Milan based tower crane producer Raimondi, has merged with tower crane rental company S.M.I.E to form the Raimondi - S.I.M.E.Group.
23.03.2006
Butler Capital Partners of Paris, has taken a 70% stake in Accès Industrie, the French access rental company.
08.03.2006
The Lavendon group, Europe’s, largest aerial lift rental company has purchased Kestrel powered access, its second Acquisition in two weeks.
22.02.2006
Arcomet, the Belgian based tower crane company has announced its spending plans for the UK, USA and beyond.
19.12.2005
Leen Stehouwer has purchased Mark van Oosten’s 50% holding in scissor lift producer Omega lift, giving him 100% of the company.
14.12.2005
Tadano is spending $10 million to increase its holding in BQ-Tadano (Beijing) Crane Co Ltd to 50% and Seiji Tadano will take over as president
30.11.2005
JLG has confirmed today that it has completed the purchase of equipment, tooling, and intellectual property of Caterpillar's telehandler product line.
29.11.2005
Stirnimann AG, the Olten based distributor for Grove, Potain and JLG has been purchased by investor Burkhard Lichtner
22.10.2005
Franky Mulliez, the founder of Kiloutou, Frances second largest rental company, has sold 51% of the business to Sagard for €170 million.
21.10.2005
Cramo of Sweden and RK of Finland are to merge, creating Europe’s fifth largest rental company.
20.10.2005
Sunbelt, the American subsidiary of the Ashtead Group has acquired Northridge Equipment, with five locations in California.
18.10.2005
Telehandler manufacturer, Manitou has announced the acquisition of Hangzhou Irisman MH Equipment a producer and distributor of IC powered fork trucks
13.10.2005
Loxam, Frances largest rental company has purchased Alpina, the Rouen based specialist access rental company owned by Patrick Hivet.
25.09.2005
Harsco Corp, the US based parent of SGB and Patent Scaffold, reached agreement yesterday to buy German scaffolding company Hünnebeck
21.09.2005
Ramirent, Finland’s largest rental company, with operations throughout Scandinavia and the “Baltic Ring” has purchased one of the largest rental companies in Hungary, Agentrade.
05.09.2005
HSS Hire has acquired Laois Hire Services of Portlaoise, in the republic of Ireland. Laois operates from three locations with revenues in the region of €6 million.
29.08.2005
The Gamble family has sold Gamble Jarvis Plant Ltd to a group of midlands based investors.
01.08.2005
A.J.Access Platforms has purchased the 130 unit aerial Platform Hire Fleet of Lloyds British Testing plc.
28.07.2005
A.M.P Access, the south west based access rental company, has separated its growing non powered access business into a new company called AMP Access Solutions
14.07.2005
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
The Böcker Group, parent company of Albert Böcker and Robert Böcker, has purchased the passenger and material hoist business of fellow German producer Steinweg.
26.04.2005
Venture capital company, Odyssey, has acquired Neff corp, Americas ninth largest rental company.
11.04.2005
Ainscough the UK’s largest crane hire company has purchased Vanguard Industrial and Alkron export services from administrators KPMG.
10.03.2005
