Nearly 200 mobile and tower crane industry experts descended on the Thistle Tower Hotel, London recently for the Crane Safety 2003 conference. C&A reports
18.06.2003
Arcomet has entered into a joint venture in the UK for the districbution of its self-erecting tower cranes.
Kier Plant has taken delivery of the UK’s first Liebherr 160HC-L luffing jib tower crane
US-based heavy lift specialist Lampson International has taken delivery of a new Manitowoc Model 18000 crawler crane.
13.06.2003
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has named its new managing director designate.
06.06.2003
A UK scaffolding firm has been fined a total of £75,000, following a fatal incident at one of its London construction sites.
05.06.2003
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be inspecting construction sites across the UK during the first two weeks of June as part of a Europe-wide, inspection-led campaign to reduce falls from height in construction.
30.05.2003
The Association of Lorry-Loader Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI) has responded to various statements from the Health & Safety Executive to clarify the present situation with regard to the incorporation of stabiliser leg interlocks on loader cranes.
29.05.2003
There was a lot for Intermat visitors to see – full reports will appear later, but here are some first impressions from the Vertikal.net team of reporters.
23.05.2003
Manitowoc has disclosed exclusively to Vertikal.net that a 250 tonne capacity crawler crane will be rolling off its Wilhelmshaven production line by the end of 2003.
15.05.2003
The Vertikal Press' complete guide to all the lifting equipment that matters on display at Intermat this week is now online.
12.05.2003
Two men were killed and three others seriously injured when three tower cranes collapsed on a Dusseldorf construction site.
06.05.2003
SED Hiab/Vertikal Challenge winners announced
02.05.2003
Readers of Vertikal.net can now view the Classified Advertising section, which lists used equipment for sale, as soon as the magazine is posted on-line
27.04.2003
Two brand new crane models were among the many machines on show at Liebherr' recent open day at its Ehingen facility in Germany. Plans to unveil a new compact "city" type crane were also unvelied.
14.04.2003
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has sponsored research and offered its full support to Drilling Systems UK for the development of a training simulator for offshore crane operators.
03.04.2003
The Manitowoc Crane group has gone outside the crane industry to recruit Frans Vanwinkel to the position of Vice President of sales and marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa
27.03.2003
The dangerous quality problems affecting some scissor lifts built by German Standard Lift were known to the company as long ago as 2001 says Gardemann, one of Germany’s largest rental companies
The deadline for The Vertikal Press' Intermat 2003 competition is almost upon us. Here's your last chance!
26.03.2003
German Standard Lift, specialist manufacturer of scissor lifts, has told customers to stop using its scissor lifts on safety grounds. The company has ceased trading
25.03.2003
Hewden has appointed a new "executive team" to replace its previous executive board for 2003.
The Health and Safety Executive has advised all owners of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) made by Access Machines Ltd to check their machines for poor quality welding.
19.03.2003
Lavendon's preliminary results reveal that one of the "approaches" received last year was a tentative MBO
04.03.2003
Lavendon Group has reported a 4 per cent increase in operating profits for its UK business for 2002, despite an overall drop in its profit performance.
