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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 […]

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 […]