Two men were injured yesterday after their scissor lift suffered a structural failure in Mansfield, Connecticut.
28.11.2011
Palfinger is to buy back up to nine percent of its publicly traded shares over the next three years.
Levelling a boom was the subject of a report last week, and here's another, sent in by a reader in the UK.
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Margarete Haase, a director of Deutz, has been voted 'Female Manager of the Year' by FT Deutschland.
25.11.2011
UK based access rental company AFI-Uplift has been awarded ‘Investors In People silver status.
24.11.2011
UK based rental company Hewden has opened a new depot in Southampton, close to the M27 motorway.
The latest issue of Cranes & Access is now on line and available to read or download.
Italian spider lift manufacturer Hinowa has introduced a new automatic RPM control on its 14 to 19m models.
A man died in Lara, Victoria, Australia. yesterday after falling around 13 to 15 metres from an aerial lift.
Bavarian based sales and rental company Josef Siegl has ordered its 1,000 UpRight/Snorkel lift.
German aerial lift producer H.A.B has agreed a partnership with the Rent & Rise division of Acarlar Makíne.
23.11.2011
Visit the Niftylift HQ this month and you will notice an outbreak of hairy top lips among the male employees.
The city of Ryde near Sydney is installing fire sprinklers above the large pool at its Aquatic centre - but how?
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German based rental company Mayer Hubarbeitsbühnen has taken delivery of its first spider lifts.
22.11.2011
Tenerife, Spain - a boom lift spotted last week levelled up on a slope - the method?- definitely dodgy.
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UK based Nationwide Platforms is sponsoring Lutterworth Athletic’s under 17s football (soccer) team.
21.11.2011
Photos from a reader in France show a man working from a platform suspended from a crane – but what a platform!
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Two people are dead and three missing, after a façade scaffold collapsed at a construction site in east China's Anhui province.
20.11.2011
The next Cranes & Access will close shortly so if you are looking to recruit staff, or looking for a job contact us now.
18.11.2011
Zoomlion’s CEO has warned that demand in China has slowed drastically, as it looks for international acquisitions.
A man working on a bridge over a railway was thrown to the ground yesterday morning in Illinois after his lift was hit by a train.
17.11.2011
Safway Services has acquired Ohio based Waco Scaffolding & Equipment, a major US scaffold supplier.
The 5th annual online access SAF-T conference starts today with further sessions over the next 3 weeks.
From time to time we report on a case of ‘bridge bashing’ rarely though are they as extreme as this.
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