Celebrating its 20th 12 months on the Exhibition Centre Liverpool on 18th & nineteenth November, LiftEx is a should go to for anyone concerned with procuring or utilizing providers and lifting gear to assist manufacturing, engineering, development, oil & gasoline, renewables, offshore, logistics, defence, utilities and leisure operations around the globe. It affords the right alternative for locating solutions to your lifting wants whereas additionally networking with the worldwide Lifting Trade.
The annual flagship occasion of the Lifting Tools Engineers Affiliation (LEEA), the main international consultant physique for all these concerned within the Lifting Trade worldwide, is supported by RiConnect, a supplier of cloud-based Software program as a Service (SaaS), as Headline Sponsor, together with sponsors Yoke and Hoist. LiftEx 2025 will construct on the success of final 12 months’s occasion, held in London, which was the biggest and most profitable ever, with a report variety of finish consumer guests from a number of industries.
Protected apply is significant wherever lifting is carried out. These chargeable for procuring lifting gear and providers in these operations might want to absolutely perceive the dangers, penalties and authorized obligations, in addition to filter good apply from the dangerous.
Guests to LiftEx 2025 will discover methods to enhance security and greatest practicewith recommendation from business consultants all through the exhibition, in addition to the LEEA group, who will share their experience and business insights.
Thought management
To spice up this essential facet of LiftEx, a brand new Thought Management Convention, which can be free to attend, will happen on Day 1 of the exhibition. Audio system embrace Tim Battersby, Technical Gross sales Supervisor at RiConnect, who will give an ‘Introduction to the Digital Product Passport’. Attendees will turn into conversant in the aims of the Digital Product Passport, perceive what we all know to date on the DPP and study what we will do now to arrange for future digitalisation necessities.
Anton van der Zalm, Vice President Company Analysis & Improvement at Van Beest BV, will give a presentation titled: ‘From Floor to Seabed and Again: Improvements in Load Launch and Retrieval’. As subsea operations turn into extra advanced and efficiency-driven, the expertise behind load launch and retrieval continues to evolve. This session explores the newest improvements in subsea set up gear, with a give attention to smarter, safer methods for deploying and recovering hundreds from the seabed. It’s going to study developments in ROV-operated shackles and hooks, and the way these are reshaping business requirements for distant dealing with, lowering danger, and enhancing operational uptime. Drawing from area expertise, the session will supply sensible insights into how new approaches to load administration—from floor to seabed and again—are enhancing subsea challenge execution. Excellent for professionals concerned in offshore operations, marine engineering and subsea logistics, this speak balances technical schooling with real-world utility.
Adeoluwa Bamgbade, Short-term Works Coordinator at SCS Railways, will study ‘Tunnel Boring Machine Protect Extraction on HS2 London Tunnels’. This session will share how SCS engineered bespoke lifting options, utilized superior planning instruments, and ensured security all through advanced operations. Delegates will study sensible approaches to heavy raise design, danger administration and modern methods that may be utilized to equally demanding initiatives.
Ollie Brown, Economist at GlobalData Plc, will talk about ‘Vertical Building amid Evolving Worldwide Commerce’. This session will cowl market developments, new challenge developments and maritime commerce dynamics and implications.
Finish Consumer Seminars
There may even be an Finish Consumer Seminar happening on Day 2 of LiftEx on Wednesday 19 November. The programme options Andy Cartwright, Technical Supervisor at Mentor, taking a look at ‘Slinging vs Lashing: The Vital Distinction’. Study why selecting the right technique for load securement is crucial for security and compliance. This session will spotlight the sensible and regulatory variations between slinging and lashing, serving to finish customers keep away from widespread pitfalls and scale back danger on website.
Daniel Jennett, HSE Supervisor / HSE Lead at Sheffield Forgemasters, will current on ‘Past the Floor: Use of Rising Applied sciences for Superior Rope Inspection’ to discover how superior inspection applied sciences are remodeling the way in which ropes are assessed and maintained. This session will reveal how new instruments and strategies present deeper, extra correct data, enhancing reliability and increasing gear life.
Kurt Thomsen, Crane and Lifting Knowledgeable from RelyOn, will talk about the ‘Development of Coaching and Abilities within the Lifting Trade’ for attendees to uncover how modern coaching programmes and sensible experience are shaping the way forward for the lifting business. This session will discover new approaches to workforce growth, serving to finish customers construct safer, extra succesful groups outfitted to satisfy as we speak’s operational challenges.
Jordan Weston, Industrial Supervisor Providers EMEIA at Bekaert, will ship a presentation on ‘Past the Floor: Use of Rising Applied sciences for Superior Rope Inspection’ Be a part of the follow-up session on rope inspection to realize additional insights into rising applied sciences and their real-world purposes. This dialogue will supply further views to strengthen inspection practices and enhance operational security.
Exhibitors
Along with the convention periods, the present flooring shall be packed throughout each days with over 100 manufacturers demonstrating improvements to enhance productiveness, effectivity and security. These new services and products supply essential options for reaching profitable lifting operations.
A broad array of lifting gear shall be exhibited byfromAP Lifting Gear Firm, Atlas Winch & Hoist Providers, Cromox, Delta Hoisting Tools, George Taylor Lifting Gear, GGR Group, Hird Ltd, Lifting Materials Provides, Liftket UK, Miller Weblift, Miller Weblift, Modulift, Reid Lifting, RHC Lifting, SGM Magnetics, Tiger Lifting, TTC Lifting, Worldhoists.There shall besupplies dealing with gear on show fromAconda Industrial Carriers, Probst and engineering & manufacturing providers fromGemmak Engineering, Wirop Industrial Co and Worlifts.
Chains, ropes, slings, rigging and equipment shall be proven byfrom Bekaert, CODIPRO, GIS – Elevate Flip Transfer, Inexperienced Pin (Royal Van Beest), JDT, Marlow Ropes, pewag UK, Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd, RUD Chains, Sahm Splice, Talurit, William Hackett and YOKE Industrial Corp.
There shall be top security gear and providers from Globestock Security, Safehold, SafetyLiftinGear, SpanSet and The Buddie System. Guests will discover load monitoring gear from Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), Load Monitoring Methods (LMS) and Crimson Rooster Lifting and IT options from CMCO (Columbus McKinnon), Core Inspection Software program, coreRFID, IRUGASA (UK), Movement Software program, Onix, Papertrail, RiConnect Inc and Tele Radio. There may even be Take a look at equipmentfrom Tensology.
Lifting and security coaching may be discovered fromCarl Stahl Evita, Metropolis of Bristol Faculty, Elevation Coaching & Developmentand, after all, LEEA can have its normal outstanding stand for guests to satisfy and interact with the Affiliation’s group for lifting recommendation, to study coaching and to listen to concerning the many advantages of changing into a LEEA member.
With much more audio system and exhibitors to be confirmed, all of this implies a go to to LiftEx 2025 in Liverpool affords the right probability to strengthen security, compliance and effectivity in on a regular basis lifting operations. And there shall be many alternatives to community with friends and colleagues, not least on the night Tuesday 18 November – Day Considered one of LiftEx – when the annual LEEA Awards recognise and have fun excellence throughout the international lifting business and shall be introduced at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool. Register now at liftex25.eventreference.com
