The Takeover Panel has ruled that TVH must decide if it will make a firm offer for Lavendon by Feb 8.
12.01.2011
Snorkel has appointed Vibro Tech, a division of Interprima, as its distributor for Romania.
11.01.2011
Manitou and Terex have extended their supply agreement to include Genie slab electric scissors.
Finnish based Cramo has acquired Theisen, giving it new locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary
Ashtead’s US subsidiary, Sunbelt Rentals has acquired Empire scaffolding for $38 million in cash.
Irish based rental company Dromad Hire has purchased a number of Hinowa spider lifts.
10.01.2011
Italian based truck mounted lift manufacturer Isoli, has appointed SHN of Wroclaw as its distributor for Poland.
JLG is launching a new 150ft boom lift, the 1500SJ at Conexpo in March.
The UK Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning regarding the oscillating axle interlock on JLG 400/500RTS models.
07.01.2011
A reader in Texas spotted a scissor lift user working on the edge of a high steel structure.
06.01.2011 1
A tree worker fell around 23 metres from a crane yesterday in Bremerton near Seattle Washington.
UK based AFI-Uplift has purchased 22 Citroën Berlingo vans as part of its carbon footprint reduction plans.
05.01.2011
Terex president Tom Riordan and Terex Cranes president Rick Nichols are leaving the company.
Terex has started shipping Genie parts from its new Eastern distribution centre near Memphis Tennessee.
04.01.2011
A reader using Goggle Earth was amazed when he came across a classic Death Wish caught by the Google cameras.
A utility truck tipped over on a busy intersection in Mesa, Arizona yesterday as it was moved while elevated.
03.01.2011
Spider lift specialist Teupen, has promoted Arjen Snijder to the role of sales director Europe (export)
03.01.2011 2
A photo sent to us from Slovakia shows a truck mounted lift that has collided with an overhead sign.
01.01.2011
The acquisition of Western Australia based Statewide Equipment Hire by Onsite Rental Group has been completed.
30.12.2010
A couple of photos from Tenerife in the Canaries show a man who has no concern for the usual safety rules.
29.12.2010
Crane Care, the UK distributor for HBC Radiomatic has set up a new business HBC-radiomatic UK
28.12.2010
This morning’s mail brought a couple of photographs from a reader in the USA that qualifies as a Death Wish.
Australia's CFMEWA Union has slammed a contractor for work at height abuses in a very public way.
27.12.2010
Vertikal.net is now winding down for the holidays although we will run a skeleton service between Christmas and the New Year.
24.12.2010
