LiftEx 2024, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), will take place on 16-17th October 2024 at the new West Hall at Olympia in London.
The free-to-attend show is an essential visit for lifting safety professionals and anyone involved in using or procuring lifting equipment or vital supporting services such as inspection, maintenance and training in industries including Manufacturing, Engineering, Construction, Oil & Gas, Offshore, Logistics, Defence, Utilities and Entertainment.
Few venues around the world can match Olympia for location, atmosphere or versatility – it’s a great central location for a truly global industry.
Gather with industry peers, talk to real people and view for yourself the latest lifting products including hoists, mobile and overhead cranes, steel chains, wire rope, winches, shackles, web slings, rigging, spreader beams, height safety and load monitoring equipment, IT solutions and more.
Boost Your Knowledge
Crucially, a visit will contribute to improving safety and best practice with advice from experts on the LEEA stand, while free training sessions and presentations will be delivered at the LEEA Accredited Training Scheme (ATS) seminar sessions, held across both days in the show floor theatre.
These will begin with Barrie Mordue, Managing Director of Tensology, conducting a seminar titled: Crane ropes – what the eye can’t see, which will lead attendees through a thorough examination of crane ropes and inform them about indicators of internal degradation and MRT as an aid to inspection.
Visitors can learn about safe system fundamentals, equipment application and rescue planning in Working at height and rescue, which will be delivered by Arco’s Training Manager Steve Dawson, Technical Sales Specialist Rosie Webb and Senior Technical Sales Specialist Nerys Knight.
In Know your sling calculations, Elevation Training & Development Ltd Managing Director, Steve Mohammed, and David Middlemiss, Instructor at ETDL, will explain mode factor calculations, types of ton / tonne and sling angles.
In his presentation titled Slinging vs lashing – the critical difference, Andy Cartwright, Technical Manager of Mentor, will look at the common mistakes and assumptions between slinging and lashing, how to read a sling and ratchet strap and what can go wrong if a sling and ratchet get mistaken for each other.
The Importance of pre-use checking equipment seminar will see Geoff Burkill, Training Manager at Carl Stahl, presenting the importance of pre-use checking, legal requirements and practical Inspections.
The role of an Appointed Person and the importance of planning a safe lift session delivered by Matthew Bowden, Lead Trainer at Certex, describes the role of an Appointed Person, the importance of planning a lift safely, and the fundamentals of planning a lift.
The option to attend the ATS Seminar is included as part of your visitor ticket, but you must pre-register for the sessions you wish to attend. Check for details and times at events.leeaint.com/liftex-london-2024/ats-seminar.
A Show Floor Full of Lifting Innovation
In addition to the seminar theatre, the show floor at Olympia will be packed with exhibitors demonstrating innovations to improve productivity, efficiency and safety. They will include a broad array of lifting equipment solutions from companies such as Atlas Winch & Hoist Services, Britlift, Cromox, George Taylor Lifting Gear, Green Pin (Royal Van Beest), Hird, JD Neuhaus, Lifting Gear UK, LiftKet UK, Miller Weblift, Modulift, RGM Cranes, Reid Lifting, RHC Lifting, Rope and Sling Specialists (RSS) and Worlifts. Visitors interested in materials handling equipment will find, GGR Group, Lift Turn Move (LTM) and Probst.
Chains, ropes and accessories will be featured by companies including Bridon Bekaert, Codipro, Dolezych, JDT, Lift Turn Move, Marlow Ropes, RUD Chains, Pewag, Sahm Splice, Talurit and William Hackett. There will be slings and rigging from Aberdeen Web, Dolezych, Kito Crosby and PMS Industrie.
Exhibitors displaying height safety equipment include Delphini, RidgeGear, SafetyLiftinGear, Safehold, SpanSet, Tiger Lifting and YOKE Industrial Corp. There will be load monitoring equipment from Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), Load Monitoring Systems (LMS) and Red Rooster Lifting. A range of IT solutions will be shown from companies including Core Inspection Software, RiConnect, Tele Radio and Villari. Lifting and safety training will be featured on the stands of Carl Stahl and Elevation Training & Development Ltd (ETDL).
Stands featuring logistics lifting solutions include Redtrail and there will be hire solutions from Speedy Hire and subsea technologies from Unique Group. Test machinery can be seen from Staht and Tensology. And, finally, LEEA will have its usual prominent stand for visitors to meet and engage with the Association’s team.
Network at the Best LiftEx Yet
The leading annual networking event for the lifting industry is set to be the best yet, supported by sponsors including YOKE, the manufacturer of lifting fittings for chain, wire rope and webbing slings; Rope and Sling Specialists, one of the largest independent companies in the field of lifting equipment engineering in the UK; and Headline Sponsor RiConnect Inc, which offers powerful software known as RiConnect, designed to streamline equipment management and ensure regulatory compliance and traceability.
There will be many chances to network with peers and colleagues, not least on the evening of 16 October 2024 – Day One of LiftEx – when the annual LEEA Awards ceremony will be held at the iconic Dorchester hotel. This promises to be the Lifting Industry’s party of the year.
All of this means a visit to LiftEx 2024 offers the perfect chance to gain vital lifting related knowledge and insights, as well as an opportunity to meet LEEA members and discuss ways they can help achieve best lifting practice.
Register now for LiftEx 2024 at events.leeaint.com/liftex-london-2024.
