ABB has completed a study to benchmark current hoisting maintenance strategies, observing that, on average, mining companies have the potential to achieve more than a month of additional production ...

All under control As AI further takes the world by storm, it has yet to penetrate the lifting industry in any real marketplace sense. Julian Champkin investigates.

Brian Cook, senior product manager at Conductix-Wampfler, says there are five considerations for building a crane management strategy.

Chant Engineering is looking to hire a new addition of young and ambitious engineers to its growing team of 15 engineers, aimed at infusing fresh perspectives and dynamic energy into the industry.

Aerospace sector: Prepare for take-off Aerospace manufacturers are increasingly turning to cranes and other hoist systems to precisely place critical equipment. Overhead cranes add increased ...

Intelligent Manufacturing Of Crane Girders William Huang, CEO of WorldHoists, talks through the company’s $10m investment in a new production line.

Joon-Sung Lee, OEM sales manager, materials handling, ABB Drives, discusses how regenerative drives can unlock untapped energy savings for stacker cranes.

Vacuum lifters: Suck it up Matthew Prestidge, general manager/director at Stratalign, makes the case for vacuum lifters.

Not all loads are best lifted by hooks. There are almost as many below-the-hook lifting attachments as there are types of load. Indeed, as Julian Champkin discovers, there are dozens of ways just to ...

U.S. State Focus – Overhead crane companies in Texas We feature a selection of companies operating out of Texas.

Earlier this year, The Crosby Group and Kito Corporation announced the completion of the deal that saw the US and Japanese lifting businesses become a combined entity under the name Kito Crosby.

Checking for kinks in wire rope slings Dave Tucker, senior training specialist, and Dave Thomson, training manager, at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association, explain why attention needs to be ...