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Hird first in UK to offer new updated P11104 vacuum lifter

Hird has become the first plant hire company in the UK to take delivery of the revised P11104 vacuum lifter, demonstrating its determination to be an industry leader in glass lifting technology. Wood’s Powr-Grip® has made significant improvements to the P11104, one of the most popular and most recognised vacuum...

Mini cranes – flexible solution for factory lifts

An increasing number of manufacturers are seeing the benefits of using mini cranes in factories. A pick and carry crane can be designed to lift and carry a load then placing it precisely where you want it to go. With modern industrial processes, where manufacturing complexity is increasing, a pick...

Valla Pick and Carry Cranes in the Petro Chemical sector

Hird has supplied a Valla 120D pick and carry crane to Shell Ireland for maintenance work within a new gas plant. Valla pick and carry cranes offer maintenance and lifting solutions that are not always taken into account by project managers or engineers, who are not always aware of the...

Vacuum lifter equipment – for glass and many other materials

Vacuum lifting is often the ideal solution to moving materials – in a number of different scenarios. Technology has developed rapidly, to the point that vacuum lifters are used regularly in the construction industry, facilities management and in many manufacturing processes. Hird can supply a wide range of vacuum lifter...

Mini cranes – helping to lift construction out of recession

As the construction industry picks itself up after one of the UK’s deepest recessions, it is looking for more efficient, effective and affordable working practices, and mini cranes are playing a part, says Hird’s Carl Cooper. “Mini cranes are already helping give construction a lift,” he says. “In more ways...

Three Es of machine moving – Expertise, Experience, Equipment

As a machine moving specialist, Hird has experience of moving machinery in a large number of industrial sectors. Our machinery moving teams have completed projects for businesses working in petro-chemicals, aerospace, manufacturing industries and many more. Machinery moving demands combining the right expertise with the right equipment to get the...

Vacuum Glass Lifters

Glass vacuum lifter technology is developing and changing all the time – and Hird is committed to staying at the forefront to provide the best vacuum lifter solutions for our customers. Vacuum glass lifters have to be able to manage new designs and shapes made possible by innovative glass technology...

Contract Lifting: let us take the strain

Hird is celebrating 30 years of the delivering a reliable, high quality and cost-effective contract lifting service to industry. Many customers take advantage of our mini crane hire service, offering the modern, high performance lifting equipment in the UK, including Valla mini cranes and UNIC spider cranes. Our contract lifting...