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From manufacturing and construction to hospital management and medical care, you can find rigging equipment applications being used across various industries. Typically, certified professionals or licensed rigging companies use a variety of wire ropes, straps, hooks, and other rigging hardware along with cranes or other lifting equipment to move heavy objects, material or cargo.

Rigging is one of the most demanding industrial processes. If often involves lifting and moving (sometimes dismantling) remarkably large objects such as concrete or steel pipes, structural steel elements, building materials, equipment, and even vehicles. As it requires you to use one or more cranes and several ropes, clamps or straps, pulleys, winches, cables, and chain hoists, it requires skill and planning.

Holloway Houston, Inc (HHI) is pleased to announce Harrington Hoists Inc. products as a new addition to our catalog, joining a robust group of manufacturers in the rigging field.

Owing to the intense competition in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry, warehouses and Distribution Centers (DC) are often forced to work on slim margins. Further, the ever-increasing fuel and labor costs eat into those thin margins, often resulting in negligible profits or even losses. As a result, they need to allocate more time and money in developing innovative technologies and processes to improve their productivity.

Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports several rigging accidents on industrial sites due to the use of defective rigging gear, wire ropes, and slings. Most crane accidents can be prevented if the workers (commonly referred to as riggers) are trained in safe hoisting and rigging practices.

The rigging industry uses various types of slings including chain slings, wire rope slings, metal mesh slings, web slings, and round slings. But, endless slings made from synthetic fibers have been the real game changers in providing a cost-effective and durable rigging solution. They have become one of the most popular types of slings today.

Rigging is the unsung hero of many heavy-duty industries including construction, engineering, and infrastructure. It involves using cranes, pulleys, webbing slings, wire rope slings, and winches for hoisting, lifting, pushing or pulling heavy loads safely. For example, in construction, they are used to lift heavy objects such as concrete or steel pipes, structural steel elements, building materials, equipment, and even vehicles.

On September 26th, Holloway Houston’s soccer team played the final of the Houston Dynamo Corporate Cup at the BBVA Compass Stadium. Our journey to the final as an undefeated team with zero goals allowed made us the favorites to win, and we did!

Holloway Houston inc, (HHI) a worldwide leader in rigging and lifting solutions is pleased to announce the release of the company’s new 2016 products and services catalog.

Holloway Houston is pleased to announce the release of their 2017 General Catalog. You may download it digitally by clicking on this link, Holloway Houston’s General Catalog. You may also request a physical catalog by clicking on this link, request a catalog.