China has scrapped the Renminbi's peg to the U.S. dollar today as part of a move towards allowing it to float freely.
21.07.2005
Powered Access Sales and Service has sold four Palazzani Ragno TSJ38 spider type lifts for construction of the new Heathrow Terminal five.
Versalift has won the three year contract to Supply Irelands ESB with 75 insulated van mounted lifts, along with a 30 unit order from Eircom.
20.07.2005
A teenager climbed up a crane at Rock Ferry in Birkenhead then fell to his death in an apparent suicide yesterday.
JCB is to hold a massive celebration to mark its 60th anniversary in September, the event is open to the public for a small charge.
JCB has acquired Vibromax compaction equipment GmbH. of Gatersleben near Leipzig, the company will be known as JCB Vibromax.
19.07.2005
Dale Heefner, a test employee at the Grove plant in Shady Grove, PA, suffered a fatal fall on Saturday, while testing a crane.
The Samuel Tabas Family Foundation of Philadelphia, seeks a home for a 45+ year old 55-ton Bay City truck crane.
Active Rentals, one of the fastest growing powered access companies in Scotland, has ordered 36 more Genie Booms and Scissors.
A group of teenagers in Teignmouth, Devon have adopted a new sport, climbing dockside cranes in order to jump or dive into the water below.
Genie has launched a stretched version of the popular Z45/25JRT articulated boom. Designated the Z-51/30J RT, the new model offers an extra 1.8m of height and 1.5m of outreach.
18.07.2005
Facelift, the Hickstead based hire company has purchased 10 further Haulotte HA16SPX self-propelled booms.
17.07.2005
United Rentals, Inc. the worlds largest rental company and operator of the largest aerial lift fleet, has issued a statement saying that president and CFO, John Milne has failed to perform his duties and threatened him with termination.
15.07.2005
A Genie GR15 Runabout Serial no 5130, only one week old, was stolen from a building in Blantyre, Glasgow on the night of Friday July first.
A transport company based in Brisbane Australia has been fined A$40,000 for the death of a motorist, killed when a crane fell off the back of one of its trucks.
AFI has moved its East midlands depot from West Hallam to larger premises in Breaston, close to the M1.
14.07.2005
Matermaco, the Belgian distribution company that handles, Haulotte, Komatsu and Kubota, has been sold by its parent, the Atenor Group to the Dutch based Mechan Group,
A.M.P Access, the south west based access rental company, has separated its growing non powered access business into a new company called AMP Access Solutions
Palfinger has won an order from a Romanian DIY supermarket chain for 40 PK18500 Performance cranes, complete with crane forks
13.07.2005
Kestrel Powered Access Ltd of Bristol, believes it is now the largest access hire business working out of a single UK depot, following the addition of 10 new Niftylift booms.
A funeral director was recently faced with the challenge of burying Britain’s heaviest man. A JCB Telehandler played a key role in the burial.
Panther Platform Rentals has spent £1 million with Skyjack to equip its new Haydock depot in the North West of the UK.
The first consignment of Snorkel scissors and booms arrived last week at Omniconstruct-Europe, its new distributor in Holland.
12.07.2005
The USA’S National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work have launched today a new joint OSH website.
11.07.2005
