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Ground-breaking Winlet 600 glazing robot – Product of the Month
Glazing Robots • Product of the Month
What do most glass installers want from their equipment? Quick and easy to operate, safe to use, and very effective at getting a multitude of jobs done, with minimal fuss and effort. That is an excellent list of attributes, and it perfectly fits the Winlet 600 glazing robot, our Product...
Hird’s glass lifting expertise airs on Channel 4
In July 2014, we brought you a sneak preview of how Hird helped a Yorkshire couple realised their dream of restoring a brick Pannal Water tower into a five-storey home. Their project was being filmed for Channel 4’s Restoration Man – George Clarke’s series helping to rescue neglected architectural treasures...
Download Now – Operator Safety Guide
Glass Lifting • Operator Training
Vacuum Lifter Safety Guide Setting the highest standards of health and safety is important to us, and we know it’s also important to our clients. That’s why we’ve produced this guide to the safe operation of vacuum lifters: giving you all the information you need for the safe and effective...
Hird promotes safety and productivity benefits of its machines at hire show
Mini crane, glass lifting and powered access specialists Hird will be promoting the benefits of using specialist lifting machines to reduce health and safety risks caused by manual handling at the Executive Hire Show next month. The company is convincing a growing number of clients of the financial and operational...
We are entering the age of the glazing robot, says Hird
Challenging new building designs involving large glass panels are transforming our urban landscapes. They are also leading to significant innovations in the design and capability of glass handling equipment, says Phil Hird, Managing Director of leading mini crane and glass handling equipment supplier Hird. The company has launched a new...
Valla 25EL with adjustable fly jib – Product of the Month
Mini Cranes • Product of the Month
What difference does a fly jib make to the Valla 25EL? Well, ask Volkwagen, Europe’s biggest car maker. The new Valla 25EL with adjustable fly jib is our Hird Machine of the Month for January. The addition of the one metre long jib on this little corker of a mini...
Rail equipment manufacturer buys second Valla mini crane
Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
Leading rail plant engineering solutions provider Rail-Ability has taken delivery of a second Valla pick and carry mini crane as it expands its UK manufacturing capacity. Hird has supplied the company, based in Stafford, Staffordshire, with a Valla 120E mini crane, fitted with a hydraulic fly jib with a 40...
Hird team makes festive fashion statement with Christmas jumper day
Santa would be proud – Hird people do not just celebrate Christmas, they wear it. Staff at Hird’s HQ in Hull, East Yorkshire, held a Christmas jumper day and everyone voted for who had the best Santa sweatshirt or winter wonderland woolly. The winner, by a short thread, was Crane...