Events

The shrinking labour pool is certainly hitting the logistics sector hard with HGV drivers, warehouse order pickers and forklift operators all in short supply. Indeed, it was at a recent event organised by the Institute for Government, that the chief executive of Food and Drink Federation announced that the UK food supply chain is around […]

Over the next six months, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will be launching a new suite of training courses as part of the Association’s Academy 2.0 Project. EUG (End User Guidance) will be the first course to arrive, on 7 July 2022  – Global Lifting Awareness Day #GLAD2022. EUG will be available via LEEA’s […]

Scottish former rugby union player and coach, Sir Ian McGeechan will be the special guest speaker at the LEEA Awards 2022. Sharing lessons in leadership, performance strategies and teamwork skills, Sir Ian is the perfect guest speaker for the prestigious LEEA Awards Ceremony at the P&J Live events venue in Aberdeen on the evening of […]

As the LogiMAT 2022 exhibition drew to a close last week in Stuttgart, Germany, the organisers were happy that it was showing stability across all leading indicators in the trade show business. The leading international trade show for the intralogistics industry was able to build seamlessly on the success of its previous events with numbers […]

JLG Industries is hosting a special hybrid event from 9 to 20 May 2022. Key distributors and their customers from Europe, the Middle East and South Africa, will be welcomed to the New Perspective at its UK location in Leicester, while a virtual event will run simultaneously for those unable to attend. A bespoke entry […]

This year Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD takes place on 7 July 2022 and the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) encourages organisations and individuals to share any content they are producing or events they are hosting for adding to the new dedicated website for #GLAD2022, which is now live at globalliftingawarenessday.com. The site provides a […]

World-renowned specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield, has been named as the Academic Partner of the International Materials Handling Exhibition 2022 (IMHX). As IMHX 2022’s Academic Partner, Cranfield University will play a role in this year’s speaker programme which will run alongside the three-day exhibition of materials handling and intralogistics solutions, this Autumn (6 – 8 September […]

As widely expected, 2022 finally marks the return of physical events and face-to-face meetings between the players in the lifting industry. The first of these was the IAPA Awards 2022, the most prestigious networking event in the field, held in London on 10 March at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington. Being always focused on […]

Jennifer de Souza, senior director of Energy Solutions, Procurement and Leasing at The Raymond Corporation, will participate in a panel at the Center for International Business Advancement’s (CIBA) Seventh Global Trade and Investment Forum on 7 April 2022, to speak about Raymond’s advanced energy solutions. The theme of this year’s forum is “The Southern Tier […]

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Awards is a great opportunity to give your company and colleagues the recognition they deserve. Winners will be announced during the ‘party of the year’ at the LEEA Awards Ceremony, which will be held at P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland, on the evening of 5 October 2022 – Day […]