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In November Haulotte China and Changzhou Vocational Institute of Mechatronic Technology held a signing ceremony to mark the cooperative arrangement on MEWP talent training in the facility located in Changzhou, China. Attendees at the ceremony included Harry Wang, general manager of Haulotte Shanghai, Hubert Moreau, general manager of Changzhou factory, Maya Chen, human resources manager, […]

“An Ai Group skills survey – Listening to Australian businesses on skills and workforce needs – sounds yet another alarm on the skills shortages and gaps plaguing the Australian economy,” Innes Willox chief executive of the national employer association Ai Group said today. “Our survey of close to 350 business leaders from a wide range […]

Oshkosh Corporation a leading innovator of mission-critical vehicles and essential equipment, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hinowa SpA, a privately held international company and leading manufacturer of track-based aerial work platforms, mini dumpers, lift trucks and undercarriages. Once complete, Hinowa will become part of the Oshkosh Access Equipment […]

The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) have added a new category of equality, diversity and inclusion – a key objective of IPAF’s Women in Powered Access intiative. The new award is open to any company or individual who has demonstrated their sustainable commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the powered access industry. […]

For Chinese EWP manufacturer, Sinoboom, rapid growth has been the story of the last two and half years at in Europe and the company is now adding staff and resources to ensure that this trend will continue as planned into the coming years. A new company, EG Equipment, will take responsibility for driving sales in […]

Based on the  strategic evaluation of MacGregor Cargotec’s board of directors has concluded that the business will not be part of Cargotec’s portfolio in the future. Cargotec will focus on profitable growth of its core businesses, Hiab and Kalmar, by solving customers’ sustainability challenges. During the strategic evaluation, it became clear that there is considerable […]

Sinoboom Australia has reported on social media that it has delivered several batches of custom-colour Sinoboom scissor lifts to Coates Hire branches in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Dan Goodfellow, group manager – Products received the delivery on behalf of Coates from Sinoboom Australia’s general manager Mitch Ely. Coates is a significant fixture in […]

IPAF issues a leaflet to warn users of (M)EWPs about the catapult effect, which can cause occupants to be ejected from the platform, leading to serious injury and death especially if occupants in boom-type machines are not wearing the correct personal fall protection equipment (PFPE). The leaflet, entitled MEWP Catapult Effect, has been created by […]

In its interim report from July to September 2022 Cargotec was able to disclose an all time high comparable operating profit and increased orders in all business areas. The company anticipates that supply chain challenges and market uncertainties will continue. Orders received increased by 16% and totalled 1147 million euros and the order book amounted […]

CeMAT Australia is pleased to announce Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds Foundation (Healthy Heads) as the CeMAT Australia 2023 charity partner. “Healthy Heads prioritises wellbeing as highly as safety in the transport and warehouse industries, making the organisation the perfect partner for CeMAT,” said Mike Nissen, commercial director of CeMAT Australia. “The event is […]