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Hird spider mini crane makes sure new roof soars into the sky
Spider cranes are proving their worth every day in a range of industries, as a recent contract lift task carried out by a spider crane supplied by Hird proved emphatically. Our client needed a mini crane that was very compact and had a low bearing weight. After carrying out a...
Hird welcomes Manitex International acquisition of Valla mini cranes
Hird has welcomed Manitex International’s acquisition of Valla mini cranes, saying it creates exciting opportunities to promote the innovative and highly capable pick and carry cranes to even more customers in the UK. Hird is the sole UK and Ireland distributor of mini cranes, made by Valla in Piacenza, near...
Hird to showcase mini cranes and glazing robots at Executive Hire Show
Hird is preparing to show the range of mini cranes and glazing robots it has to offer to hire fleets at the Executive Hire Show 2014 in February. The Hird team will have a Valla 25EL mini crane and a Winlet 350 glazing robot on display at EHS 2014, taking...
Hird joins Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme for London
Mini crane, glass handling equipment and powered access supplier Hird has been accredited by the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) – proving it meets set quality standards for operating in the capital. FORS is operated by Transport for London. It is designed to allow forward thinking transport companies to show...
City of Culture will give Hull huge lift says Hird
Hull will get a huge lift from being the UK City of Culture in 2017, says mini crane, powered access and glass handing company Hird. The company was founded in Hull more than 25 years ago and has its headquarters in the city, from where it offers a national lifting...
Winlet glazing robots from Hird wow LiftEx
Hird showcased the Winlet 600 glazing robot at LiftEx – winning admiring comments and dozens of expressions of interest from glazing installers and glass lifter hire companies. The Winlet 600 vacuum robot was selected to take part in machine demonstrates in the Liftex Innovation Theatre during the show at the...
Hird vacuum lifter opens door to lifting success on TV’s Grand Designs
A powerful vacuum lifter supplied by Hird has been used to lift a giant glass sliding door into place for the hit Channel 4 TV show Grand Designs. The Hydraulica 1200 vacuum lifter was used to lift the glass sheet, which at 1,100kg and 6 metres by 3.1 metres, is...
Focus on UNIC spider cranes – the versatile lifting solution
The manufacturer calls them the most compact mini cranes in the world, and you can see why. To the untrained eye, UNIC spider cranes look like they should not be able to do what they do. But day in and day out the machines in our UNIC spider crane hire...