Product of the Month – Valla 50E pick and carry crane
Our Product of the Month for September is the Valla 50E electric pick and carry crane. With so much talk of electric cars and the demise of petrol and diesel engines, you would have thought electric vehicles were a new thing. Consider this though. The first production electric car is...
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...
Curtain wall lifting equipment hire
Glazing Robots • Stone Lifters • Vacuum Glass Lifters
A curtain wall is a non-load-bearing wall system that allows relatively-light panels to be installed on the outside of buildings – usually with the aid of specialist curtain walling lifting equipment Curtain walling can be made from a range of materials, including glass, stone, or glass-reinforced concrete (GRC). Glass curtain...
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...
Valla and Winlet shine among Hird stars at Vertikal Days
Manitex Valla pick and carry cranes and a Winlet glazing robot were among the machines catching the eye at Vertikal Days. Hird had plenty to offer at the event at Silverstone, the home of F1 Racing, which showcases the latest lifting and access equipment and services from across Europe. It...
6 ways Valla mini cranes can make your lifting project easier
Mini cranes are becoming increasingly popular to carry out lifts in a range of industrial environments in a process of change driven by modern manufacturing techniques. This keeps Hird’s Valla mini crane hire fleet in high demand. It also means we are always adding more mini cranes to the hire...
Hird supplies reconditioned mini crane – in double quick time
Hird has proved it is the number one mini cranes solutions provider by supplying a manufacturer with a reconditioned mini crane that was ideal for their needs, and met their limited budget perfectly too. The deal shows Hird is the go to mini crane company, says Hird Mini Crane Sales...
Valla mini cranes – versatile workhorses of industry
Valla is the mini crane of choice in many industrial sectors because it combines rugged reliability with the latest technology to always do the best job. Hird is the UK distributor for the Italian-made machines, often referred to as pick and carry cranes or compact cranes, and can supply them...