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The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has announced that its annual Asia Conference & Showcase will be held in 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand, on 2-3 August. This year will see the second in-person Asia Conference since the pandemic, following a successful return in Singapore last July. The two-day event will consist of a full-day conference […]

Irish materials handling specialist, Combilift, has donated an Aisle Master articulated forklift – to Convoy of Hope, a non-profit humanitarian and disaster relief organisation. The truck is the 75,000th off the production line and the donation is part of Combilift’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Convoy of Hope works alongside communities and its wide network of volunteers […]

Skyjack arrived at ConExpo to outline the larger programme of activities that have seen a global transformation of its manufacturing footprint in the last 12 months. This transformation is set to represent a potential global unit capacity increase of 235% globally when compared to today’s (2022) capacity and will take the number of manufacturing plants […]

JCB’S £100 million project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines was given its international debut at ConExpo. A team of 150 engineers is working on the pioneering initiative to develop hydrogen combustion engines — more than 50 prototypes have already been manufactured at JCB’s UK engine plant. On 14 March the wraps came off the brand-new […]

Changes have been made at the top level of the Jungheinrich AG supervisory board. The control committee has nominated Rolf Najork to succeed the outgoing chairman of the supervisory board, Hans-Georg Frey. The supervisory board of Jungheinrich AG has resolved to propose Rolf Najork for election to the supervisory board at the company’s Annual General […]

“Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise the cash rate target to 3.6% is an unfortunate but necessary step to ensure price stability”, said Innes Willox, chief executive of the national employer association Ai Group. “High inflation impacts both households and businesses, who are facing rapidly increasing input costs. In a period […]

The national employer association Australian Industry (Ai) Group is pleased to announce the launch next week of a new monthly indicator of business performance covering a cross section of industry sectors to be known as the Ai Group Australian Industry Index. The first release of the Ai Group Australian Industry Index will be on Tuesday […]

The Kito Corporation, a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment with 90 years of experience in the development and production of hoists and cranes and The Crosby Group, a leading provider of lifting and rigging solutions, and have completed their business combination. Today’s announcement follows the settlement of The Crosby Group’s cash tender offer for […]

The Turkish leader in crane manufacturing, BVS Crane, is going through an initial public offering (=IPO) in Borsa Istanbul. BVS Cranes was established in 1986 by Mech Eng Önder Bülbüloğlu and has been growing in size and turnover ever since, both at home and in international markets – with export going to 90 countries on […]

Haulotte China held its 2023 Annual Dealer Meeting on 13 January at the new Haulotte factory in Changzhou. Harry Wang, general manager of Haulotte Shangai, and key business department managers, welcomed more than 20 dealers representing many Chinese provinces. This meeting was an opportunity to sum up 2022 and look forward into 2023 while sharing […]