Pon, the largest shareholder in Cramo Plc the merged business of RK and Cramo has sold its 28.4% stake in the business.
03.12.2006
Skylift has appointed Seamus O'Dwyer as its financial controller
28.11.2006
Genie has recruited two new regional sales managers for the UK.
23.11.2006
The CPA/IPAF Powered Access Interest Group in the UK has called an extraordinary meeting to discuss the wearing of harnesses in boom lifts.
21.11.2006
Snorkel is due to open its new scissor lift facility which will triple its current production, within the next 30 days.
20.11.2006
Nationwide Skylift has added six CTE badged Bizzocchi S-15 3.5 tonne truck mounted lifts to its fleet.
16.11.2006
A 2003 Niftylift HR12NDE serial.No 12-10312 fitted with white tyres, was stolen from AJ Access last night
11.11.2006
Spider and truck mounted platform manufacturer Teupen has appointed a new European sales manager
03.11.2006
Easi UpLifts, the international arm of Irish based Height for Hire, has purchased premises near Banbury in central England.
31.10.2006
Powered Access Sales and Service will provide a full harness and adjustable lanyard as standard on all new boom lifts
Late last week we had a number of calls saying that Malcolm Bowers, the well known UK access entrepreneur, planned to start a new business.
30.10.2006
A train struck a boom lift near Melbourne Australia on Friday throwing the operator out of the basket, seriously injuring him.
29.10.2006
Italian scissor and boom producer, Airo, has appointed Profflift of Heimdal, as its distributor for Norway.
19.10.2006
Genie has promoted two members of its sales team to new managerial positions
Following the AFI – UpLift merger Tony Havercroft has been appointed as sales manager for AFI Resale.
18.10.2006
Haulotte is pressing ahead with its two new production facilities in Spain and Romania with production at both plants beginning in January 2007.
13.10.2006
Skylift Hire, the Limerick based aerial lift and telehandler rental company, has extended its deport network to Dublin.
Skylift Hire is sponoring Radio 2FM's CT scanner fundraiser for a local childrens hospital
11.10.2006
JCB has apparently entered the access market, selling JCB branded ladders and folding scaffold bases though its distribution channels.
06.10.2006
Newcastle based telehandler rental company, Geoff Huntley Plant Ltd, has entered the access rental business with 10 Manitou booms.
Terex has appointed a new president of its Aerial Work Platform business, allowing Bob Wilkerson to move to a new role.
04.10.2006
The Access Link, the UK association of independent access rental companies, met yesterday, the first time since the departure of UpLift
29.09.2006
Lavendon has announced a management reshuffle in the UK which includes a change of MD at Nationwide Access.
28.09.2006
Haulotte has issued its detailed first half numbers, with revenues fractionally lower than its trading statement
26.09.2006