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Online auctioneer IronPlanet has appointed Jethran Roeten as the company’s new representative in the Benelux region

The Crosby Group, a US manufacturer of accessories for lifting and material handling applications, has announced several new additions and promotions

Manufacturers and crane rental companies are minimising the impact their manufacturing processes, products and operations have on the environment. Laura Hatton reports

NPM Capital has acquired a 25 % interest in FibreMax, a manufacturer of lightweight polymer fibre cables and slings for the lifting, offshore and construction industries

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has launched Kalmar Care, a new care service to help with productivity and cost efficiency in customers' operations

Spreader beam manufacturer Modulift supplied equipment to lift a Rolls-Royce gas turbine for a new Royal Navy aircraft carrier in the UK

Changes in the design and material used in the booms of telescopic cranes has made repairs a lot more difficult and complicated. Colin Sowman reports

Manitowoc Crane Care has added Danish company UN Mobilkraner to its Encore dealer programme

Limpet Technology has been awarded the LEEA's inaugural Product Innovation Award for its Limpet L5

UK force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell manufacturer Straightpoint, reported a year of record sales in 2012

Approximately 3,000 tonnes of equipment and rigging gear has been acquired by Taylor Crane & Rigging from Reliance Crane & Rigging

UK wire rope manufacturer Bridon International opened a new state-of-the-art factory at Bridon Neptune Quay (BNQ) on the banks of the River Tyne earlier this month. The new facility will manufacture the world’s largest offshore ropes

US lifting and rigging gear manufacturer opens a new branch in Virginia, Minnesota

Cargotec has received a repeat order for four Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes from the French Bolloré group, through its wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary. The deal follows an order received in 2011, which at the time represented Cargotec's first ever

A wire rope test machine that overcomes all the flaws of conventional bending fatigue testers has been introduced to the market, claims its inventor. The new machine is the brainchild of Roland Verreet, owner of steel wire rope failure analysis company Wire Rope Technology Aachen, in Germany.

Belgium-based geotechnical offshore contractor GeoSea NV has agreed with Netherlands-based manufacturer Barge Master to test and deploy the S700/C400 Barge Master platform for motion compensation

The Laser Height & Level Indicating System provides accurate height and distance readings via four lasers

Rope maker Bridon is installing what it claims as the world's largest closer machine for producing wire rope at its new state-of-the-art facility in Newcastle, UK

Stockholm, Sweden-based manufacturer Bromma has sold its 2,000th all-electric crane spreader. The unit went to the port of Ningbo Daxie in China

International heavy lift and transport company ALE will build the 5,000 tonne capacity (354,000 tonne-metre) AL.SK350 super heavy lifter for a long term project in Brazil