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Australian company Equipment Safety Services (EQSS) has taken its OverWatch secondry guarding system to the UK. Designed to prevent deaths from crushing and trapping incidents on scissor lifts it has a proven track record in real-world applications, fitted on more than 6000 Australian and New Zealand scissor lifts. EQSS claims that OverWatch is the only […]

The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger between Cargotec and Konecranes. According to the CMA’s final report issued today, the remedies – which would have removed all overlapping businesses of the two companies and were accepted by the European Commission (EC) – would not be effective in addressing the CMA’s concerns […]

JLG Industries has entered a developmental partnership with RE2 Robotics, a leading developer of intelligent robotic mobile manipulation systems. The collaboration of these two market leading companies is intended to advance the integration of robotics with access equipment to deliver improved operator safety and enhanced productivity on job sites. “Robotic technologies have long been used […]

The European subsidiary of MEWP manufacturing specialist, Sinoboom, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trackunit confirming the telematics solutions specialist as preferred partner in the design, installation and delivery of these data services for Sinoboom equipment. Sinoboom BV and Trackunit have collaborated closely to create the specially customised solution with the ultimate aim […]

Konecranes has announced new climate targets that will target emissions in both its own operations and its value chain. This is in line with the latest climate research, which, proves an urgent need to cut emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5degC. The new targets support Konecranes’ efforts to cut emissions, further develop […]

China-based VisionNav is introducing its range of fully automated, vision-guided forklift trucks and intelligent operating systems to the European market. VisionNav Robotics was co-founded in 2016 by a team from The University of Hong Kong and The University of Tokyo, and headquartered in Shenzhen, is the world’s leading automated guided industrial vehicles. The company is […]

Certex UK has opened a new office in Taiwan from which its will serve the renewable energy market – operations began on 1 January 2022. Certex UK is part of the Lifting Solutions Group, one of six divisions within the Axel Johnson International business. Certex provides products and services to various stakeholders within the wind […]

The Kion Group AG has officially opened its new counterbalance truck plant in the Chinese city of Jinan (Shandong province). It has also laid the foundation stone for an additional plant for supply chain solutions in the immediate vicinity that will house a technology centre and state-of-the-art manufacturing lines. Gordon Riske, chief executive officer of […]

Hanho International has always put safety and efficiency at the forefront of its crane operations, and its new distribution agreement with Verton will secure its reputation as an industry innovator. Effective immediately, Hanho is distributing Verton’s lifting and load orientation technology across South Korea/Korea. Verton’s remote-controlled load orientation products, rotate suspended loads without the need […]

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 […]