APP Lifting Services supplies lifting tackle such as spreader beamsSwedish investment group Amplex AB has acquired all shares in the British company APP Lifting Services Ltd. APP Lifting Services sells, hires and tests standard lifting tackle as well as designing and fabricating more specialist gear such as spreader beams, offering both standard products and customised solutions. It operates from Doncaster, with a satellite depot in Barking in east London, from where it rents and sells standard lifting products. The Amplex group includes approximately 30 companies with operations mainly within lifting technology and materials handling, workplace safety, and lighting. Henrik Johansson, head of Amplex’s industrial business division, said: “APP Lifting Services has a strong offering and high technical expertise in its market niche, which is customised solutions for heavy lifting.