Cargotec’s new two business structure is now operational as is a new executive board.
22.01.2010
François Desbriere has taken over from Christian Lajous as manager for access equipment at Manitou.
21.01.2010
The owner of Elite cranes and ex member of Melbourne’s underworld Mick Gatto, is being investigated for assault and coercion.
17.01.2010
Dutch based rental company Workx has appointed Hendrik Jan Molenaar, formerly with Aggreko, as chief executive.
A new company has set up in Manchester, UK, offering lifting and working at height safety equipment
15.01.2010
Kimberly Access the UK powered access rental company has appointed Paul Todd as southern regional director.
The next issue of Cranes & Access is due to go to press, but its not too late to place a job advert.
10.01.2010
Link Belt has appointed Bruce Kabalen as manager, marketing communications.
09.01.2010
Dave Birkhauser of Manitowoc has retired after a life spent in the crane industry.
07.01.2010 2
International replacement parts company IPS, has appointed Matthew Ashby as UK senior account manager.
06.01.2010
Harsco has appointed Paul O’Kelly to head up its European scaffold operations
Hewden, one of the UK’s largest rental companies has restructured its senior management team.
23.12.2009
Tanfield has announced that it is appointing a new chairman to replace Roy Stanley who will step down in January.
22.12.2009
American Crane and Tractor has appointed Lowell Snow as director of strategic accounts.
20.12.2009
German based spider and truck mounted lift manufacturer Teupen, has appointed a new president for its US based subsidiary.
18.12.2009
Terex is restoring its senior executive's 10% pay cut and compensating for loss of perks.
16.12.2009
Two brothers from Scotland have entered the 10,000-mile Mongol Rally in a van mounted aerial lift.
14.12.2009 1
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has elected Chris Towne as its new chairman.
14.12.2009
The UK’s Access Link’s winter meeting, hosted by Nifty lift last week, re-elected Malcolm Bowers as Link chairman.
News has reached us of the passing of Australian access veteran Phil Zeitsch of Ace Scaffolding Services.
Valerio Rampini, previously with Socage, has joined Oil & Steel as an Export area manager.
13.12.2009
A telehandler operator has been jailed for 21 months in the UK for gross negligence, following a fatal accident in 2007.
UK based Rapid Platforms has added a BilJax 45XA self propelled articulated boom to its fleet.
10.12.2009
Kier Plant in the UK has taken delivery of a 70 tonne Kobelco CKE700 for London's Olympic Village
08.12.2009