LGH News

Lifting Gear Hire reveals new branding as part of ambitious global expansion Established lifting equipment rental specialists, Lifting Gear Hire, announces the launch of its new corporate name, refreshed logo and global website. The new branding unifies LGH’s international businesses as it positions itself for future growth. A new name for a long-established business As […]

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 […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has opened a rental center in the San Francisco area. This new rental center is over 15,000 square feet and is now home to over $1 million in rental equipment. The rental center currently employs three workers and supports our local rental representative, Beth Kolar, in her efforts to bring timely […]

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has acquired the Aberdeen-based hire division of JD Neuhaus (JDN) Ltd., a manufacturer of hoists and crane systems for extreme environments. JDN, headquartered in Germany, will retain its other U.K. divisions, including sales and repair, and will remain an LGH supplier. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.   The […]