Site Reports

Manelec fully equips several buildings for an agricultural equipment manufacturer with a complete set of lifting and handling elements Manelec, manufacturer and supplier of overhead cranes and lifting equipment is a Verlinde partner and member of the Verlinde after-sales service network. It has supplied a complete set of cranes, gantry cranes and hoists to a […]

Keller & Kalmbach, a specialist in fasteners, fastening technology and intelligent C-parts management, is expanding the capacity of its central warehouse and distribution centre in Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, for the second time. Jungheinrich has been commissioned to build four new aisles in the carton warehouse there by the end of 2023, in addition to the six […]

Gerdau Metals Recycling increases effectiveness of operator training by employing CM Labs simulators. CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, has delivered a complete suite of lifting and earthmoving simulator training programmes to Gerdau, one of the world’s largest steel producers and metals recyclers. Gerdau recycling centres are powered by a range of earthmoving […]

D Turners & Sons has completed its first Enerpac ML40 Mini Lift Gantry project with the removal of a 25t biomass boiler from a factory in Scotland. The low roof height and limited physical access to the boiler made the compact hydraulic gantry the ideal choice for this lifting project. Within the boiler room’s space […]

The varied and specialist services available from Hoist & Winch Ltd have benefitted a cement industry customer that was looking to replace a large rotor used in its production process. Thanks to the design, manufacturing, test, certification and installation services offered by Hoist & Winch, a cement works was able to avoid the long lead […]

A davit crane is making light work of lifting a dinghy for a boating enthusiast. Troy Zerveskes recently refurbished a 30ft Luhrs Express Fishing Boat, which is now docked in Newington, New Hampshire, USA. As part of the overhaul, he invested in a steel davit crane from Winona, Minnesota-based OZ Lifting Products. “I wanted to […]

Wilhelm Layher GmbH & Co KG, a world leader in the manufacture of scaffolding systems is planning to build a new production line in Güglingen-Cleebronn in the south-west of Germany and awarded a contract to Demag to design and implement the new automated crane and materials handling system, as well as the required safety equipment. […]

The wind energy market demands constant innovation from its supply chain, as Crosby Airpes’s craneless wind turbine rotor blade exchange system proves.   As wind farm operators meet unprecedented demand for new turbines, they must also maintain installed towers, nacelles, and other components. Central to that work is the removal and replacement of rotor blades, […]

The first Enerpac ML40 Mini-Lift Gantry has been delivered to D Turner & Son (Machinery Removal) in Rochdale, Lancashire, UK. Designed for installing or removing machinery in tight spaces, the self-contained mini gantry has all an operator needs for nearly any 50t lifting job using a standard 16amp 110V single phase power supply. “The ML40 […]

Jaso Industrial Cranes, through its distributor Fives, participated in modernising the paper mill that Canadian company Domtar has in Windsor (Quebec). Domtar is one of the leading companies in the pulp and paper industry in Canada and the US, and has paper mills and offices distributed throughout North America. Specifically, the factory in Windsor required […]