JLG is currently going through an extended test and evaluation process for a new micro lift using a telescopic steel box section mast type lift mechanism.
29.07.2006
Further details on Ashtead's acquisition of NationsRent have been added to the story posted earlier today.
19.07.2006
Ashtead, parent group of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in North America, is in detailed discussions to buy Nations Rent in the USA for $1billion
JLG is planning to add four new scale models to its current line up.
14.07.2006
Ranger Equipment, the Teupen distributor for the UK and Ireland, has launched a finance service.
13.07.2006
The Access Link, the UK affiliation of independent regional access rental companies has appointed further new members.
A-Plant the UK rental division of the Ashtead group is spending over £80 million this year to renew and expand its fleet.
12.07.2006
One of the UK’s biggest auctions of mobile cranes, aerial lifts and telehandlers will be held next Sat by Thimbleby&Shoreland.
10.07.2006
Lavendon, Europe’s largest powered access rental company, has reported first half revenues up 17% on last year, thanks to improving markets and acquisitions.
05.07.2006
The UK's Access Link met last week and agreed to part company with AMP, following its takeover by the Lavendon group. Light Hire was appointed to cover South West.
29.06.2006
The Lavendon group has made its third major acquisition this year acquiring West country based AMP Access Ltd.
21.06.2006
In at least the second time in less than two weeks, a man painting the underside of a bridge was thrown to his death after his truck mounted lift was struck by a passing vehicle.
20.06.2006
UpRight has sold 100 of its TM12's to an American rental company.
19.06.2006
Ranger Equipment - UK and Ireland distributor for Teupen has sold its first Leo 50GT machine in the UK.
16.06.2006
Palazzani is formally appointing PASS as its UK/Ireland distributor, cementing a relationship that dates back over 13 years.
08.06.2006
It seems that our coverage of the Flying Carpet truck mounted scissor lift has spurred a number of you to send us other examples.
07.06.2006
Platform Sales and Hire Ltd has launched a new vehicle mounted scissor lift, dubbed the Flying Carpet.
05.06.2006
MEC Europe has appointed H.A.B. Service Centre GmbH as a dealer in Germany.
02.06.2006
Neff Corp, the Miami based rental company, completed a regulatory filing on Friday to float the company, barely a year after it was purchased by a private equity firm.
01.06.2006
NES Rentals, one of the world’s largest aerial lift rental companies is to be acquired by Diamond Castle Holdings, a New York based private equity company for $850 million.
28.05.2006
Eve Trakway has purchased seven new Volvo trucks with Atlas loader cranes.
26.05.2006
3B6 has been acquired by the Cobo group an Italian off-highway electronics and drive component producer.
24.05.2006
JLG has released its results for the first nine months of its fiscal year, revenues for the period were up by 37 percent to $1.6 billion. Profits more than quadrupled to $101 million.
Peri has launched three new access products, including a modular system scaffold and a rail climbing system.
