SHOW PREVIEW
technical talks and product presentations from trusted LEEA members, whose expertise, safety focus and innovation is driving the Lifting Industry forward. Ross Moloney, LEEA CEO will kick off proceedings
Exhibitors will be showcasing the latest technological lifting innovations.
Vacuumentation. There will be materials handling equipment on display from Aconda Industrial Carriers, Probst and engineering and manufacturing services from Wirop Industrial Co and Worlifts. Chains, ropes, slings, rigging and accessories will be shown by Aberdeen Web, Carcano, CODIPRO, Dolezych, GIS – Lift Turn Move, Green Pin (Royal Van Beest), Island Ropes & Rigging, JDT, Latch and Batchelor, Marlow Ropes, pewag UK, Petersen Stainless Rigging, Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS), RUD Chains, Sahm Splice, Talurit and YOKE Industrial Corp, which has over 40 years of experience in manufacturing lifting fittings and is Gold Sponsor at LiftEx 2026. Visitors will find height safety equipment and services from Ridgegear, Safehold, SafetyLiftinGear and SpanSet. There will be load monitoring equipment from Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and Red Rooster Lifting and IT solutions from Core Inspection Software, coreRFID, Engineering Reporting, JCM Load Monitoring, Motion Software, Papertrail and RiConnect, which is Headline Sponsor for LiftEx 2026, offers powerful software known as RiConnect, designed to streamline equipment management and ensure regulatory compliance and traceability. There will also be test machinery from Tensology.
Learn about lifting and safety training on the stands of Carl Stahl Evita, Elevation Training & Development and Qualitrain. Trade media will be represented including Lifting Africa. LEEA will have its prominent stand for visitors to drop by and meet the association’s team for lifting advice, to learn about training or to hear about the many benefits of becoming a LEEA member. This year at LiftEx the spotlight falls on Proficiency
Testing, created by LEEA to give lifting professionals the opportunity to demonstrate how they approach a real-world inspection. Visitors can put their skills to the test in the Inspection Challenge and the Proficiency Testing stage is well worth a visit to talk one-to-one with the team without a need for an appointment.
Knowledge centre
A Showcase Stage at the show floor’s centre will host a two-day programme of live demonstration,
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explaining how members can contribute to LEEA’s future by getting involved in its board and committees, helping shape the lifting industry and support the association’s work. Rob Whitehurst-Maiden, sales director at RiConnect UK will discuss how RiConnect’s Digital Product Passport provides a trusted digital identity for lifting products, supporting traceability and compliance with the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Chris McCartney, sales and marketing at CoreRFID, and David Cain, sales account manager at SpanSet UK, will demonstrate tracking and tagging of SpanSet’s lifting chains with CoreRFID’s CheckedOK. SpanSet UK brings its newly launched Exoset Grade 10 Chain Sling range to the LiftEx stage. Then watch CoreRFID fit an aftermarket RFID tag and pull up manufacturer guides, inspection history and pre-use checks with a single tap on CheckedOK. Martin Halford, chairman of DLM will be speaking with Mason Chant, director of special projects for Chant Engineering, and Andrew Chant, general manager of Forged Fiber, to discover how DLM has instrumented its load pin technology within a new Dyneema fibre Hybrid Lifting Shackle, making lifting safer, lighter and easier. Malcolm Peacock, group business development manager at pewag will showcase the first G12+ chains on the market, along with the first hydraulically driven Load Balancer and Compensator, the new levo automated hook.
Graham Macpherson, head of product at Motion
Software will explore how ‘Hindsight’, Motion’s new inspection insight tool, uses AI to turn an asset’s historical inspection data into a concise, actionable summary – delivered before the engineer even begins their inspection.
Adam Chipperfield, project manager at LEEA will conduct a live walkthrough of LEEA’s new Member Assessment before the session concludes with the chance to ask the team anything about the Membership Assessment. The second day will explore practical inspection
techniques. Ryan Hillyer, student support officer at LEEA will examine the most commonly missed defects during inspection before discussing what makes an inspection report clear, accurate and effective. Scott Barnes, senior learning and development specialist at LEEA, will take a look at key factors behind making sound, defensible inspection decisions before explaining how the LEEA PDCA Inspection Model can support effective inspections. If your work in anyway involves lifting operations, why not visit LiftEx, see what’s new, ask those important questions and take something useful back to your business? It could not be easier – just go to
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