Many of you have requested details on the funeral of Bob Wedge who passed away last week they have now been finalised.
22.06.2010
Cranes UK has drawn a grand winner to its test your strength competition at Vertikal Days.
North Carolina based crane rental group Buckner Companies, is purchasing four Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler cranes
21.06.2010
Continental Crane of La Miranda California has acquired the assets of Carde Pacific and merged the two businesses under the Carde Pacific brand.
For those of you who were interested in the final numbers of visitors to Vertikal Days we have the preliminary count.
Palfinger North America has hired Greg Sneek as crane product manager, based in Niagara Falls Canada.
20.06.2010
York Crane Hire of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, UK, has ordered another Tadano Faun ATF 40G-2 .
Here is the first photo gallery from Vertikal Days giving those who could not make it a glimpse of the show.
19.06.2010 2
Here is a round up of just a few of the orders booked at this weeks Vertikal Days, further coverage to follow.
18.06.2010
UK crane veteran Bob Wedge, of Birmingham Crane Hire passed away this week after a long battle with cancer.
18.06.2010 2
The fourth Vertikal Days lifting event got off to a strong start yesterday with visitor numbers well up in the first day last year.
17.06.2010
Vertikal Days the specialist lifting event for the UK and Ireland opens today with dozens of new products.
15.06.2010
Five companies within Spierings Holding, owner of Spierings Kranen, have been placed into administration.
California-based King Crane Service is moving to a larger and more modern facility in San Jose, CA.
Liebherr has already taken 70 orders for its new LTC 1045-3.1 unveiled at Bauma.
With the Vertikal Team heading for Haydock and Vertikal Days the speed of our reporting may suffer somewhat.
13.06.2010
The jib of a self erecting tower crane buckled and fell today on the site of Bunbury Cathedral in Western Australia.
11.06.2010
A fire has destroyed the premises of Tinsley the UK based special crane trailer manufacturer and service company.
The 3,000 tonne Liebherr LR13000 crawler crane has moved a step closer to starting its test programme
10.06.2010
Dutch based heavy trailer manufacturer Nooteboom has appointed a new CEO to take over from Marc de Leeuw.
A number of exhibitors at next weeks Vertikal Days are planning to run simple competitions to add to the fun side of the event.
Spanish crane and access rental company Hune has been taken over by its major lender Banesto.
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer Haulotte has appointed All Canada Crane and Aerials as a new dealer in eastern Canada.
09.06.2010
UK based rental company Hewden is repainting some of its machines with the England colours.
