Four companies have been fined a total of £90,000 in the UK for a fataility that occurred during the loading of "off hired" rental equipment
07.04.2005
Ian James previously owner of Delta Rentals, the Manlift Toucan dealer for the UK, has joined Access Platform Sales Ltd (APS) as general manager.
06.04.2005
The new general manager for JLG UK is Simon Cracknell, he takes up his new post this week.
05.04.2005
Four months on from the MBI and Independent Access is investing over a million pounds in upgrading the condition of its remaining fleet.
22.03.2005
Haulotte has confirmed the 30 percent increase in revenues reported in January with a 300 percent improvement in operating income, which toped 10 percent while net profit after tax and exceptionals posted a 540 percent increase.
21.03.2005
A new company has been formed to hold the merged Denka lift A/S and Falck Schmidt A/S businesses and will be known as World Lift Industries A/S.
Ward Bushnell, one off the previous owners of Genie, has named the date for his long rumoured departure from the Company.
18.03.2005
JLG Industries, Inc. has announced the price for its upcoming rights issue and increased the volume to five million shares.
13.03.2005
Lynn Pope, a name known to many veterans of the aerial lift industry died unexpectedly on March first aged 59
10.03.2005
David White, formerly Vice President Engineering at UpRight Inc, has joined the team at MEC as head of engineering.
09.03.2005
Loxam Access UK has ordered nine Skyking 125RA Van-mounts, mounted on Iveco 50C13 (5.2t) Vans
08.03.2005
JLG Industries Inc. has announced its intention, “subject to market and other conditions”, to sell 4,700,000 shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering
07.03.2005
The Platform company has purchased over 60 Manitou boom lifts through Russon Access, with a value in excess of £two million.
04.03.2005
JLG revenues for its first half climbed to a record $660 million an increase of 47 percent on the same period in 2004. Second quarter profits largely compensated for the first quarter loss leaving the company with a small year to date loss.
25.02.2005
VT Holding, the parent company of Denka Lift, the Danish producer of high quality trailer and atrium lifts has purchased the aerial lift business of fellow Danish producer Falck Schmidt
22.02.2005
Bristol based Kestrel Access has sold its goods hoist business to Hoist Hire services ltd also based in Bristol.
21.02.2005
This years Rental show had plnety of news in spite of its proximity to Conexpo also in Las Vegas in mid March. The Vertikal press was there to bring you the highlights
The American Rental Associations annual conference and Rental Show will close in Las Vegas today on a positive note, the number of exhibitors, and visitors, was much higher than expected and traffic in the show for the first two days was strong.
17.02.2005
HSS the UK based hire shops company, has bought a 25 percent stake in its Spanish Licensee and plans to expand its Access rental fleet.
15.02.2005
The Wolfe Towermatic launched in the UK last year has begun to take off with orders coming in from tool hire companies.
We interview Søren Jensen, managing director of BMS, one of Northern Europes largest crane and access rental company's. He had a good deal to say, particularly abut the crane rental business.
14.02.2005
Rakentajain Konevuokraamo oyj, (RK), one of Finland’s largest rental company’s has purchase the shares of SÄVE Sp.zoo an access rental company based in Krakow Poland.
08.02.2005
Manitou is announcing today the appointment of Russon Access as the Construction distributor for its ManiAccess range. Effectively this means that Russon will be responsible for selling Manitou boom lifts to UK rental companies.
As reported by Vertikal.Net last October, JLG will launch the first JLG-Liftlux models this spring. The first unit will be displayed at Conexpo in Mid March and is likely to be a 24 metre (80ft) model.
01.02.2005
