Hyva the Dutch based group that owns Kennis loader cranes has acquired Amco-Veba following approval by the EU anti competition authorities.
02.01.2007
Lavendon has issued its trading statement indication that it will finish the year up 23% on 2005.
20.12.2006
Odewald & Compagnie a Berlin based private equity company has acquired a majority stake in Mateco the second largest powered access rental company in Germany.
19.12.2006
Pon, the largest shareholder in Cramo Plc the merged business of RK and Cramo has sold its 28.4% stake in the business.
03.12.2006
City Lifting, the UK crane hire company, has purchased most of Vanson’s tower crane rental fleet.
29.10.2006
Haulotte has issued its detailed first half numbers, with revenues fractionally lower than its trading statement
26.09.2006
Tanfield first half numbers show strong growth with Aerial Access and Smiths Electric Vehicles.
25.09.2006
Details have now been released concerning the merger of AFI and UpLift which was agreed earlier this week.
13.09.2006
News is just in that AFI, the Wakefield based access rental company, is to merge with UpLift also based in Wakefield
12.09.2006
Finning has sold its UK material handling division to Briggs Equipment. In order to focus on Hewden, Diperk and its UK Caterpillar distribution businesses.
11.09.2006
SafeWorks, the parent of Power Climber and Spider has been sold to Wynnchurch Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm
08.09.2006
The Lavendon Group has published its first half results this morning, which are better than the preliminary numbers it issued in July.
05.09.2006
Tadano has released its first quarter results which show revenues up by 14% leading too profits up by 55%. The company is forecasting that full year revenues will increase by 12%.
22.08.2006
Nations Rent the North American rental company being acquired by Ashtead has reported a significant improvement in profitability.
20.08.2006
Boom Logistics, the rapidly growing publicly traded Australian crane and access rental company has revealed a strong performance for its year end
09.08.2006
A-Plant, the UK rental business of the Ashtead group, is to spend over £32 million to upgrade and expand its powered access fleet.
02.08.2006
Further details on Ashtead's acquisition of NationsRent have been added to the story posted earlier today.
19.07.2006
Ashtead, parent group of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in North America, is in detailed discussions to buy Nations Rent in the USA for $1billion
Ranger Equipment, the Teupen distributor for the UK and Ireland, has launched a finance service.
13.07.2006
A-Plant the UK rental division of the Ashtead group is spending over £80 million this year to renew and expand its fleet.
12.07.2006
Alimak Hek has purchased the rental assets of Conrent, the Australian mast climber business, from Coates Hire Ltd.
11.07.2006
Hirepool the New Zealand general rental company with significant access and telehandler fleets has new owners.
10.07.2006
Lavendon, Europe’s largest powered access rental company, has reported first half revenues up 17% on last year, thanks to improving markets and acquisitions.
05.07.2006
The Lavendon group has made its third major acquisition this year acquiring West country based AMP Access Ltd.
21.06.2006
