Lifting equipment

Hyster Expands Electric Lift Truck Portfolio with Cushion Tire Model Designed Around Lithium-ion Power

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

GREENVILLE, N.C., June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hyster Company announces the release of its new E50-60XNL series, the industrys first cushion tire counterbalanced lift truck available in the 5,000-to-6,000-pound capacity range specifically designed around factory integrated lithium-ion power.

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  • GREENVILLE, N.C., June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hyster Company announces the release of its new E50-60XNL series, the industrys first cushion tire counterbalanced lift truck available in the 5,000-to-6,000-pound capacity range specifically designed around factory integrated lithium-ion power.
  • Rather than accommodating a space originally designed for a lead-acid battery box, the E50-60XNL starts fresh and is specifically designed around the lighter and smaller li-ion battery.
  • This results in reduced overall weight for improved acceleration and increased energy efficiency, without sacrificing lift capacity.
  • Hyster Company offers 130 lift truck models configured for gasoline, LPG, diesel and electric power, with one of the widest capacity ranges in the industry from 2,000 to 105,000 lbs.

$37+ Billion Building and Road Construction Equipment Global Market to 2030 - Identify Growth Segments for Investment - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

It places the market within the context of the wider building and road construction equipment market, and compares it with other markets.

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  • It places the market within the context of the wider building and road construction equipment market, and compares it with other markets.
  • It compares the building and road construction equipment market with other segments of the building and road construction equipment market by size and growth, historic and forecast.
  • The building and road construction equipment market consist of sales of building and road construction equipment by entities (organizations, sole traders or partnerships) that are engaged in manufacturing building and road construction machinery and equipment such as road roller machine, asphalt mixing plant, forklift truck, crawler excavator, truck crane, and others.
  • The high cost of equipment and initial setup is expected to hinder the building and road construction equipment market.

CommercialLEDLights.com Increases Overhead Crane Safety With Cutting-Edge LED Crane Safety Lights

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Recognizing the need to close this serious gap in crane safety, certain LED lighting manufacturers such as Straits Lighting have developed state of the art LED crane safety and warning lights.

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  • Recognizing the need to close this serious gap in crane safety, certain LED lighting manufacturers such as Straits Lighting have developed state of the art LED crane safety and warning lights.
  • There are a number of different types and styles of LED crane lights depending on the crane configuration and size.
  • Although certain stores offer general mounted fixtures such as LED flood lights, there are currently a limited number of stores that actually carry LED safety lights designed specifically for cranes.
  • For more product information, check out our LED overhead and gantry crane lights at: https://commercialledlights.com/industrial-lighting/crane-lights/

Zoomlion Launches Full Operation of New Tower Crane Intelligent Manufacturing Factory

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

CHANGDE, China, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Zoomlion"; 1157.HK) officially launched full operation of its tower crane intelligent manufacturing (IM) factory on May 17 in Changde, Hunan Province.

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  • CHANGDE, China, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Zoomlion"; 1157.HK) officially launched full operation of its tower crane intelligent manufacturing (IM) factory on May 17 in Changde, Hunan Province.
  • Now in full operation, Zoomlion's tower crane IM factory has improved production efficiency greatly one tower crane rolls off the assembly line every 18 minutes.
  • The Zoomlion tower crane IM factory has a new layout of one "intelligent factory", two "lighthouse workshops", three "intelligent warehouses" and four "blackout production lines", manufacturing each series of tower cranes and construction lifts in the 63-20,000 tonne-meter range.
  • Meanwhile, Zoomlion delivered two units of the world's largest wind power luffing jib tower crane LW2340-180 to the customer.

Iron Workers Set the Standard for Rigger and Signal Person Qualification

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

OSHAs 2010 Subpart CC Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard doesnt require a certification, but it calls for a qualified evaluator to ensure that the rigger or signal person is qualified to carry out required tasks.

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  • OSHAs 2010 Subpart CC Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard doesnt require a certification, but it calls for a qualified evaluator to ensure that the rigger or signal person is qualified to carry out required tasks.
  • A letter of interpretation from OSHA recognizes apprenticeship programs that train and assess signal persons and riggers would meet the definition for a third-party qualified evaluator, but many contractors, states and municipalities have requested or required a qualified rigger and signal person certification.
  • The IW has set the standard for testing and qualifying riggers and signal persons with its accredited, third party certification.
  • The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers

Xinhua Silk Road: Zoomlion's smart tower crane plant in Central China put into operation

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Friday, May 21, 2021

b'BEIJING, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.

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  • b'BEIJING, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.
  • With fixed-asset investment of 1.8 billion yuan, it is expected to generate output value of 20 billion yuan annually.\nAlongside the factory\'s operation, Zoomlion formed a production pattern characterized by one smart plant, two "lighthouse" workshops or the world\'s most advanced workshops in other words, three smart stereoscopic warehouses and four unmanned production lines, marking a step further on its road to comprehensively intelligent manufacturing.\nCurrently, the company is capable of producing tower cranes of full series with their sizes ranging from 63 tonmeter to 20,000 tonmeter.
  • For every 18 minutes, a tower crane comes off its assemble line, marking a speed that ranks high among those of its domestic and global peers.\nYear to date, Zoomlion has manufactured over 150,000 tower cranes to enable construction projects worldwide and boasts for a long time the highest market share in the world.\nTang Shaofang, vice president of Zoomlion said the Changde City-situated smart factory completed comprehensive, digital and green upgrading and realized production of tower cranes with world class sizes and quality.\nOn Monday, the company held a delivery ceremony for the world\'s largest luffing jib tower cranes used for wind turbine hoisting labeled LW2340-180, a product with a maximum rated lifting load of 180 tonnes, fixed maximum lifting height of 180 meters and max operating range of 68 meters and capable of hoisting onshore wind power generating sets with six megawatts of installed capacity.\nBy building smart manufacturing bases elsewhere in east China, Zoomlion is accelerating its smart, digital and green transformation to become one of the world\'s strongest tower crane producers.\n'

