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Sparrows Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has secured a contract with Chevron Australia for work on the Gorgon and Wheatstone natural gas facilities. Sparrows will support the safety and reliability of Chevron’s onshore and offshore lifting operations by providing inspection and maintenance services for cranes […]

Duncan Barrier, formerly technical manager at Checkmate Lifting & Safety Ltd, has joined the LEEA Technical Team (LTT).  Barrier has a strong mechanical engineering background with 15 years’ experience in the lifting equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) industries. In the early days of his career, Barrier won the Queens Award for Innovation and progressed […]

At the HIRE21 exhibition held in Gold Coast, Australia, Haulotte was a double winner at the 2021 Hire Industry Excellence Awards ceremony. The Group was not only rewarded for its new Pulseo generation scissor lift, but also won the Best Supplier of the Year award – the second year it has won this category. Keith […]

David Bammel has been named as the vice president of Digital Technology for JLG and Jerr-Dan. He is taking over the reins for the development and execution of OshKosh’s  Access segment’s digital vision and strategy. Frank Nerenhausen, Oshkosh Corporation executive vice president and president of the company’s Access Segment said, “David is a thought-leader in […]

The Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) increased by a further 1.8 points to 61.7 in April, indicating a seventh consecutive month of recovery from the severe disruptions of Covid-19 in Q2 of 2020 and the index’s highest monthly result since March 2018. It is the third highest rate of growth […]

In the last quarter of Kito’s financial year which ended March 2021 the company has reported that demand has recovered to the same level as the previous year despite Covid infection rates increasing. Effort was focused on profit and cash generation with cost controlled across board. Sales in Q4 were up 1.6% on 2020 and […]

On 13 April, Damen Yichang Shipyard launched a 75 x 32m crane barge into the water. The event was seasonally timed to ensure the correct water depth needed to perform the successful launch of the barge. Damen is building the Crane Barge 7532 for a Panamanian client. Now that the barge is in the water, […]

LiftEx Bahrain, planned by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), will move from 27-28 September 2021 to 21-22 March 2022, at the Gulf Hotel and Convention Centre, Manama. Ross Moloney, CEO of LEEA, said, “As the situation is still somewhat unclear due to the pandemic, with international travel restrictions currently in place, and some organisations […]

Cargotec has refined its strategy and vision to focus on sustainability and profitable growth. With its business areas Kalmar, MacGregor and Hiab, Cargotec’s vision is to become the global leader in sustainable cargo flow. Cargotec’s CEO Mika Vehviläinen said, “Our previous vision – becoming the global leader in intelligent cargo handling – highlighted the importance […]

Based in China’s Shaanxi province, Shanyang Coal Mine has commissioned ABB Ability Asset Vista Condition Monitoring software to increase process efficiency and minimise maintenance. The digital solution has been installed at 18 sites worldwide since launching in 2015 and the commission at Shanyang Coal Mine is the first for ABB in China. Shanyang Coal Mine […]