Members range from owners to operators, managing directors to sales and marketing managers as well as a host of engineers and other technical experts from around the globe.

Cranes Today’s LinkedIn group is the place for lifting industry professionals around the world to discuss the latest regulations and standards, best practice on the job site, and the business challenges facing lift owners.

Cranes Today editor Will North said, "We want to develop the group as a place for our readers and other industry experts to discuss our coverage, and their views of the industry as a whole. We’re trying not to use the group just as a place for us — or members — to dump links, but as a forum for discussion. We hope members will use it as a way to interact with their peers, and to tell us what they want from the magazine."

Hot topics currently being discussed on the group at the moment include: What does remanufacturing mean for used and new crane sales?, Will Chinese and Western manufacturers increasingly take to the courts to resolve trade disagreements? and When is Non Destructive testing required on mobile cranes, overhead cranes/hoists, and rigging hardware?

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