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JLG Company, Power Towers Ltd is a leading manufacturer of low-level access equipment. It has announced that the brand will discontinue its traditional blue livery and adopt the JLG low-level access colours of orange and grey. Jonathan Dawson, general manager of Power Towers, says, “The orange and grey expression of JLG’s low-level access product appearance […]

Toyota Australia together with Toyota Material Handling Australia and Toyota Fleet Management will be introducing a fleet of autonomous Autopilot vehicles in to its Altona warehouse from its operation start in 2020. Manufactured in Sweden by Toyota Material Handling Europe, the fleet itself will consist of six Autopilot Tow Trucks (TAE500) and one Autopilot Reach […]

In the future, Jungheinrich and aerial work platform and telehandler rental specialist Riwal, will work together internationally to rent their equipment. Jungheinrich will use Riwal aerial work platforms for logistics centres, while Riwal will be able to offer Jungheinrich forklifts in other segments. The aim is to create a global one-stop shop for forklift trucks, […]

The Crosby Group is intending to acquire Gunnebo. The leading global provider of lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware has entered into an agreement to acquire Gunnebo Industrier Holding AB from Segulah, a Nordic private equity firm, and all closing conditions have been satisfied. Gunnebo Industries is a global leader in innovating, developing, manufacturing and […]

Konecranes stacking cranes are used by Cogent’s integrated logistics hub with a rooftop container depot a world first and currently the only one in existence One of the largest integrated logistics hubs in Singapore, Cogent One-Stop Logistics Hub, houses a world’s first – a cutting-edge rooftop container depot that enables the facility to provide its […]

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 will be taking place in the October event driving its “Shitbox” 3614km between Melbourne and Townsville. The Shitbox Rally is not a race, rather a challenge to drive cars worth just […]

The 32nd bauma Munich exhibition opened at Messe Munich on 8 April 2019 and Chinese manufacturer Sinoboom showcased six new, upgraded, electric series products with the theme of “We Are Lifting”. The new products were the GTJZ0608S, a 6m electric scissor lift; the GTJZ1212, a 12m lithium battery scissor lift; the GTJZ0407SE and GTJZ1212E, 4m […]

Customers throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania will benefit from shorter delivery time of up to five days and a significant increase in spare parts availability with the new Jungheinrich spare parts distribution centre in Singapore. A 24/7 dispatch from the distribution centre is also offered for particularly urgent customer needs. With the implementation of the […]

In the first order for its Singapore-based Asian office Corvus Energy is supplying the energy storage system (ESS) for battery-hybrid rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes by The CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE). The order is for various retrofit and newbuild deliveries by CCCCSEE’s affiliate Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC) in Chinese ports. Corvus […]

Shanghai Superior Die Technology Co Ltd (SSDT), is partnering with Konecranes to help it achieve world-class standards of quality, reliability and safety. The Shanghai Superior Die Technology Co Ltd (SSDT) – an affiliate of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd – employs more than 2300 people. It has so far installed a total of 46 sets of […]