Manitowoc Cranes has appointed Ingo Schiller as senior vice president of worldwide marketing,
17.08.2010
Manitowoc has announced that it has commissioned a 1:50th scale model of its new 31000 crawler crane.
16.08.2010
A small crawler crane ended up in a canal on Marco Island Florida yesterday after the barge it was sitting on sunk.
Cramo has acquired Hego Maskinutleie from Nordic Crane and signed a five year supply agreement.
13.08.2010
Australian based crane and access company Boom Logistics has reported its full year results to the end of June.
12.08.2010
Bernard Hunter, owner of Bernard Hunter Crane Hire in Scotland has died following a heart attack.
12.08.2010 2
US based boom truck and fork truck manufacturer Manitex has reported a strong improvement in its first half results.
11.08.2010
Loader crane and truck mounted lift manufacturer Palfinger has reported a strong improvement for the first half.
Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has reported its first half results, showing a small profit for the period while revenues picked up pace in the second quarter.
Atlas Maschinen, the company owned by Fil Filipov has completed its takeover of Terex Atlas UK.
10.08.2010
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has more than 75 cranes so far on the ticket for its unreserved public auction at its site in Houston, Texas on August 26th and 27th.
Finning International has confirmed that it has been appointed as Caterpillar dealer for the Republic of Ireland.
09.08.2010
Manitowoc has split its Asia Pacific region in two with John Wheeler heading to Shanghai to head up China.
The 17th annual Plant Hire Investment Report by Catherine Stratton has been published.
August is here and much of Europe is shut down for vacations, some of us at Vertikal.Net are also taking a break.
08.08.2010
First reminder- if you have not already returned your Cranes & Access Top 30 rental cmpany survey forms.
07.08.2010
The number of you promptly returning the survey forms for Vertikal Days has been fantastic as a result we can confirm next years dates.
Louisiana based H&E Equipment has reported large losses but is optimistic that the trend is now upwards.
A reader and eye witness has supplied details and photos of the crane accident in New Zealand earlier this week.
06.08.2010
IPAF has issued a warning over CE approvals/certification carried out by UK based Beide Product Service.
06.08.2010 1
US boom truck manufacturer Manitex has booked $5 million of new orders from Canada for shipment this year.
05.08.2010
An AT crane toppled into a creek this morning near Auckland, New Zealand, when the ground gave way under its outriggers
William Metts of Taylor Machine Works, the fork truck, reach stacker and manufacturer, passed away on July 17th.
After it seemed clear that crane drivers in the UK would not be subject to Drivers CPC regulations, the subject appears to open to interpretation again.
04.08.2010
