Lifting – Handling
A market in full transformation
SIFCOR offers innovative solutions for the lifting and handling sector, with a focus on the quality, durability of its products and the repeatability of its processes. It supports the empowerment and strengthening of active equipment safety through the integration of smart sensors with its mechanical expertise. Its forging expertise guarantees flawless reliability for all lifting equipment by supporting product and material validation phases.
Market expectations and needs
Controlled industrial processes
SIFCOR masters forging, machining and assembly processes to meet the demands of the lifting and handling sector. Expertise in co-design and knowledge of metallurgy make it possible to design lightweight, robust parts, optimizing the mass-to-strength ratio.
Our teams’ ability to propose solutions enables our customers to find innovative and cost-effective alternatives to welded assemblies, casting or machining from solid.
Finally, during manufacturing, quality checks ensure product reliability and durability, while guaranteeing traceability.
Industry trends, development outlook
New requirements
The lifting and handling sector is evolving with growing demand for low-carbon solutions, lightweight products and standardization aimed at reducing the number of components.
SIFCOR supports this evolution through its mastery of forged steels, whose inherent strength and ability to accommodate complex geometries help reinforce systems while optimizing their efficiency.
The Group is committed every day to sustainability and social responsibility. It gives concrete form to its ambitions through the action plan deployed by the SIFCOR CSR Committee.
Solutions provided by SIFCOR
Forging expertise serving the strength of lifting and handling systems
Listening to its customers’ needs, SIFCOR leverages all the qualities of forged parts to offer high-performance, reliable product solutions:
- parts that are inherently strong thanks to the grain flow created by the forging process
- easier assembly of forged parts thanks to the weldability of the selected steels,
- a reduction in the number of components thanks to our ability to produce forged parts with complex geometries.
All of the technical solutions provided by SIFCOR for the lifting and handling industry contribute to optimizing onboard components, ensuring lower system costs and, as a result, reducing their environmental footprint.