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Crane manufacturer bids to lift new talent 13/03/2013

Industrial crane and hoist manufacturer, Street Crane Company, has launched an initiative to recruit the next generation of engineers to take the business forward.

Crane installation boosts efficiency for CMS Cepcor 19/02/2013

Carbon steel component manufacturer CMS Cepcor has two new overhead travelling cranes which, it says, are delivering considerable improvements to production efficiency.

Chancellor visits UK crane manufacturer 18/07/2012

Chancellor George Osborne visited the factory of UK crane manufacturing business Street Crane last Friday (13 July), which has seen exports soar to 70% of its £25 million turnover. The chancellor said the manufacturer was precisely the type of business that should benefit from the government's funding for lending scheme, announced the same day.

Crane rises to the challenge for yacht maker 17/07/2012

Luxury yacht manufacturer Princess Yachts is using freestanding Goliath cranes from Street Crane to produce its new M Class tri-deck yachts at the Devonport dockyard. The cranes will be used in assembly, allowing large fabrications to be moved and placed as the yachts are fitted out.

Wing manufacture lifted by ‘radical’ crane installation 24/04/2012

Movement of composite wings at Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast is smoother and more efficient thanks to an unusual installation of overhead cranes.

Most powerful air hoist lifts 125 tonnes 02/11/2011

What is believed to be the world's first air-operated hoist with a lift capacity of 125 tonnes has been manufactured by materials handling specialist JD Neuhaus.

Siemens improves material flow with crane installation 20/09/2011

Siemens' Leeds factory has installed a new crane system to help improve material flow through the site.

UK crane manufacturer extends reach to Dubai 21/06/2011

UK crane manufacturer Street Crane has signed a deal with UAE-based Dubai Cranes for the delivery of high-spec factory cranes in the region.

JCB digs in for engineer recruitment as economy turns up 11/02/2011

JCB yesterday (10 February) launched a recruitment drive for 80 engineers to fill vacancies across all the company's sites in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wales.

AMHSA promotes new code of conduct 01/02/2011

With phone-hacking, political skulduggery and court cases over MPs' inflated expenses dominating the news headlines, the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA) has taken the opportunity to show that its own house is very much in order.

Mobile plant helps Wakehurst Place light up UK’s biggest Christmas tree 21/12/2010

Facelift Access Hire helped to put the lights up on the giant Christmas tree at the National Trust's Wakehurst Place again this year.

Swindon Lifting supplies hoists of choice for Honda UK 15/10/2010

Air operated hoists supplied by Swindon Lifting from the J D Neuhaus Mini range have been successfully deployed on the engine block machining section by Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) at its South Marston Plant in Swindon. Following an initial installation in this production area some five years ago, further hoists have been subsequently supplied.