NEWS | GROWTH STRATEGY
LIFTKET GROUP CREATES STAGE ROLE T
he Liftket Group, a manufacturer of lifting equipment, has announced the appointment of Benjamin
Göldner as vice president stage. The company said this new role had
been created to “strengthen growth and market positioning in the stage segment”. Göldner joined Liftket as head of
purchasing in 2017 and took over the management of Chainmaster GmbH in 2021. Together with Jürgen Dlugi, CEO, and Thomas Birke, director, Göldner will form the management team of the Liftket Group. “The purpose of creating this position
is to improve communication and efficiency in the stage area and to drive strategic growth. The focus will be on the global requirements for the group, strengthening the Moveket and Chainmaster brands, supporting the subsidiaries and developing new and improved products,” the company added “It is an exciting time for the Liftket
Group, and I am looking forward to contributing to the successful growth and development of the entertainment sector together with my colleagues and international locations,” said Göldner. In his new role, Göldner will not only drive the strategic development and
growth in the entertainment sector but will also continue to serve as the point of contact for Chainmaster customers. Dlugi added that the group’s growth path includes investments in teams and production facilities.
WIRE ROPE AND RIGGING PRODUCTS FIRM EXPANDS MANUFACTURING
performance wire rope and rigging products, has claimed that the addition of 50,000ft2
U of manufacturing space to
its HQ in Ontario, Canada, has improved lead times by as much as 400%. The expansion includes a construction
project and further investment to equip the facility with state-of-the-art machining and fabrication equipment, centred on wire rope fabrication, synthetic sling manufacturing and computer numerical control (CNC) tech. Justin Brown, president at Unirope,
said: “At a minimum we have cut lead times in half, and in the best case we have seen a 400% improvement. We are moving towards modernising the traditional rigging shop model.”
nirope, a specialist in the manufacture, distribution, testing, certification and inspection of high-
He continued: “We have implemented
material handling solutions to help with heavy lifting; installed modern machinery to make reeling, cutting and fabrication easier; utilised technology to put work instructions at the fingertips of production workers; installed a full machine shop with modern [CNC] capabilities for custom wire rope end fittings; upgraded ventilation to keep the air clean; and fitted environmentally friendly plant lighting alongside fit-for- purpose test units.” Unirope already had two warehouses in Mississauga, but was running out of space to store growing inventory, and the situation was starting to impede production. The firm said it would have been impossible to grow aggressively without expanding and streamlining operations. It has additional facilities in Quebec and Alberta – the three sites
deliver a service nationwide and to select customers in the US and Europe. An automatic wire rope cutting line, plus additional swagers and upgraded annealing machines will be operated with an additional test bed and a third Twin-Path machine. Additional warehouse space also meant that inventory could also be increased across all product lines, including Python high-performance wire rope, grade 100 chain, and range of Crosby rigging hardware. Python wire rope is stocked in a wide variety of constructions for tower cranes, mobile and truck cranes, overhead cranes and gantry cranes. The majority of Unirope’s work is
on customised rigging products – for example, 90% of all chain slings that it manufactured in 2023 were unique, either in size, length or configuration.
Unirope has added 50,000ft2
of
manufacturing space to its headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.
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The facility is equipped with a suite of
state-of-the-art machining and fabrication equipment.
Unirope is a specialist in the manufacture, distribution, testing, certification and inspection of wire rope and rigging.
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