Belgian-based fork truck and access parts supplier TVH has made a cash bid to acquire Lavendon Group - Europe's largest aerial lift rental company. UPDATED with Lavendon response.
03.12.2010
Two men spotted working on trees outside Warrington hospital near Manchester, England - Death Wish?
02.12.2010
Charterfields is organising a sale by public tender of the aerial lift fleet of UK based ES Access Platforms.
Italian based rental company Nacanco has signed a ‘cooperation agreement’ with spider lift manufacturer Teupen.
Finnish based crane group Havator, has acquired Trailer Consult i Östergötland in Sweden.
Two men trimming tree limbs from a platform were injured yesterday when their lift went over in Dorset, UK.
Finnish based Dinolift has appointed two new distributors in Russia, Stertil in Moscow and JSC Transline in St Petersburg.
01.12.2010
A reader spotted a video on YouTube showing a scissor lift used as a mode of transport– is it real or is it staged?
Terex has said that it will restore the 10 percent cut in chief executive Ron DeFeo’s salary from January.
IPAF's UK North West Regional Meeting is still scheduled for 18:00 hours this evening - all are welcome.
Terex has said that its Terex Road building manufacturing facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will provide Genie aftermarket support services for Genie aerial lifts and Terex branded products.
30.11.2010
A window cleaning company in Victoria wrote to us yesterday saying how delighted it is with a new spider lift.
Snorkel has teamed up with Leach Lewis Plant in the UK, to create a new sales and support operaiton -Snorkel UK
Essex crane has completed the acquisition of Coast Crane and will operate it as a seperate business.
29.11.2010
US aerial lift rental company Trico Lift has relocated its facility in Northern Virginia from Gainesville to nearby Manassas.
The chairman of Palfinger’s supervisory board, Alexander Exner will step down next month and be replaced by Dr Alexander Doujak.
UK based rental company Hydrex has ordered 20 Platform Basket RR14EVO rail capable articulated boom lifts.
A man using an aerila lift in Massachusetts was airlifted to hospital yesterday after touching an overhead power line.
Spotted in Zurich airport by a regular reader – a trailer lift being used that breaks most good practice rules.
Swiss based access specialist Rent-it has invested in a number of new lifts and transport equipment.
28.11.2010
The online auction to sell 64 heavy duty Fraco and Scanclimber mastclimbers has been extended until January
North East of England based Warren Access has added a fourth 27 metre Multitel MX 270 to its fleet.
26.11.2010
A man in an aerial lift in the UK - no harness, no cordoning off and working over the top of pedestrians.
25.11.2010 2
Socage has supplied a DA324 platform to the Dubai police department in the UAE.
25.11.2010
