February 2024
Be my Guest…Oliver Auston
‘Be my Guest…’ Oliver Auston, CEO, Safehold, took over as chair of the LEEA Board in January. Here he tells us about LEEA’s 5-year strategy, international expansion, what’s new for 2024 and #GLAD2024
Be my Guest… Victoria Badnell
MGF is launching a week of activities to celebrate the 26th annual Women in Construction Week (WiC) from March 3-9, coinciding with International Women’s Day on March 8, to shine a light on the construction industry and encourage more women to work in the lifting engineering sector. Here to tell us more is Victoria Badnell, technical sales, MGF.
Be my Guest…City of Bristol College
The City of Bristol College has partnered with LEEA to offer its Accredited apprenticeship scheme, open to any UK citizen aged 16+ who wants to pursue a career in lifting equipment. Here to tell us more is Katherine Woodward, who manages all apprenticeship programs at the City of Bristol College, Chris Pippen, apprenticeship lifting programme manager, and Luke Hastings, business development manager for apprenticeships at City of Bristol College.
March 2024
Kito Crosby joins LEEA in celebrating Int Women’s Day
As part of International Women’s Day on March 8, LEEA invited female colleagues from all around the world at Kito Crosby to give us their perspective on being a woman in the industry and how to encourage the next generation of diverse talent into the lifting engineering sector. Colleagues who took part in the voxpop, honouring the theme #InspireInclusion were; Brenda King, VP, HR Global Programs; Cristina León, area sales manager, Spain & Portugal; Yuki Pitts Intellectual Property; Kimmy Goetschalckx, business/process analyst; Heike Witschold, accountant/business administrative coordinator; Saki Onodera, value creation manager; Verena Arnold, digitalisation specialist and Elsa Velasco Paul, senior marketing mgr, New Business Development, all from Kito Crosby.
APRIL 2024
Be my Guest…Barry Williams
Liftket UK recently became a full member of LEEA. Here to tell us more is Barry Williams who became director of Liftket UK in January, after taking over from John Jones, who has now retired. The company is excited to launch its single phase hoist, Star 1 this summer, thanks to demand for its 110V.
May 2024
Be my Guest… Amro Hassan
It’s been one year since LEEA set up the Middle East Regional Council, with plans to exhibit at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi in November and hopes for a Middle East LiftEx in the pipeline. Here to tell us more is Amro Hassan, Middle East Member Engagement manager LEEA.
September 2024
Be my Guest Bernie Winter
Bernie Winter is a Technical Support Specialist at LEEA. Here, he tells members what he is looking forward to most at LiftEx 2024 and what to look out for in the new Machinery Directive changes.
October 2024
LIVE at LiftEx 2024 Part I
We take to the show floor at LEEA LiftEx 2024, at London Olympia, to chat to exhibitors and find out what new announcements they are making this year.
Voxpop LIVE at LiftEx 2024 Part II
LEEA took to the show floor at LiftEx 2024 at London Olympia on Day 2 (October 17) to find out what visitors to the event thought of the show. Here Jenny Eagle caught up with freelance journalist Dan Jenkins, Rory Stewart, sales executive, Lifting Gear Products, George Dunn, MD, Lifting Equipment Store (LES) UK, Lokman Hadji, assistant GM, OSCO Oil Services company, Algeria, Rob Whitehurst-Maiden, sales manager, RiConnect and Leanne Whitehurst-Maiden, sales director, RiConnect.
November 2024
LiftEx 2024 Live Franklin Offshore Europe
As part of LEEA’s Be my Guest series, Jenny Eagle, reporter for LEEA chats to exhibitor Hans Coenen, operations manager, Franklin offshore Europe at LiftEx 2024 at London Olympia (October 16,17). On display was the announcement that Franklin Offshore International (Singapore) made the world’s longest grommet sling measuring 110m (360.8 ft) long, with a diameter of 19 mm (7.55 in), constructed in June 2003 and with a calculated grommet breaking load of 3,070 tons.
