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Konecranes has won a contract to supply six Waste-to-Energy (WtE) cranes to Singapore’s Tuas Nexus – Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF). The order underscores Konecranes’ commitment to helping customers and industries grow and transform so they run more efficiently, sustainably, and safely. Tuas Nexus – IWMF is Singapore’s first integrated facility to treat incinerable waste, […]

Although it traded under the name RMB Lifting, the Australian company specialising in product and service applications in the fields of wire rope, lifting, rigging, height safety, load restraint, hoisting, materials handling, PPE and workwear was always named LiftQuip Australia. Now the company is undergoing a rebranding and change of trading name and will move […]

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has appointed Mike Ashton as international safety and technical advisor, bringing to the role considerable expertise from his more than 25 years in industry business management, safety, engineering and training positions in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Mike joins IPAF from Lift Industries which is the Australian distributor […]

In January 2022 Kat Moss will succeed Richard Money as the chairman of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) – Oliver Auston moves into her previous role of vice chairman. Moss, who has been a member of the board for almost six years, paid tribute to Richard Money, who ends a tenure as LEEA chairman […]

The Crosby Group, a global leader in lifting, rigging, and load securement hardware has acquired Airpes Sistemas Integrales de Manutencion Y Pesaje S.L. (Airpes). Airpes, based in Barcelona, Spain, is a leader in developing and manufacturing innovative lifting, handling, and weighing solutions for customers in the wind energy and industrial markets.  Airpes’ highly engineered solutions, […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 4.4 points to 54.8 in November – the first month of improvement following three months of flat results for the Australian PMI (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). All activity indexes […]

Verton is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Ekert as chief executive officer of Verton, effective 1 November 2021. Although Ekert has been acting in the role for some time as part of a structured succession plan, his appointment has only just been formalised. Ekert will replace the current CEO, Trevor Bourne, who will […]

On 29 October, a special signing ceremony was held to mark the launch of the Sinoboom Intelligent Manufacturing Park project. This state-of-the-art new site will be built on an area of 1.2 million sqm, and will house Sinoboom’s new global headquarters, an R&D and logistics support centre, and three intelligent production plants for the manufacturing […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) eased by 0.8 points to 50.4 in October – a fourth consecutive month of deceleration and the weakest monthly result for the index since September 2020 (readings above 50 points indicate expansion in activity, with higher results indicating a faster rate of expansion). Four […]

Angela Chen has been promoted to regional sales director – Europe for Yoke Industrial Corp. Over eight years working both at Yoke’s HQ in Taiwan, followed by relocation to Europe; Chen focusses on growing the distribution channels of lifting products and creates stronger bridge between customers in Europe and its headquarters in Taiwan. Yoke says […]