News Archive

Upright sells telehandler rights to Volvo

Upright has sold the rights to its telehandler products to Volvo.

19.12.2001

Merry Christmas!

18.12.2001

Tadano Faun appoints new UK distributor

Tadano Faun has revealed that its new distributor for Britain and Ireland will be Cranes UK Ltd.

18.12.2001

Snorkel Europe GmbH closes

Omniquip Textron has decided to close Snorkel’s German operation and is re-organising its European management structure

14.12.2001

Lawson heads up JLG in UK

JLG has revealed that Wayne Lawson has been named to the position of General Manager for the UK/ Developing Markets and European Marketing and Customer Support, reporting to Israel Celli, Vice President of International Sales.

12.12.2001

Kato Cranes (UK) Ltd up for sale

The new owner of Kato Cranes (UK) has told staff that the company is up for sale and that all options will be considered if a buyer cannot be found.

11.12.2001

Fly me to Las Vegas!

Cranes & Access wants to fly you to Conexpo, Las Vegas next year!! Just enter our easy competition and you could be the lucky winner, courtesy of our sponsors Demag Mobile Cranes and Haulotte

04.12.2001

New era for Demag?

Demag's CEO and president Eberhard Kuhn is to leave the company after 36 years.

03.12.2001

First European Tadano platforms in March

European assembled versions of Tadano's Superdeck aerial platform should be ready in March

29.11.2001

Terex purchasing Atlas Weyhausen and Schaeff

Terex will finally purchase Atlas Weyhausen and is also buying the Schaeff Group. The deal follows a complex arangement in which Terex’s Fil Filipov has for the last few months been “advising” the current owners of Atlas Weyhausen, one of Germany’s largest articulated boom crane manufacturers.

29.11.2001

European crawler market = €16m per year

The European market for crawler cranes is currently about €16 million says Tsutomu Kimura, Managing Director of Kobelco in Europe. He estimates that Kobelco has 15 to 20 per cent of the market.

29.11.2001

Mammoet moves to Kuala Lumpur

Mammoet has decided to move it’s Asia Pacific headquarters from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.

29.11.2001

Safety record for Belgian crane company?

Laroy NV, a Flemish crane rental company, has completed 1000 days of accident free operations.

29.11.2001

New Bulgarian dealer for UpRight

UpRight has announced that The RC Group Ltd will take over as the dealer of its scaffold towers and aerial work platforms in Bulgaria.

29.11.2001

First Euro Skyjacks arrive

The first European-built Skyjack scissors were delivered to Skyjack's dutch offices today.

22.11.2001

Demag launches 1,250 tonne CC 8800

Hundreds of heavy lift specialists converged on Demag’s test ground today to see the new 1,250 tonne CC 8800 which was has been rigged for the first time ever

09.11.2001

Vertikal Press wins membership of Germany's IVW

The Vertikal Press has successfully completed an audit by Germany’s IVW organisation and has been accepted for membership of Germany’s leading association of professional publishers.

31.10.2001

Manitowoc Crane Group leadership team is announced

Manitowoc has re-oranised its senior management team to reflect new priorities following the purchase of Potain

30.10.2001

Senior Management changes at Grove Europe

Re-structuring at Grove Europe sees Mike Lamb taking on more responsibility while two senior vice presidents leave the company

25.10.2001

Manitowoc merchandise online

Fans of Manitowoc cranes can now easily order themselves a hat, watch or even a tattoo via the world wide web.

24.10.2001

Hewden moves into the low end of access

Hewden Hire Centres have introduced the ‘Sigmadeck 250’, a low-level mobile access platform, to replace ladders and trestles.

24.10.2001

Mast Climbing safety code finalised

The mast climbing work platform industry is to step up safety with a British Standard code of practice.

24.10.2001

O'Rourke creates UK's biggest tower crane fleet with purchase of Laing

The O’Rourke Group has taken ownership of industry stalwart Laing Construction plc. Laing’s plant operation, EPL, has merged with O’Rourke’s Select Plant Hire to create the largest tower crane fleet in the UK, with 160 towers and about 30 crawlers.

23.10.2001

Grove reorganises Manlift in Europe

All Grove’s Manlift businesses in Europe have been consolidated in a new structure based around Delta Manlift in France.

17.10.2001