Following the retirement of Gary Lorenz, 4 point Lift Systems has been sold to a group of long time associates.
05.07.2005
Ashtead has acquired the Southern Florida operations of HSS RentX for approximately $1.7 million,
23.05.2005
Venture capital company, Odyssey, has acquired Neff corp, Americas ninth largest rental company.
11.04.2005
VT Holding A/S the parent company of Denka Lift, the Danish producer of high quality trailer and atrium lifts has purchased the aerial lift business of fellow Danish producer Falck Schmidt.
22.02.2005
HSS the UK based hire shops company, has bought a 25 percent stake in its Spanish Licensee and plans to expand its Access rental fleet.
15.02.2005
In a further consolidation of the German powered access market, Stuttgart based Mateco has announced that it has purchased the Scholpp aerial work platform business.
22.12.2004
Palfinger AG, the Austrian producer of truck loading cranes and access platforms has purchased Bison stematec, one of the leading truck mounted producers in Germany. The company intends to become a leading producer in the truck mounted market.
18.10.2004
Amquip the Philadelphia based crane rental company has teamed up with Albert Bove President of Maxim crane works, which is currently in chapter 11, to take over the assets of that ailing company
04.10.2004
UK rental company Independent Access is shrinking each week as finance companies and manufacturers pull out equipment. The administrator continues to work on a rescue plan.
12.08.2004
JLG and Manitowoc today announced the acquisition by JLG of the Manlift Toucan business, based in Tonneins, France. JLG also confirmed the purchase of the rights to all other Manlift products.
29.03.2004
Crosby Europe has become the first, and only, manufacturer to offer lifting equipment in the UK, which complies with the latest BS EN 13889:2003 standard for forged steel shackles.
26.03.2004
While no one is talking about discussions over the sale of the defunct Manlift assets or the future of the ongoing Manlift Toucan business, Vertikal. Net has it on good authority that we might well soon see a JLG Toucan!.
23.03.2004
The Ashtead Group plc has announced today that it has sold its 15 “profit centre” rental business in Ireland to McCormick Macnaughton, the Irish Caterpillar dealer, for £12.1 million (€17.4 million).
15.01.2004
JLG will be taking over Access Industrie’s aerial work platform rebuild centre in Tonneins, France.
19.12.2003
Manitowoc Crane Group has announced plans to restructure its aerial work platform business to focus solely on mast booms.
15.12.2003
Autogru PM has acquired 100 per cent of the capital of aerial platform manufacturer Oil & Steel.
16.09.2003
JLG has aquired a European telehandler line from Belgium-based firm Etablissements Fadeur.
06.08.2003
JLG has signed an agreement with US-based telehandler producer Textron, which includes the acquisition of its OmniQuip business.
08.07.2003
Select Plant Hire, part of the Laing O’Rourke Group, has acquired Delta Tower Cranes.
23.12.2002
The new owner of Baldwins' mobile cranes is Ainscough crane hire – this gives the company a total fleet size of around 650 Cranes
29.11.2002
Danish platform rental companies Riwal Scandinavia A/S and mateco Liftudlejning A/S have agreed to merge activities under the name and management of Riwal Scandinavia A/S
28.10.2002
Manitowoc has announced that it completed the acquisition of Grove on August 8.
09.08.2002
A new company headed by Christer Dijnér has been formed to take over Kato Cranes in the UK and Kranlyft in Sweden
16.07.2002
What will Fil Filipov do to Demag? Well, a better question might be: “What is Demag doing to Fil Filipov?” Tim Whiteman reports
28.06.2002