The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has sponsored research and offered its full support to Drilling Systems UK for the development of a training simulator for offshore crane operators.
03.04.2003
A major re-organisation of the Manitowoc Crane Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has been announced
28.02.2003
The managing directors of Hewden and Ainscough both change in a dramatic week in UK crane hire
25.02.2003
The HSE has released a discussion paper on the safe use of ‘external’ climbing frames on tower cranes.
17.02.2003
US based crane distribution and rental company Gleason Cranes is shutting its doors after 50 years in business
05.02.2003
Tadano Faun recently honoured the sales performance and celebrated the 25th anniversary of its distributor for Spain, MYCSA Mulder y Co.
19.01.2003
Manitowoc is gearing up its crawler crane sales activities in Europe - two cranes have now arrived in Germany
17.01.2003
Ainscough Crane Hire has announced that ex-Baldwins' director Grant Mitchell is to join the Ainscough board
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
The official deadline for anybody wanting to make an offer for Baldwins has now passed and one of the most prominent offers is from a management buyout team headed by three senior managers writes Tim Whiteman
21.11.2002
Senior management appointments at Manitowoc have, for the first time, included Grove personnel
05.09.2002
Terex is back, and back with a bang. Buying Genie and Demag puts it firmly in the upper reaches of the lifting industry. Tim Whiteman talked to Ron DeFeo, president of Terex Corporation, about his plans
02.09.2002
Baldwins has filed its US subsidiaries under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
28.08.2002
Manitowoc Cranes has closed its Wisconsin factory for one week and temporarily laid off 90 workers
26.08.2002
Manitowoc has announced that it completed the acquisition of Grove on August 8.
09.08.2002
John Wheeler has been appointed Acting President of Grove to allow Jeff Bust to manage the integration of Grove into Manitowoc
02.08.2002
Baldwins Industrial Services has reported a loss of £14.3 million in contrast to the previous year's £5.8 million profit
31.07.2002
Terex Corporation has agreed to buy Genie for $75 million. Senior management at Genie will become part of the Terex management team
22.07.2002
A new management structure to cover all aspects of Terex Cranes has been announced
16.07.2002
A new company headed by Christer Dijnér has been formed to take over Kato Cranes in the UK and Kranlyft in Sweden
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
Robert Giebel has resigned as president of Manitowoc's Crane Group. Glen Tellock, previously CFO, is the new president and CFO of the group which includes Potain and Liftlux
03.06.2002
Compact Truck AG, the German/Swiss manufacturer of hydrostatic powered mobile cranes is considering re-structuring its production facilities
30.05.2002
Fil Filipov of Terex has masterminded the purchase of Demag Mobile Cranes for a reported US$150 million and is returning to his position as boss of Terex Cranes worldwide
20.05.2002
