMCO is a global leader in providing products and application knowledge to help its customers lift, position, or secure materials easily and […]

Shuttlelift, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., has supplied a SL 75II mobile gantry crane to increase productivity and workflow at Plains Fabrication & Supply, a steel fabrication company based in Alberta, Canada, which produces heaters, separators, pressure vessels, skid packages, and other custom fabrication items. Several years ago, Plains participated in a lean manufacturing program to improve […]

Lexington, Ky.-based forklift manufacturer Clark Material Handling Co. has named Karl Waekerle as regional sales manager for the eastern region. His responsibilities will include working closely with dealers and end users in establishing and maintaining customer relationships. "Karl Waekerle will be an excellent addition to our already outstanding sales team, and his previous experience will […]

Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP), Houston, Texas, has been awarded the 2010 SlingMax® Golden Hoagie for being the top SlingMax dealer of 2010. This is the fifth time in seven years that BLP has received the top SlingMax national dealer award. Over the past 17 years, BLP has continually been in the top five SlingMax dealers […]

Dan Beilfuss, national sales manager, Magnetek Inc., has submitted his final presentation to be delivered to a delegation of overhead crane and hoist users at Maximum Capacity Media's Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference (ICHC), set to take place July 19-20, 2011 alongside the Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) and Reach Expo at the Crowne Plaza […]

JCB, whose North American office is in Savannah, Ga., has marked its 65th anniversary in business. The company reports a strong recovery from the deepest-ever recession in the global construction equipment industry with a return to robust earnings. The company’s celebration took place on June 21 to coincide with the 95th birthday of JCB’s founder, […]

Eriez, Erie, Pa., which manufactures lifting magnets, has combined its United States and Canadian sales organizations into a consolidated North American sales team. "The integration of the sales and technical support of U.S. and Canadian customers and sales representatives will help streamline and improve Eriez’ overall operations," said Charlie Ingram, vice president of sales and […]

The Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), Pittsburgh, Pa., and its material movement and transportation technology division, presented the 2011 Crane Innovation of the Year Award to John Austin, mobile maintenance manager, Gerdau Petersburg, for his paper entitled, "Improvement in Operating Efficiencies Through Scrap Handling Devices." Austin received the award at the 18th Annual […]

Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. (TIEM) has named Toshiya Yamagishi president of TIEM, as well as president of Toyota Industries North America, Inc.; and vice chairman of Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA), of Columbus, Ind. He also serves on the board of directors for Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU), of Irvine, Calif. As […]