For most lifting equipment products, UK conformity (UKCA) marking will be required by the end of 2024 but we can continue to put the UKCA mark on the documents until the end of 2027. One of the consequences of Brexit is the progressive replacement of the ‘CE’ marking of products, indicating conformance with various design and manufacturing specifications with ‘UKCA’ marks. Since at present the UK has adopted existing European Union standards wholesale, this is in some senses a distinction without a difference, but there is always the possibility that rules may diverge in the future, according to the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA).
This article was first published in the January 1st 2023 issue of Warehouse & Logistics News, subscribe to the magazine by clicking here.
Konecranes has received an A- rating in CDP’s annual climate program, recognition of its ambitious efforts to make holistic climate disclosures and climate risk and opportunities management a business norm. The rating improved from last year’s B, elevating Konecranes into the Leadership ranking. The measurement is based on the company’s disclosures about its actions to cut emissions, manage and mitigate climate risks and develop a low-carbon offering.
The international OPTIMUM project led by Demag Cranes & Components and funded in Germany by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has received the “Exceptional ITEA Award of Excellence”. The research project has been recognised in all three award categories. The jury acknowledged its decision for the OPTIMUM Project’s high level of innovation, its significant impact on the markets in the fields of “Material Handling” and “Smart Manufacturing” and for its great achievements in standardisation.
Loading Bay Lifts and Pickerings Lifts worked together to supply and install twelve scissor lifts for one of the top four supermarkets in the UK, a long-standing client of Pickerings Lifts. The scissor lifts were delivered on the back of a HIAB lorry and installed at various locations across the UK, including Bellshill and Partick in Scotland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Maidstone and Margate in Kent. The scissor lifts are used by the supermarket chain to receive goods off the back of vehicles so they can be transferred to the ground and for transporting goods out of the store to the ground level.
LGH, one of the UK’s leading lifting equipment hire companies, has announced that it is increasing its operations in Scotland after securing an agreement with sister company, Rotrex, to use its base in Motherwell as a distribution centre. The news follows a sharp spike in demand for lifting equipment across the central belt of Scotland – especially around the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas – as well as the border regions of Northern England. The new Motherwell site will stock LGH’s diverse range of construction related equipment including hoisting, jacking, material handling, pulling, rigging and safety gear to local customers for the first time alongside Rotrex’s extensive winch fleet.
It’s great to see demand for lifting gear increasing. Let’s hope the rules that govern the industry remain sensible.
George Simpson
Features Editor
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