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JCB have announced that the company is set to reduce production levels at UK factories, due to anticipated component shortages from Chinese suppliers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.  The move will mean a shorter working week for around 4,000 JCB and agency shop floor employees from Monday (February 17th). This follows an immediate suspension of […]

Kalmar, part of the Cargotec corporation, has signed a Parts Care agreement with Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT).  Signed in December 2019, the agreement  is for three years and covers the availability of genuine spare parts for the terminal’s fleet of Kalmar equipment. It is the first Parts Care agreement in Kalmar Australia and the […]

Liebherr has handed over it’s LH 150 ET Gantry Port Litronic electronically-operated port handling machine with gantry undercarriage to DaFeng Port, China. The LH 150 ET Gantry Port Litronic is the world’s largest, electrically-operated Liebherr port handling machine with gantry undercarriage. The entire port handling machine has been supplied by Liebherr: all components were developed, […]

Corvus Energy is very pleased to announce that we have been selected by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE) and ZPMC to supply Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for 25 new battery-hybrid Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes. The battery-hybrid RTG cranes will be deployed by the South Carolina Port Authority (SCPA), where they are expected to reduce […]

Falcon Lifts has enhanced its business relationship with the company Shanghai Yacontee. The Chinese company, situated in Shanghai, had a successful week at the recent Apex Asia show in Shanghai. Falcon Lifts was represented at Apex Asia by Yacontee with the new Falcon Spider FS330Z Vario. “It was an amazing show,” said sales director Brian […]

Last month, Haulotte Shanghai was recognized by the International Powered Access Federation as the first company in China with the entire staff completing the IPAF training. Now, all employees, including sales people, administrative staff and technicians, know how to safely use mobile elevating work platforms. Safety is a priority for Haulotte, which aims at offering […]

LHA is proud to be a sponsor of Skyjack’s entry in the biannual Shitbox Rally raising money for Cancer charities. Team 19ft High Club is be taking place in the current event driving its “Shitbox” 3614km between Melbourne and Townsville. The Shitbox Rally is not a race, rather a challenge to drive cars worth just […]

Australian cranes and lifting technology and service leader Konecranes has won the ‘Best Practice in Safety’ award at the 2019 Bulk Handling Awards for its advanced planned maintenance technology, MAINMAN. Konecranes’ MAINMAN technology is used in major infrastructure, industrial, logistics and materials handling projects where equipment must be cost-efficiently maintained in peak condition to optimise […]

Adaptalift Group is fully backing the new Hyster UT Series and Yale UX Series, which fill a gap in the market for high quality, low usage forklifts, backed by reliable service Australian materials handling leader Adaptalift Group is backing the new Hyster UT and Yale UX Series lift trucks to satisfy a strong need in […]

To mark a 40 year partnership milestone between Dinolift and its Finnish dealer Rotator Oy, Dinolift has made a donation to the University of Turku for the development of future battery technology. In the late 1970s the market for drainage machines was declining and Dinolift – in those days named Kurpan Konepaja – was starting […]