Hird flies Manitex Valla aviation crane message to Dubai expo
A team from Hird is jetting to the Middle East to promote Manitex Valla aviation maintenance cranes at a major maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) exhibition in Dubai. More than 5,000 people involved in the MRO industry are due to attend MRO Middle East which includes an exhibition at the Dubai...
Hird crane experts bound for Kuwait Aviation Show 2020
Events • Pick and Carry Cranes
Crane sales specialist Hird is travelling to the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020 on 15-18 January to demonstrate the benefits of Manitex Valla cranes for aircraft maintenance. Its technical sales team will be on hand to explain how the pick and carry cranes provide a compelling alternative to overhead crane systems...
Hird supports Travis Perkins with access and lift display
Hird is showcasing high quality powered access and lifting equipment available to Travis Perkins account customers. An aerial boom, scissor lift and material lifts are due to go on display at the Travis Perkins depot in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on Thursday 25 July 2019. Hird is working in partnership with...
Hird trio become Dirgers for health charity
Three Hird colleagues have completed a trek across the North Yorkshire Moors in aid of a charity supporting research into cancer, heart disease and dementia. Richard Tomlinson, Gavin Rymer and Richard Christiansen, pictured left to right, went on the 40-mile Lyke Wake Walk, raising £1,835 in sponsorship for the Daisy...
Hird takes top glass installation technology to FIT Show 2019
Glazing equipment hire specialist Hird is taking the world’s best glass installation cranes and robots to FIT Show 2019 from 21 to 23 May. On stand B30, its team of experts are showcasing the most productive, sustainable and safest equipment available on the market for fast and efficient glass installation....
UK gets first look at “futuristic” new Valla crane at Vertikal
Events • Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird is putting Manitex Valla’s latest pick and carry crane on display for the first time in the UK at Vertikal Days. The Valla 70R electric industrial crane is fully wireless remote-controlled and has been designed to set new standards of flexible lifting in confined space. It will be displayed...
World’s first tracked glazing robot launched at Glasstech
The world’s first tracked glazing robot has gone on show for the first time at Glasstech on a stand jointly run by Hird Ltd and GMV Cranes and Handling. The tracked Winlet 1000 glazing robot was launched to the glass installation market on Tuesday 23rd October at Glasstech international trade...
Valla and Elebia take lifting productivity to the next level
Hird Group teamed up with global crane hook manufacturer Elebia at Vertikal Days 2018 to demonstrate how automatic hook technology and Valla compact cranes can be a perfect match. A Manitex Valla 22E pick and carry crane was fitted with an Elebia evo2 hook to show the additional flexibility and...