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What a glass lift! Hird vacuum lifter impresses at new stadium
A glass vacuum lifter supplied by Hird Group is playing a key role in the installation of glass panels at the new Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. The Hydraulica 1200 glass lifter is allowing our curtain walling client to quickly and safely lift dozens of glazing panels at the 61,599-seater stadium...
Hird appointed as approved Kappel vacuum lifter repairer
Accreditation • Vacuum Glass Lifters
Leading materials vacuum lifter manufacturer Kappel has appointed Hird Group to be an approved repairer in the UK. Hird is one of the country’s leader suppliers of Kappel vacuum lifters for hire, with a wide range of the industry-leading machines in its fleet. Now, as an approved repairer, it can...
Product of The Month – Valla 250E pick and carry crane
Pick and Carry Cranes • Product of the Month
Remember the shock created when BMW launched its new Mini? It’s too big, everyone said. It isn’t a squeeze to get in! Well, we’re tempting the same fate with our Product of the Month for February, because it is the Manitex Valla 250E pick and carry crane. Valla pick and...
Beam hoists beat theatre parking ban – that deserves an ovation!
Hird Lifting has designed, delivered, and tested three beam hoist systems used by contractors renovating one of London’s most famous theatres. The lifting equipment was needed because space around the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith was so limited that there was no space for materials to be stored at ground floor level....
Winlet glazing robots – the new choice for GRC panel installation
Winlet glazing robots have impressed glass installers ever since they become available in the UK. Now an innovation in vacuum technology mean they can be used for GRC panel installation as well. Hird is the authorised distributor for Winlet glazing robots and has received rave reviews about their performance and...
Product of the Month – Genie Z62/40 boom lift
Powered Access • Product of the Month
We have compared a glass vacuum lifter with Brazilian footballer Neymar, so are at perfect liberty to match the extraordinary abilities of the Genie Z62/40 articulating boom lift against a children’s cartoon character from the 1960s. The Genie Z62/40 diesel-powered aerial platform is our first Product of the Month for...
How did they get that car there? With a spider crane of course!
Contract Lifting • Mini Cranes
For many people visiting M&M’s World in Leicester Square it might well have been one of those “how did they do that?” moments. A 1,300kg Mini convertible sitting in a basement of a sweet shop, surrounded by display stands, with no obvious way of driving the vehicle into the confined...
Product of The Month Roundup 2017
Throughout 2017, we’ve been showcasing equipment in our lifting hire fleet through our Product of the Month feature. So, just to make it easy for those who may have missed the great features of all the access platforms, mini cranes, and glass lifting equipment we have written about, here is...