Press release: 

Hovmand, the world's leading lifter company, opens an office in Spain

February 20, 2025

Say goodbye to heavy lifting and hello to Hovmand, the world leader in lifting solutions – now officially with a sales department and support in Spain.

The French business media BFM Business has featured an article and a TV interview with our French Country Manager, Bénédicte Haladyn. Read the full article written by BFM and watch the TV interview here. 

In the pharmaceutical industry, certain materials are categorised as hazardous due to their potential risks to human health and the environment.

In this article, we explore how our lifting solutions, including chemical transport equipment, can optimise and support existing pharma packaging processes.

Hovmand's new calculator clearly demonstrates the financial benefits your company can achieve through such strategic investments.

It's a smart, clear-cut way to see the real value of prioritising employee health and well-being. In this blogpost, you can read about the research behind and give the calculator a try yourself. 

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) measures are essential for protecting employees' well-being, improving both physical and mental health, and reducing work-related risks.

Our three examples highlight these benefits – read along to see if you can relate to the challenges or solutions.

In this article, we delve into the cost of work accidents and diseases and detail how implementing preventative measures like Hovmand lifters can help.

The main reason many companies hesitate to invest in health and safety at work is the cost. Nevertheless, an approved study now shows that you get your money back when you invest in safety and health.

Discover why Hovmand's lifters for manual liquid and powder handling are a good investment. 

Discover ways to maintain hygiene and operational efficiency in cleanrooms and controlled environments using Hovmand lifters. 

Køge, 20 April 2023

Hovmand has developed a lifter with e-drive technology, set to change the game of lifting solutions. The lifter requires minimal physical effort from the user due to motorised rear wheels, and with the e-drive lifter, you can effortlessly lift and move hundreds of kilograms. 

Press release, Køge, 28 March 2023

»We have made it as easy as buying a t-shirt on the internet«.

That is what our CEO Søren Hovmand says about Hovmand's new product finder, where you with 3 clicks can find an ergonomic, efficient and user-friendly solution to your lifting challenge. 

In March, the Danish newspaper Erhverv Sjælland wrote an exciting article about our company and had us on the newspaper’s front page. Here our CEO, Søren Hovmand, explains how Hovmand does more than offer lifting solutions and how innovation, respect and diversity are also keywords for the company.

At Hovmand, we care about our coworkers' and customers' well-being and health. Above all, this includes a healthy condition of the body and back. Unfortunately, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs: back and joint pain) are widespread and the main reason for sick leave at work in the manufacturing industry.

The Altenburger Land cheese company in Germany has been producing quality cheese since 1897, and today it employs 82 people on 11,000 m2.

Lifters support companies in their production, logistics, storage, transport and shipping. They make the processes more efficient and relieve employees of physically demanding activities. 

Manipulation usually does not bode well. The intentional twisting and bending of the truth is seldom welcome.

“We have always done it that way.”

One of the most common answers when it comes to initiating change. After extensive research, we have decided to make this easier for you.

When it comes to patient safety, the rules for hygiene and precision in production are particularly strict.

In the pharmaceutical industry, the GMP regulations for production, packaging and storage apply.

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) launched a campaign for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in 2020: "Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load".

Hovmand is a proud campaign partner of EU OSHA.

What does lifting equipment have to do with work processes? Smart lifting tools can do more than just make physical work easier.

Our article looks at the opportunities for using industrial lifting equipment to make for more efficient processes.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain the most widespread work-related health problem in Europe.

In order to raise awareness of MSDs and their causes and to promote their prevention, the European Agency for Occupational Safety (EU-OSHA) has launched the campaign “Healthy Workplaces Lighten the Load”.

Raw materials and operating materials are often rolled up in production – from packaging material for shipping, to plastic films for the production of sealed products, to textiles in clothing production.

On reels and rolls, these materials can be compactly stored and cleverly processed. Reel manipulators help to turn and tilt effortlessly – so that your production continues to roll ahead without interruption.

Mobile lifting trolleys for load handling increase safety and efficiency at the workplace and benefit employees – round the clock and throughout their (working) lives.

For a long time, it was considered a luxury for companies to invest in the health of their own employees.

Yet we now know that occupational health and safety plays a vital role in ensuring a company remains productive and competitive in the long term. 

A fibreboard or cardboard drum is one of the most environmentally efficient and sustainable packaging product and used for the delivery of mass freight.

At industrial companies, workers still have to do a lot of heavy lifting on a daily basis when handling barrels and drums.

A special drum lifter and tilter makes it easy to pick up, tilt, rotate, and transport these objects.

Companies or single departments in charge of packaging goods and products usually store wrapping materials with the help of reels.

Throughout the packaging process, employees must pick up the reels from pallets and subsequently carry, tilt, turn, and install them at low heights.

Every packaging process is unique, as not all packaging machines are alike and the characteristics of the packaging materials and the sizes of the rolls on which the films are being wound are also different.

It is therefore important to determine the correct hoist for the rolls in advance.

Safe transfer of bulk goods and liquids: with the new mobile canister transferring aid, Hovmand is expanding its range of intelligent hoists for materials handling.

Operations in many production areas have currently fallen sharply. This is not the case in the food industry. Production volume has actually increased in many companies.

These companies must overcome the challenge of achieving the highest possible productivity with an often smaller number of staff, while still adhering to the currently applicable occupational health and safety guidelines.

Køge, 18 March 2020

Hovmand is now offering an online consulting service for its lifting trolleys. In a live video conference, potential customers can get together with Hovmand experts configured individually suitable ergonomic lifting solutions.

This is possible due to a combination of secure online meeting software and Hovmand’s own Virtual Engineering App.

A status about delivery, office and a reaction to the pandemic.

Whether shopping bags, drinks crates, holiday suitcases or heavy boxes at the office: there’s always something weighty we have to carry around with us or lift. This can affect your back – especially if you go about it the wrong way.

Køge, 8 January 2020

New items in the Hovmand lifting equipment range include a flexible system for forks and booms, a rotating fork and an adaptable crane arm system.  This significantly extends the potential applications of the company’s mobile lifting and transport solutions for efficient and safe material handling.

Munich, 7 July 2020

Safe transport and transfer of bulk materials and liquids: The two new lifting hoists from Hovmand make this possible. A bucket lifter with manual tilting unit assists with the special handling of buckets and small drums, while a mobile canister filling aid facilitates the transport and transfer of canisters.