Production of Peiner tower cranes is to move to the Demag facility in Zweibrücken, Germany and not the Comedil plant in Fontanafredda, Italy as originally stated
30.07.2003
Ainscough called upon the power of its 1000 tonne capacity Liebherr recently to assist in the erection of the UK's tallest wind turbine.
15.07.2003
Bridon Ropes Limited has announced the closure of its wire rope factory in Retford, Nottinghamshire, effective from March 2004.
30.06.2003
The crane divisions of Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sumitomo Heavy Industries have merged to form Hitachi Sumitomo
26.06.2003
Manitowoc Crane Group has opened a 25,000 square metre distribution facility in Breda, The Netherlands
23.06.2003
UK crane hire company Marsh Plant has taken delivery of the last six Tadano TL250E truck cranes
John L Grove, founder of Grove and JLG, has died at the age of 82.
19.06.2003
Nearly 200 mobile and tower crane industry experts descended on the Thistle Tower Hotel, London recently for the Crane Safety 2003 conference. C&A reports
18.06.2003
US-based heavy lift specialist Lampson International has taken delivery of a new Manitowoc Model 18000 crawler crane.
13.06.2003
There was a lot for Intermat visitors to see – full reports will appear later, but here are some first impressions from the Vertikal.net team of reporters.
23.05.2003
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
