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Associated Material Handling Industries Inc., Addison, Ill., will increase its workforce by 12 percent in 2011 in response to comments from the U.S. Department of Commerce and Bureau of Labor Statistics, which says material handling and logistics is one of America’s largest and fastest growing industries. The consumption of material handling equipment and systems in America […]

Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc. (TWSA) has completed the move of its North American corporate offices to Fairlawn, Ohio. “We are very pleased with our new location,” said Ydo Doornbos, managing director of TWSA. “The city of Fairlawn has been very welcoming.” The Fairlawn office is now the home of the company’s industrial and agricultural […]

Industrial Lift & Hoist (ILH) magazine has announced additions to its Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference (ICHC) program, which will be co-located at the ProMat trade show at McCormick Place South in Chicago, Ill., on Tues., March 22, 2011. Replacing Lyle Moran, Sikorsky Aircraft, will be Al Abel, a lifting specialist and safety manager since […]

Egemin Automation Inc., Holland, Mich., will launch its new hybrid automated guided vehicle (AGV) at ProMat, which takes place at McCormick South, Chicago, Ill., January 21-24, 2011 (booth 2347). Visitors will see how an operator can interrupt AGV operations, drive the vehicle manually and then place the forklift back into fully automatic lazer guidance mode. A […]

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, the German company's mobile harbor crane department, has consigned the economic crisis to 'the past' in a statement issued this week. “Increasing positive signs from the industry give reason to believe the economic crisis is part of the past,” it said. Again, globalization, worldwide integration of markets and liberalization of global trade result […]

Trico Lift, Millville, N.J., has closed its asset purchase agreement with the Modern Group Ltd., Bristol, Pa.. Under this agreement, Trico Lift has purchased the Modern Group's aerial lift assets. Trico notes the integration of Modern’s lift assets will expand its fleet by more than 700 pieces of primary lift equipment, bringing its total fleet […]

Industrial Lift & Hoist (ILH) unveiled its new logo last week on IndustrialLiftandHoist.com and ILH eNews. The new logo will be carried for the first time in print in the January/February edition. The magazine, which is the flagship product of the growing ILH media portfolio, will be circulated 10 times—January/February; March; April; May; June; July/August; […]

Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., has unveiled its next generation of electric lift trucks. The new Hyster E30-40XN series delivers lifting capacities of 3,000 to 4,000 pounds and is suited for a wide variety of material handling applications. "The E30-40XN series is one of the most operator-friendly AC-powered lift trucks in the world," said Brett Schemerhorn, […]

A manufacturer of various types of industrial lifting equipment uses Energy Chain cable carriers from Igus on a line of gantry cranes predominantly used in paper mills. The cable carriers replaced expensive festoon systems, which were failing as a result of corrosion. An Energy Chain System is mounted horizontally on each machine where it guides and […]

Below-the-hook lifting attachment manufacturer Winkle Industries', Alliance, Ohio, facility is now ISO 9001:2008 registered. Registration was formalized on September 10, 2010, after completing a successful audit by QAS International last July. "Every single one of our employees has contributed to the quality procedures leading to this milestone in Winkle’s history," said Joseph T. Schatz, president. "First […]