Ashtead, parent of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK, has reported strong improvements in all three of its divisions for the year ended 30th April 2005
11.07.2005
Wayne A Nicarry, the last remaining founder member of Grove manufacturing Company, died on May 29th aged 85.
08.07.2005
It seems that the charlatans from the fair guide are at it again, this time for APEX.
Union Square in New York, was flooded with strawberry and Kiwi flavoured juice at the end of June, from a rapidly melting 17.5 tonne ice lolly during a tilt up lift by a crane.
A 15 year old sleepwalker was rescued with a truck mounted platform, after being found asleep 40 metres up, on the counterweight of a top slewing tower crane.
06.07.2005
Brandon, the Bristol based general rental company, announced “steady” trading in its first half and announced the acquisition of three new companies with four locations for £900,000.
05.07.2005
David Price, chairman of Lavendon, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company has announced that he will retire and leave the company later this year.
Following the retirement of Gary Lorenz, 4 point Lift Systems has been sold to a group of long time associates.
The Lavendon group, parent of Nationwide, Zooom and Rapid access, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental fleet, has reported first half 2005 revenues down four percent on the same period in 2004.
04.07.2005
Omega lift has launched a new Self propelled scissor lift that defies gravity with a 26.5 metres work height on a chassis only 1.2 metres wide!
Hiab, the lorry loader and tail lift producer has acquired its Finnish crane distributor, Transmachine Oy. The sale is effective July first 2005.
01.07.2005
Pinguely-Haulotte has announced an increase in order intake in the first half of 2005 of 65 percent and has increased its full year forecasts. It has also agreed a new €330 million credit facility.
The Demerger of Hiab, Kalmar and Mac Gregor from the Kone elevator company completed its last phase today.
Lifting Gear Hire, has purchased the Lifting and Testing division of Burgess Engineering Limited, part of the Burgess Group.
30.06.2005
A 44-year-old man was catapulted to his death last week from a boom lift in Barrington, Chicago. Needless to say he was not wearing a harness!
29.06.2005
Dino Lift has bought out the venture capital fund that helped it set up back in 1997, Managing Director Lars-Petter Godenhielm now owns 100% of the business.
Ron Defeo, chairman and CEO of Terex has resigned from the United Rentals board of directors, in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
27.06.2005
The UK HSE has published its full report on the fatal tower crane accident in which three people lost their lives at the HSBC building in Canada square in May 2000.
MVS-Zeppelin has sold the bulk of its tower crane business to Arcomet and agreed an ongoing supply and marketing deal.
Liebherr has sold a new fire brigade version of its LTM 1070-4.1 to the Ulm fire department in Germany. The crane, which was on display at Interschutz 2005 in Hanover, is in as bright a livery as you are likely to see.
Thomas, the Belgian manufacturer of trailer and vehicle mounted lifts, has appointed IPSAM International nv as its new distributor for the Netherlands.
23.06.2005
Bison Palfinger will extend its current range with a new 61 metre working height truck mounted lift at APEX in September.
22.06.2005
JLG has announced an “organizational alignment” that is intended to grow its service operations, diversify its sales outlets and increase the focus on its Six Sigma programme. .
21.06.2005
The use of a unique twin container spreader with fore and aft adjustment to cope with listing, has increased productivity by over 30 percent at the port of Rauma.
