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Please ensure you have read the materials handling submission guidelines before submitting.

Equipment designed for a specific industry, such as Construction_and_Maintenance, should be submitted to the appropriate category for that industrial sector.

Lists sites for businesses that primarily manufacture cranes or hoists, or provide associated parts and service. Cranes and hoists are equipment used for lifting or lowering a freely suspended load. Hoists are commonly used solely for vertical movement, where as cranes may allow limited horizontal movement. Typical equipment includes jib cranes, gantry cranes, hoists, lifting beams, and overhead cranes.

This category does not list Elevators installed in buildings.

Many fully automated lifting devices, such as vertical reciprocating lifts, are listed within Conveyors.


Below-the-Hook

Lists sites for businesses that primarily manufacture below-the-hook equipment, or provide associated parts and service. Below the hook is a term applied to lifting equipment attached to cranes or hoists which are not slings or rigging. This category includes sites related to equipment such as vacuum lifters, magnetic attachments, and grappling devices.

Distributors

Please ensure you have read the materials handling submission guidelines before submitting.

Regional distributors, particularly those distributing products of businesses already listed in the directory, should not be submitted here - they should be submitted to the appropriate local category within Regional.

Lists sites for businesses that primarily supply equipment manufactured by another business.

Parts and Service

Lists sites for businesses that provide parts, or provide maintenance or associated services for cranes and hoists.

Portable Hoists

Lists sites for businesses that primarily manufacture equipment used for vertically lifting or lowering a freely suspended load, which can be freely moved between locations; or provide associated parts and service.

Slings, Lashing, and Rigging

Sites relating to below-the-hook equipment which is not sling or rigging should be submitted to below-the-hook.

Sites relating only to rope and wire should be submitted to Cable_and_Wire. Sites related to belting not specifically designed for materials handling applications should be submitted to Chains_and_Belts.

Lists sites for businesses that primarily manufacture equipment or accessories used to support or hold items being lifted or stored; or associated parts and service. This includes webbings, lashings, clamps, and similar equipment used to hold cargo during transportation, which is not directly related to cranes and hoists.

This category does not list sites relating to equipment specifically used to rig maritime vessels, nor does it list sites related to theatrical rigging.

Winches

Lists sites for businesses that primarily manufacture lifting equipment based around a powered windlass; or provide associated parts and service.

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