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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 […]

Rob Smith has been appointed as Konecranes president and CEO by the board of directors, he will assume the role on 1 February 2020. In the intervening period chief financial officer (CFO) and deputy CEO, Teo Ottola will be acting CEO. Konecranes’ chairman of the board, Christoph Vitzthum, said, “Konecranes has concluded the integration following […]

Norty Turner has been named as the new president of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), after Brad Boehler decided to step down having recently left his role with IPAF member firm Skyjack. Turner, who is senior vice president of services and advanced solutions at US rental company, United Rentals, steps up from deputy president […]

Verton Australia is investing in robotic research to advance the development and manufacturing of its “world first” remote-controlled load-management system that eliminates the need for human held taglines for crane operations, keeping people out of harm’s way. In a collaborative research project involving Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), Brisbane-based […]

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 […]

Engineers Australia has appointed Dr Bronwyn Evans HonFIEAust FTSE CPEng as chief executive officer. Dr Evans is an experienced and respected CEO who brings a wealth of leadership and commercial and policy expertise gained across a career spanning both corporate and not-for-profit roles at the forefront of engineering in Australia and globally. These have included […]

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 […]

In 2018 JCB set new records for turnover, machine sales and earnings as global markets for construction equipment and agricultural machinery remained strong, however, this growth has now stalled, with many markets softening this year. UK-based JCB said that its sales turnover in 2018 rose by 22% to £4.1 billion (2017: £3.35 billion), while machine […]

The Australian Industry (Ai) Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose 1.8 points to 53.1 in August, driven by increasing levels of production and rising exports*. Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said, “Stronger production, sales, and employment combined in a small though encouraging lift in the Australian PMI for August. While it […]