Xinhua Silk Road: Zoomlion's smart tower crane plant in Central China put into operation

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Friday, May 21, 2021

b'BEIJING, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.

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  • b'BEIJING, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.
  • With fixed-asset investment of 1.8 billion yuan, it is expected to generate output value of 20 billion yuan annually.\nAlongside the factory\'s operation, Zoomlion formed a production pattern characterized by one smart plant, two "lighthouse" workshops or the world\'s most advanced workshops in other words, three smart stereoscopic warehouses and four unmanned production lines, marking a step further on its road to comprehensively intelligent manufacturing.\nCurrently, the company is capable of producing tower cranes of full series with their sizes ranging from 63 tonmeter to 20,000 tonmeter.
  • For every 18 minutes, a tower crane comes off its assemble line, marking a speed that ranks high among those of its domestic and global peers.\nYear to date, Zoomlion has manufactured over 150,000 tower cranes to enable construction projects worldwide and boasts for a long time the highest market share in the world.\nTang Shaofang, vice president of Zoomlion said the Changde City-situated smart factory completed comprehensive, digital and green upgrading and realized production of tower cranes with world class sizes and quality.\nOn Monday, the company held a delivery ceremony for the world\'s largest luffing jib tower cranes used for wind turbine hoisting labeled LW2340-180, a product with a maximum rated lifting load of 180 tonnes, fixed maximum lifting height of 180 meters and max operating range of 68 meters and capable of hoisting onshore wind power generating sets with six megawatts of installed capacity.\nBy building smart manufacturing bases elsewhere in east China, Zoomlion is accelerating its smart, digital and green transformation to become one of the world\'s strongest tower crane producers.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xinhua-silk-road-zoomlions-smart...\n'

Hyster Introduces Innovative Operator Assist Technology for Lift Trucks

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

While the operator remains in control of the lift truck, the solution offers a broad range of operator assist functionalities to reinforce best practices, based on location, equipment-specific thresholds and proximity to obstacles or pedestrians.

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  • While the operator remains in control of the lift truck, the solution offers a broad range of operator assist functionalities to reinforce best practices, based on location, equipment-specific thresholds and proximity to obstacles or pedestrians.
  • For example, capabilities include:\nAutomatic slowdown as lift trucks approach an intersection, such as a four-way cross\nHyster Reaction leverages three key technology elements to gather real-time data and apply limitations to truck performance.
  • Layers of location and proximity technology enable a much greater range of functionality and rules, all customizable to the needs of each site.\xe2\x80\x9d\nHyster Company is a leading world-wide lift truck designer and manufacturer.
  • Hyster Company offers 130 lift truck models configured for gasoline, LPG, diesel and electric power, with one of the widest capacity ranges in the industry \xe2\x80\x94 from 2,000 to 105,000 lbs.

Hoist Finance Selects LTI's Digital Banking Platform to Achieve Accelerated Growth in Europe

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Onboarding LTI\'s digital banking platform was a natural extension of our strategic partnership.

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  • Onboarding LTI\'s digital banking platform was a natural extension of our strategic partnership.
  • We are proud of our partnership with Hoist, and look forward to enabling their expansion across Europe.
  • "\nLTI\'s Digital Banking platform will seamlessly operate across existing Hoist applications and infrastructure through an API driven interface to connect with third party systems.\nJulia Ehrhardt, Chief Retail Banking and Business Development Officer, Hoist Finance, said: "LTI\'s state-of-art digital banking platform will facilitate Hoist in accomplishing its strategic objective of enhancing its market share in the retail banking segment which is estimated togrow from 700 Million SEK currently to 4 Billion SEK by 2023.
  • LTI\'s platform is fully scalable, providing Hoist with the agility to expand its performing loans and deposits offering into all of our markets.

Raymond Announces An End-To-Endless Intralogistics Solutions Portfolio

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Monday, May 17, 2021

b'GREENE, N.Y., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raymond Corporation is unveiling a suite of complete intralogistics solutions to help material handling operations stay efficient and productive in today\'s competitive landscape.

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  • b'GREENE, N.Y., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raymond Corporation is unveiling a suite of complete intralogistics solutions to help material handling operations stay efficient and productive in today\'s competitive landscape.
  • "We\'re excited to demonstrate that Raymond is much more than a forklift company by showcasing our capabilities as a single-source provider for end-to-endless intralogistics solutions.
  • The experts within Raymond\'s Solutions and Support Centers identify solutions and tailor recommendations that are the right fit for an operation\'s unique needs.
  • "We\'re proud to share a new portfolio of resources, including brochures, videos and white papers to help material handling professionals learn more about how intralogistics solutions can optimize, connect and automate their operations.