Ashtead has made its first Canadian acquisition with Sunbelt Rentals taking over GWG Rentals, for £16 million
15.12.2014
The boom of crawler crane collapsed over the back at a site in Blenheim, New Zealand this morning
14.12.2014
A man proposing to his girlfriend from a man-basket in the Netherlands was lucky to escape with his life today
13.12.2014 3
Canada’s Altalink is taking the first 65 metre Palfinger P650i fully insulated truck mounted lift in N.America
13.12.2014
A mid size truck mounted work platform has overturned in the town of Dawlish in South West UK
13.12.2014 1
The Compact Lifting group of companies has announced a number of new appointments
12.12.2014
A service body crane was called in to rescue two Truant schoolboys yesterday in San Diego, California
Ramirent Finland has taken delivery of five 83ft platform height PB S270-24E 4x4-D heavy duty scissor lifts
Irish access rental company Clerkin Elevation has ordered a 72 metre Ruthmann T720 truck mounted lift.
11.12.2014
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK, has posted strong first half results
10.12.2014
US wholesale rental company US Markets has launched a used equipment business headed by Mike Ferguson
Scottish equipment distributor W. M. Rose & Sons has opened a new depot at East Linton, East Lothian
IPAF has announced a prize draw to celebrate the issuing of the one millionth PAL card.
German crane rental company Wiemann has established a new access rental company in Germany
09.12.2014
Linda Hasenfratz, the chief executive of Linamar - owner of Skyjack - is Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Dutch crane and access rental company Peinemann has launched its elevated platform exit system
A reader from South Africa has sent photos of a boom lift, taken in 2010 with seven men in the platform
09.12.2014 1
Crane and access manufacturer Böcker has confirmed Alexander Böcker will take over as managing director
08.12.2014 1
Dinolift and Reachmaster have concluded a distribution agreement to cover North America,
08.12.2014
Sent from the Netherlands, an idiot using a fork lift to give a scissor lift some extra height
06.12.2014
A reader has sent us a photograph of men working on a Zeppelin airship in the 1930s,
05.12.2014 2
Kevin Parkes chief executive of UK rental company Hewden has announced that he is leaving the company
05.12.2014
Spotted by a reader in London today, a lone man dismantling a gasometer from a large boom lift.
04.12.2014
The UK Legoland, in Windsor, has completed its Christmas tree with the help of aerial work platforms
