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10 PROJECT OF THE MONTH Ace Indusries and IMS upgrade two towers on a hydropower facility on Jocassee Lake dam in the US.


13 NEWS R&M and ProCom install a gantry crane at a car dealership; Hoist UK supplies a runout crane for a London hotel plant room; Caldwell and HSI provide a 2t monorail for a US heavy truck manufacturer and more.


23 PAPER & CARD | APPLICATION REPORT


While some mills are upgrading production capacity or investing in


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ergonomics, others are shutting down. Mike Straus investigates.


29 VACUUM & MANUAL MANIPULATORS | TECHNOLOGY With continuous growth in automation, further driven by e-commerce, a rise in ‘cobots’ and integration of vacuum generation, Jenny Eagle gets to grips with the latest technology.


37 OCEANIA | REGION REPORT Imports, labour shortages, long distances – the hoist industry in Australia and New Zealand is surviving all of these and the pandemic as well. Julian Champkin reports.


ON THE COVER: Eilbeck gantry cranes lift concrete segments for the Melbourne Metro, in Australia. Eilbeck has constructed and commissioned three tunnel projects for the Melbourne Metro. including; 500t and 250t Full Portal Cranes for lifting the tunnel boring machines, at the West Gate portal, to the tunnelling works, and six gantry cranes for the yard supplying concrete tunnel lining segments.


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