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21.11.2023

Liftex opens in Liverpool

Liftex, the annual conference and exhibition of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) opened today in Liverpool, UK, and continues again tomorrow - Wednesday. Go to our Events area for details.
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While there were a few industrial and spider crane exhibitors such as GGR, Hird and Foster Cranes, the vast majority of companies exhibiting are lifting a rigging gear suppliers. The visitor numbers were thought to be up slightly on last year, with most exhibitors happy with the interest they showed.
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The following is a brief glimpse at some of the stands and exhibits
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GGR had one of the largest stands at the show, with a full range of vacuum lifting gear, Unic all electric spider cranes

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...Galizia pick & carry cranes, represented by this two tonne G 20E


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Dutch company Delta Hoist Equipment sales team Erik Steckhahn and Jay Wijngaarden


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The Foster Cranes stand with the 3t Hoeflon C6e.13 equipped with the manufacturer’s new Multitool attachment


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The Multitool handler has several attachments with grab, hook , fork or vacuum handler and is capable of 200 degrees of tilt, 95 degrees of swivel and continuous tool rotation



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Another Hoeflon C1e 550kg mini crawler crane for Sunbelt Rentals which already has four of them in its UK fleet


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The Hird stand with Valla pick & carry cranes and Winlet glass handling robots


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Hird launched the new 415kg Winlet 400TLS glass handling robot with a 3m lift height and just over 1m forward reach


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The overall width of the 400 TL is 860mm, the vacuum head can handle glass, granite, wood, concrete panels or fire doors


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The Hird stand was staffed by Glyn Goodwin and Dan Holgate. Goodwin said: “The 400 is a good addition with its double hydraulic boom, full hydraulic head and two different types of controllers, a mac dual function controller and a Psac - Proportional single access controller.”


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The Crosby stand with David Mullard


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The Zenith Heights stand with Aresta harnesses and Gripps tool lanyards


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Wire rope specialist Latch & Batchelor’s Annemarie Speed, Mike Liddington and Nigel Slinger


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The Onix Work Platform stand with a distraction


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The Red Rooster Lifting stand


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The LMS stand with enthusiasts Kirk Anderson and Millar Kennedy


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The RSS rope and sling company


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Tracked Carriers stand with Ben Dobson and a Maxilift crane


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The Yoke shackle and hook stand


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