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Terex buys Demag - "The big one"

Fil Filipov of Terex has masterminded the purchase of Demag Mobile Cranes for a reported US$150 million and is returning to his position as boss of Terex Cranes worldwide

20.05.2002

Sunny, successful SED!

The 36th annual SED ended on a high, in the blazing sunshine of the hottest day this year.

17.05.2002

David Barrass to re-enter crane hire?

David Barrass, former managing director of GWS and PTP is planning a return to the UK crane rental sector. Tim Whiteman reports

15.05.2002

Strike hits Liebherr

Liebherr's mobile crane factory in Ehingen was closed by a strike today

15.05.2002

Millennium buys Liebherr 1045/1

Millennium Lifting, the home-based crane hire firm based in Seabrook, Kent, has bought a Liebherr 1045/1 on the first day of SED.

14.05.2002

SED Update: City Lifting’s latest purchase

An SK5598-AT5 was shipped to City Lifting last week from the factory in Holland, and is the first example of the Spierings five axle self erecting crane in this country. It is displayed in the City Lifting livery on stand 558.

14.05.2002

Sarens buys Baldwin’s 1000 tonner

The 1000 tonne flagship of Baldwins crane fleet has been purchased by Sarens and now forms part of its UK fleet

09.05.2002

Hewden buys 22 Demags

Hewden Crane Hire in the UK is buying 22 Demag cranes in a contract valued at about £5.5 million

09.05.2002

On your Bike!

Still wondering whether to visit SED this year? Take a look at our on-line listing and then decide whether you can afford not to be there. Cranes & Access is on stand 348D and looks forward to meeting as many readers as possible

01.05.2002

Liebherr giant for SED Cranes & Access Village

Liebherr has just announced that it will bring Ainscough's new 500 tonne capacity LTM 1500 to the Cranes & Access Village. This will be the largest mobile crane ever shown at SED

30.04.2002

New President for TADANO FAUN GmbH

Tadano has appointed a new president to run its German operation

26.04.2002

Snorkel ceases US production

Textron Omniquip is halting production at Snorkel’s US factory and firing 200 personnel. The ceasing of production at the Elwood facility brings to an end Snorkel’s US production and leaves the company with its smaller facility in New Zealand. Industry observers see this as a prelude to the sale of Snorkel to a private investor.

26.04.2002

Japanese giants merge

Hitachi and Sumitomo are forming a joint venture which will merge their crawler crane operations.

25.04.2002

Liebherr restructuring

Liebherr is to reorganise its company structure.

12.04.2002

Land Rover teams up with Versalift

Land Rover is planning to sell a range of Versalift platforms mounted on its Defender series of vehicles.

11.04.2002

New maker for Komatsu cabs

Volvo Construction Equipment is to produce cabs for Komatsu.

04.04.2002

Aichi and Wumag co-operate on truck mounted platforms

Wumag of Germany and Aichi of Japan are planning to co-operate in the development of new platforms

28.03.2002

Frans and Jumpin’ Jack

April sees the launch of “Jumpin’ Jack”, the latest addition to the Mammoet fleet of specialist heavy lifting equipment. Speaking to Vertikal.net, Frans van Seumeren, president of Mammoet, revealed the new concept in heavy lift which is designed to allow modern wind turbines to be lifted into place offshore as single units.

28.03.2002

Rentexpo postponed

The Rentexpo show has been postponed until the end of next year.

25.03.2002

Manitowoc buys Grove

Manitowoc has reached an agreement to buy Grove for approximately US$270 million. The deal was announced the evening before the Conexpo show started in Las Vegas and was signed at 15.20 on Monday March 18th. It was greeted with amazement and a host of questions by visitors to the Grove and Manitowoc stands the following day.

22.03.2002

Skyjack change European management

Floris van Dam is no longer managing director of Skyjack in Europe

22.03.2002

Manitowoc acquires Grove

Manitowoc has announced its acquisition of Grove Worldwide.

19.03.2002

The Life of Cranes

What is a crane? How do they get up there? How much does an operator earn? The answers to these and many more questions will be aired in a new BBC Radio 4 series of five programmes to be broadcast this week.

17.03.2002

Prices must go up, warns Ainscough

Open letter to customers warns that high debt, new legislation and low profits mean hire rates will rise.

14.03.2002

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