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Manitowoc issue recall notice for Liftlux 260-25

Manitowoc has issued a recall notice for Liftlux 260-25 scissiors in order to check for cracks in the arms The notice calls for an immediate inspection.

03.03.2005

March Kran&Bühne now on line

The March issue of Kran&Bühne is now on line and ready to download or read on line.

03.03.2005

SEV issue product recall

SEV, producer of Aerial branded truck and trailer mounted lifts, now owned by Tanfield, has issued a recall for its AL18ST and AL22ST truck mounted units with octagonal booms. We publish the full draft of the recall notice here.

03.03.2005

Skyjack sales in Germany jump 60 percent

Skyjack has announced that its sales to German speaking markets have jumped by almost 60 percent in the past 12 months.

02.03.2005

HSS buy Hire Plus

HSS the UK’s leading tool hire company has purchased Hire Plus a two outlet business in Surrey. At the same time it has announced a formal agreement to open outlets at 150 ICI Dulux Decorator centres.

01.03.2005

Mitie fined £40,000 for not training

Mitie South East Ltd was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of £30,000 for not training an employee how to operate an aerial Work Platform, after he fell 12 metres.

01.03.2005

Finning achieve record revenues but profits fall

Finning International, parent of Hewden Stuart PLC, achieved record revenues of C$4.1 (£1.7) billion in 2004, an increase of 15 percent. But profits fell by 13 percent to C$115(£49) million.

01.03.2005

Speedy snap up Lloyds British Hire

Speedy Hire has purchased Lloyds British Hire for £3.1 million. The transaction is effective immediately

01.03.2005

Scaffolding firm fined £30,000 for death

Crowe Fabrications Ltd, was fined £30,000 with £12,000 costs for failing to properly plan and assess risks. after a scaffold collapse during dismantling killing one man and injuring another

01.03.2005

O'Flaherty joins Districenter

Rhona O’Flaherty, until three years ago Customer service manager with UpRight International has joined the new UpRight Districenter operation

28.02.2005

Facelift move into the scissor lift market

Facelift the Hickstead based access rental company that specialises in truck mounted and specialist access has made a move into the scissor lift market with the purchase of 30 Skyjack units.

28.02.2005

UK Minium wage to rise to £5.35

The UK minimum wage will rise to £5.05 in October 2005 and then to £5.35 next year.

25.02.2005

JLG First half sales soar by 47 percent

JLG revenues for its first half climbed to a record $660 million an increase of 47 percent on the same period in 2004. Second quarter profits largely compensated for the first quarter loss leaving the company with a small year to date loss.

25.02.2005

Price of UK Safety test halved

The CITB has cut the price it charges for its general Health and Safety test from£35 to £17.50 effective the end of this month.

24.02.2005

Locatelli appoints Hird for UK

Locatelli the Italian crane producer has appointed Peter Hird, the Hull based crane and access company as its distributor for the UK

23.02.2005

UpRight appoint Master Distributor

UpRight International has appointed the newly formed and independently owned Ui Districenter BV, of Dordrecht Holland as its master distributor for Holland and Belgium.

23.02.2005

Brand building tactics for Alimak Hek

The newly named Alimak-Hek held a press conference last week to elaborate on its strategies after “dropping the Intervect name forever”.

23.02.2005

Site Managers win

Three site managers have each won a pair of tickets to a leading Premiership football match - simply for checking the that aerial lift operators on their sites have proof of proper training.

22.02.2005

Denka’s parent buys Falck Schmidt

VT Holding A/S the parent company of Denka Lift, the Danish producer of high quality trailer and atrium lifts has purchased the aerial lift business of fellow Danish producer Falck Schmidt.

22.02.2005

Kestrel sells hoist business

Bristol based Kestrel Access has sold its goods hoist business to Hoist Hire services ltd also based in Bristol.

21.02.2005

Ainscough appointed Vice president ESTA

Ainscough crane hire hosted a meeting of The European Special Transport Association ( E.S.T.A.), earlier this month, during which Martin Ainscough was appointed as a vice president of ESTA.

21.02.2005

The Rental Show 2005

This years Rental show had plnety of news in spite of its proximity to Conexpo also in Las Vegas in mid March. The Vertikal press was there to bring you the highlights

21.02.2005

Cox Plant sold to Managers

Cox Plant Ltd which went into administration at the end of January, has been sold to its previous owners Keith Price and David Symon..

18.02.2005

Scaffolding falls from High rise

Scaffolding, along with lumps of concrete, fell to the ground from the 39th floor of the Beetham tower in Birmingham yesterday, fortunately no one was hurt in the incident.

18.02.2005

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