LEEA

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will be holding the LiftEx 2021 exhibition in Bahrain on 27-28 September 2021, at the Gulf Hotel Bahrain & Convention Centre. In 2022 the show will return to the UK, when it will be held in Aberdeen on 5-6 October 2022 at The Event Complex, Aberdeen, Scotland. A standalone LEEA […]

Celebrating students who have achieved the highest of standards in learning and development the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA)  Academey Awards for 2020 were presented during a special Zoom event on 17 December 2020. The annual Academy Awards scheme acknowledges the achievements of the Association’s global learners and is an important contributor to LEEA’s drive […]

Steven Flint, founder and CEO of The Rigging Shed in Western Australia, will be speaking for the members as he takes his place on the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Board as Regional Director – Australia. In 1992 I travelled to the UK and worked for Bristol Wire Rope – then a Bridon company, where […]

Columbus Mckinnon (CMCO) and Pacific Hoists Pty Ltd have announced a new partnership in Australasia. Pacific Hoists will become the first strategic partner for CMCO in Australasia and only its third strategic partner in the world. Pacific Hoists is a privately owned materials handling Australian family business founded in 1976 by Dennis Herbert and Ray Danckert to […]

Recently I’ve seen a number of issues surrounding compliance with standards and items of equipment, particularly chain slings, which are not being inspected accordingly. In one recent example, a lifting equipment testing and inspection company refused to certify sets of chain slings, which were bought at an auction without any brand markings.  In this case […]

After nine years’ of highly valued service, Ashley Thacker (pictured) has stepped down from the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Board as Regional Director – Australia. Ashley’s successor on the Board is Steven Flint, founder and CEO of The Rigging Shed in Western Australia. The transition took place during the LEEA AGM, held on the […]

The global Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will launch the Think Lifting School Lesson during a special announcement from CEO Ross Moloney next week.  This will take place at 10:00am GMT on Tuesday 29 September 2020 via Zoom. This ‘ready to use’ lesson includes films, content, experiments and hand-outs, designed as a toolkit to help companies connect […]

Where would we be without technology? It is certainly helping us to cope through this dramatic pandemic. Lockdown changed so much of our everyday lives. Imagine dealing with this 15 years ago without the internet, smart phones, online retail, streaming services and communication technologies such as Zoom. Technology has been an immense ally in helping […]

As a nine-year tenure on the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) board concludes, it’s time to reflect and give new leadership our full support. I remember the size of the task that faced us nine years ago; it was like standing at the foot of a mountain. Our end goal, as it is today, was […]

The global lifting sector took to social media in their droves for the first ever Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) on 9 July 2020, with impressive results. The initiative launched by Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) was backed by industry media representatives Lift & Hoist International (LHI) magazine and public relations consultancy Bridger Howes. The […]