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Safe and customisable lifting solutions for diverse needs

One of the world’s most comprehensive and flexible
families of crane workstations has been designed by Konecranes to exactly fit
the different lifting needs of diverse industries and to change with them as
their needs evolve.

The Konecranes WLS family of Workstation Lifting
Systems – in capacities from hand-held lifting tools to robust hoists up to
2-ton capacity – represents the wide scope of the global Konecranes organisation
as one of the world’s leading crane manufacturers and the world’s largest crane
service organisation.

Konecranes – which has more than 420,000 cranes of all
makes under service contract worldwide – says the flexible and efficient WLS
family of workstations available throughout Australasia the company’s enormous
experience across a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotive
and metals; food and beverage; manufacturing and materials handling; mining and
energy; oil and gas; resources fabrication and maintenance; road, rail and
off-road vehicle maintenance; primary and production process and shipping and
transport. The WLS family is designed with safety as paramount.

“All industries share our close focus on safety,
understanding that the total annual costs of work-related accidents and
diseases exceeds $USD 1.36 billion globally and is a major
component of risk management internationally,” says Konecranes.

“The innovative design and ergonomic features of the
WLS family help ensure that their operators can rely on their equipment and go
home unharmed at the end of the shift. Safety is further enhanced by a wide
range of products featuring suitability for hazardous environments, in
accordance with Konecranes’ “hooked on safety” philosophy.

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