[INDUSTRY NEWS]
Bishop Lifting Acquires Safeway Sling USA
> Bishop Lifting has acquired Safeway Sling USA, a sling fabrication company headquartered in Greendale, Wisconsin. Safeway Sling USA is a manufacturer of 100% USA made nylon and polyester lifting slings as well as wire rope slings, chain slings, and tie-down assemblies that meet all WSTDA standards. Safeway Sling USA, Inc. has a proven
record of excellence in designing and fabricating 100% USA made lifting slings for 40 years and has gained recognition as the “Gold Standard” for overhead lifting slings. Harold King, President of Bishop Lifting
Products, stated that “we are excited with the addition of Safeway Sling to our family of companies. Safeway Sling has a proven track record in our industry of supplying the highest quality synthetic slings with the highest level of service. They will make a great addition to our team.” Sue Szymczak, President of Safeway Sling
USA, added that “We feel that BLP is the ideal fit to carry on our legacy of excellence.” Along with manufacturing synthetic
and metal lifting slings, Safeway provides certifying/recertifying services of overhead lifting assemblies with in-house ASTM E-4 calibrated testing capabilities. Bishop Lifting operates 70 test beds throughout their 21 locations with pull test capacities ranging from 100K-1500K metric tons. Bishop Lifting Products, along with Singer
Equities, are wholly owned subsidiaries of SBP Holdings. Bishop Lifting is engaged in the fabrication, distribution and rental of wire rope, sling and rigging products and services. Singer Equities specializes in industrial hose, hydraulic hose, conveyor belt and gasket material fabrication and services. The combined entity has 61 locations throughout North America with over 1080 employees. More information can be found at
www.sbpholdings.com,
www.safewaysling.com, and
www.lifting.com. y
DLM expand their offering in Singapore
> DLM’s distributor in Singapore, Talurit Pte Ltd, now has the capacity to calibrate load cells from 0-50t in tension and compression, and 75t-300t in Tension in Singapore.
The news comes after a surge in DLM products being purchased across Asia, and an increasing demand for calibration service within this region. The 50t test machine will be the third of
its kind that DLM have designed and built, with one recently purchased by Nigerian distributors Gammatec. The test machine, which is operated by a hydraulic hand pump and valve set, which allows the load to be securely held at certain points for accurate calibration, will now enable Talurit Pte Ltd to calibrate load cells ranging from 5t – 300t locally. DLM will be visiting Talurit Pte Ltd in Singapore to give full calibration training on this new product. Nicholas & Nazri Nasir, DLM Exclusive
Agent from Talurit Pte Ltd Singapore comments ‘This is fantastic news for us. We have so many requests from customers, who need their load cell calibrated in accordance with safety standards, but do not have the time to send them back to the UK. It is great to be able to offer them a solution to do this in house.’ Martin Halford, Managing Director from
DLM comments, “DLM are going from strength to strength at the moment with more distributors on-board across the globe selling DLM standard products and having full product training on our bespoke load cells, it is great to be able to offer customers the added advantage of getting their load cell calibrated locally, rather than having to send it back to us here in the UK.” Talurit Pte Ltd’s machine is ready for
load cell calibration in South East Asia. We look forward to receiving your calibration request. Please contact Talurit Pte Ltd at
enquiry@talurit.sg if you have any enquiry. y
Caldwell and the RUD Group Partner in the Field of Lifting and Material Handling Solutions
> In a statement from Doug Stitt at Caldwell and Jorg Rieger at RUD, the companies announced: “Through our combined efforts to
consistently enhance our role as leading and innovative system providers of below the hook lifting and material handling solutions, together we have reached another high point. “As of May 2018, Caldwell and the RUD Group will unite their sales and marketing
activities in the North American market within a common organization. This means that our collective customers and business partners in the US and Canada now have at their disposal a high level of combined expertise and an incomparably complete product range, including Caldwell lifting equipment, Renfroe clamps and RUD lifting and material handling solutions, all from a single source. “In addition to this wide range of
products, the joint expertise of the two partners also promises to extend our leadership further with regard to quality and, by leveraging the sales and service teams, to considerably intensify and improve the level of support provided for our customers. By combining the competencies for material handling solutions, the development cooperation will also ensure that products and solutions are optimally adapted to specific market needs in the US and Europe. “For RUD, at the Hiawatha site in
Iowa, the former RUD US will concentrate specifically on tire chain products and their corresponding product groups. This specialization will allow RUD to draw closer to customers in this area and to respond to their specific needs. “The remaining business divisions
for RUD US will be transferred to and integrated into the Caldwell in Rockford, Illinois, by May 2018. Beginning May 1st, you will find all of your contact persons for Caldwell lifting means, Renfroe clamps and RUD material handling and lifting devices at Caldwell. We will inform you promptly of any additions to the list of contact persons for the products or regions. “Against the backdrop of these far-
reaching improvement measures, we look forward to being able to assist you even more intensively and proficiently in the future.” Caldwell provided some additional
background on the nature of the partnership, noting that the partnership only pertains to the RUD
Chain, Inc. plant (former RUD US) material handling and lifting devices product group (only) out of Hiawatha, Iowa. This product group has been moved to Caldwell, which is a great fit for Caldwell. For RUD, at the Hiawatha site in Iowa,
the former RUD US will concentrate specifically on tire chain products and their corresponding product groups. This specialization will allow RUD to draw closer
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