LGH News

The corona virus is changing the way we all live these days. In the Northeast region, it has become mandatory that everyone wears a mask while shopping or working. Since there is a mask shortage in the USA the mother of one of our Philadelphia rental center employees, Charles Swenson, made washable masks for all […]

LGH is now a full member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association(LEEA). Being a member of LEEA is a great partnership that allows us access to the latest technical, legal, and safety information that is needed to be successful in the lifting industry. We have a strong desire to consistently enhance and improve our standards, […]

Bridgeview, IL – January 22, 2020 – LGH’s New Jersey Rental Center has expanded it’s warehouse space. Business is booming in the Northeast for LGH our New Jersey rental center and they needed more inventory and more room to house it. With unused office space taking up 900 square feet of the location, we obtained […]

LGH was recently a sponsor for The Chief Engineers Association of Chicagoland Barbecue 2019 Picnic. The event took place on May 15, 2019 at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, IL. The evening was a great chance to network with customers past and present. Mike Penn and Mike Chainey, of LGH, made many connections and quoted […]

Lifting Gear Hire has been partnered with Transplant Village as our corporate charity in an effort to help raise funding and awareness for transplant patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) based in Chicago, IL We, at Lifting Gear Hire, would not be where we are today without Pat Fiscelli; likewise, he would not be here […]

Lifting Gear Hire North America has partnered with Rotrex USA. Rotrex USA is based in Houston, TX and is now part of the LGH family of companies in North America.  Rotrex has been affiliated with LGH since the early 1990’s in the UK and Europe and had recently expanded in the USA market over a […]

Building on the success seen in previous years, Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) continues their partnership in hosting Industrial Training International (ITI) courses at the National Headquarters in Bridgeview, IL. As with previous years, ITI will be offering two classes – Rigging Gear Inspector (Levels I & II) as well as Lift Director and Critical Lift […]

Lifting Gear Hire was a proud sponsor of the Women Build Nations Conference in Seattle earlier this month. We hosted the hoisting challenge in our booth space with the fastest time being around 13 seconds. To say this event was a success for LGH would be an understatement. We made over 150 contacts in just […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) just completed its new training center in the North American Corporate Rental Center in Bridgeview, IL. This training center will allow LGH to further develop the skills of our employees and further increase their knowledge of the service, function and proper care & maintenance of LGH rental stock equipment, which upholds […]

Lifting Gear Hire received a Longevity Award from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association at its Annual Conference in Boca Raton, Fl., April 21, 2018. SC&RA is an international organization comprised of more than 1,350 members from 46 nations.   SC&RA’s Longevity Awards are presented to member companies for their longtime support and dedication to […]