Germany’s leading loader crane manufacturer, Atlas Weyhausen, has been bought by a newly formed US company that is being advised by Terex
18.07.2001
US crane manufacturer Manitowoc is actively investigating the possibility of building crawler cranes at newly acquired Potain’s factory in France.
08.07.2001
Four facilities within the Terex group will be closed before the end of the year. At the same time Fil Filipov is moving to become president of newly acquired CMI
02.07.2001
Haulotte is not concerned at news that US manufactureres are now focussing on European markets says Pierre Saubot, chairman of the company
A new type of City Crane is being developed by Liebherr Ehingen which has also released financial figures for last year. These put total sales at 1020 cranes
22.06.2001
UpRight has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection to allow it time to restructure and re-organise
17.06.2001
JLG has simultaneously announced the loss of 635 jobs in the US and the opening of a new facility in Belgium.
The sale of Terex’s Holland Lift and Cork factories to Pinguely Haulotte has been cancelled. Haulotte says that it will develop its own range of large scissor lift platforms
01.06.2001
Skyjack’s first European built scissor lifts built in a Hungarian plant owned by Linamar - the company that is set to acquire 51% of Skyjack’s shares
22.05.2001
The Condor range of self-propelled platforms was discontinued yesterday. Time Manufacturing said that this would allow increased production of its Versalift range
Speaking to Cranes & Access at SED, Gordon Leicester said that the cage capacity and dimensions would prove very popular.
17.05.2001
Grove Worldwide has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection as part of a restructuring process that sees Keystone moving out of the crane industry and a consortium of banks swapping debt for equity. Its European companies are unaffected by the move
08.05.2001
SGB and Mastclimbers have agreed to merge their mast climbing business. The new joint venture will create a company with a fleet of about 500 units
03.05.2001
Tadano Faun is looking for a new UK dealer following Marubeni-Komatsu's decision to pull out of the crane market
27.04.2001
Fil Filipov, the man who created Terex Lifting, has a new job and is looking for “opportunities”. Tim Whiteman reports
130 cranes and a mixture of access equipment went under the hammer at Ritchie Bros’ biggest ever auction of lifting equipment
25.04.2001
Haulotte has acquired the French sales, rental and manufacturing company ABM from owner Alexis Biramian.
23.04.2001
"Bauma-land" is what the local radio called it and the outdoor part of bauma was a site you will never forget - pictures and video clips are available on line
09.04.2001
Munich's fire brigade startled early morning visitors to the bauma exhibition in Munich by lowering personnel onto the top of one of the show's tallest tower cranes
07.04.2001
Around 1,200 units will be built by Liftlux this year says Jean-Yves Bouffault, president of Potain
05.04.2001
A new company with responsibility for selling Aichi booms in Europe has been launched at bauma. Truck mounts will be sold separately through Willenbrock Concept.
News of additional sales for Ruthman's TTS1000 is expected shortly - meanwhile the giant platform is one of the stars of bauma
03.04.2001
A 31 metre scissor lift is one of the surprises on Haulotte's bauma stand
Terex has grown by 37% per annum since 1995 and now claims 36% of the world's lifting market
