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Topi Tiitola, senior vice president of Integration and Project Management, has decided to leave Konecranes to pursue other opportunities. He stepped down from Konecranes Leadership Team on 14 July  2023, but will continue to be employed by Konecranes until 14 January  2024, ensuring smooth handover of his duties. “I want to thank Topi Tiitola for […]

Ausa, the manufacturer of compact all-terrain industrial vehicles, has signed an agreement with Yuasa, a renowned supplier of construction machinery in Japan with over 350 years of history. The agreement, which was signed last March, includes the exclusive import and distribution of dumper, rough terrain forklift and telehandler ranges throughout Japan. “Fulfilling our strategic plan […]

Magni’s dealer for Western Australia and Northern Territory celebrated the opening of its new office in Henderson and Magni was there, in support of its key partner. The partnership between Magni and MCT Equipment was established two years ago, and has been highly successful due to the many similarities between the two brands. With more […]

Yoke has appointed a new distributor in Australia. In a letter to its customers, the company said, “After careful consideration and evaluation of our business goals and market dynamics, we have decided to terminate our current distributor agreement with Kito PWB and appoint a new distributor Austlift for our products.  We want to express our […]

Equipment Safety Systems (EQSS) is celebrating the delivery of its 10,000th OverWatch, the secondary guarding solution for scissor lifts. OverWatch is a device that monitors the operator’s position and stops the machine if the operator becomes at risk of being crushed against the scissor lift controls. To recognize the support of the industry in reaching […]

JLG Industries Inc is sending an all-female delegation to the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) Summit and IAPA on 19-20 April to highlight its support of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B) in the workplace. Led by Tjitske Van Hellemond (managing director commercial EMEAI, the Netherlands), the eight-strong multinational delegation includes a keynote speaker for […]

Doosan Industrial Vehicle (DIV), a global South Korean forklift manufacturer, is partnering with German industrial automation specialist, Kollmorgen to secure a leading position in the material handling industry. The objective is to innovate and build efficient, sustainable, and reliable custom made automatically guided vehicles (AGVs) that exceed its customers’ future requirements. Present in over 90 […]

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 […]