Chicago Hardware & Fixture Company is a family-owned USA manufacturer of drop forged rigging products and wire forms used in the overhead lifting industry. We manufacture superior quality shackles, ...

LEEA’s all new Lifting Accessories Diploma training course, LAC (Global), will be available to all members on subscription on September 5. (Credit: PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay) EUG (End User ...

The project involved installation of two cranes of 10 tonnes and one crane of 5 tonnes. Credit: GH Cranes & Components. GH Cranes & Components, a Spanish company based in Beasain, has provided a ...

Faced with larger vessels and greater volumes, container terminals are racing to automate. (Credit: postcardtrip from Pixabay) Ports everywhere are under strain. The ever-larger container ships being ...

The 10t overhead crane at Glacier Energy’s Newcastle site. Credit: Glacier Energy via LinkedIn.com. UK-based Glacier Energy has expanded its Newcastle facility with the installation of a 10t overhead ...

ABUS Crane Systems enhances Hollandia’s steel operations. Credit: ABUS Crane Systems Ltd via LinkedIn. Steel construction company Hollandia has incorporated lifting solutions from ABUS Crane Systems ...

The Gary Works in Gary, Indiana is the largest integrated mill in North America. (Credit: Sequeira, Paul, Photographer/Wikipedia) "When a major US steel mill in ...

Covering a surface area of around 44,000m², Liebherr is not only consolidating the production of components in a new plant, but undertaking a major investment in the region. The opening ceremony was ...

Mining is a specialised business that requires specialised lifting equipment. (Credit: Manfred Antranias Zimmer from Pixabay) Mining is more than dark underground tunnels of men with picks and ...

It is the nature of the entertainment industry that there are frequent situations where companies find it necessary to either move or suspend a significant load above the people on a theatre or arena ...

All slings are classed as accessories, so in accordance with Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Loler) they are inspected every six months by a competent person, who decides what ...

The bespoke commission included two 1-ton Demag column-mounted jib cranes and one 5-ton Demag top running single girder bridge crane. Both jibs were standard Demag construction but the 5-ton bridge ...