A director of failed scaffold company Embassy scaffold of Rainham has been banned from holding any directorships or management positions for five years.
18.02.2005
We had a number of responses to our Is it a scissor or is it a scaffold? article earlier this week one of which had information on the original Pedal Lift
17.02.2005
The American Rental Associations annual conference and Rental Show will close in Las Vegas today on a positive note, the number of exhibitors, and visitors, was much higher than expected and traffic in the show for the first two days was strong.
HSS the UK based hire shops company, has bought a 25 percent stake in its Spanish Licensee and plans to expand its Access rental fleet.
15.02.2005
The Wolfe Towermatic launched in the UK last year has begun to take off with orders coming in from tool hire companies.
HMF has delivered a go anywhere crane and access platform for an electrical utility following a six year development period.
14.02.2005
We interview Søren Jensen, managing director of BMS, one of Northern Europes largest crane and access rental company's. He had a good deal to say, particularly abut the crane rental business.
HSS/RentX has sold its five depots in Northern California to Cresco Equipment Rentals of Livermore, California.
A tower crane collapsed on a job site at Durrington High School in Worthing, West Sussex, at around 10:30 am this morning killing two workmen.
11.02.2005
An eagle eyed subscriber spotted a novel self propelled access platform in a quiet Aussie town.
Finning, parent company of Hewden Stuart, Has, along with three other CAT dealers, formed a new specialist Pipeline dealership to sell and rent Caterpillar Pipe laying equipment on a worldwide basis.
10.02.2005
Kings scaffold of Liverpool were hit today with a £75,000 fine and £59,000 of costs following a scaffold collapse that seriously injured three workers
Rakentajain Konevuokraamo oyj, (RK), one of Finland’s largest rental company’s has purchase the shares of SÄVE Sp.zoo an access rental company based in Krakow Poland.
08.02.2005
Intervect AB owner of mast climbing and hoist producers Hek and Alimak has announced that it is changing its name to Alimak-Hek..
Manitou is announcing today the appointment of Russon Access as the Construction distributor for its ManiAccess range. Effectively this means that Russon will be responsible for selling Manitou boom lifts to UK rental companies.
The Manitowoc group has released its results for 2004, net sales for the group rose by 25 percent to just under two billion dollars, crane sales jumped by almost 30 percent to $1.25 billion.
Brandon Hire the fast growing UK tool and general rental company and parent of Lifting division Brandon Loadtite. Saw revenues increase by 23 percent and profits by 28 percent in 2004.
The Pfeifer group, the German wire rope producer, has built a new facility for its subsidiary in Shanghai China. The new plant will sell ropes for the elevator and construction machinery industry
Bobcat, producer of compact equipment, including Telehandlers saw revenues rise by 21 percent in 2004, compared to 2003. Bobcat margins and operating income also increased substantially.
06.02.2005
CNH the construction and agricultural equipment producer that includes Case and New Holland telehandlers saw revenues rise to $12.2 billion for 2004, an increase of 14 percent on 2003.
Palfinger, the truck loader crane and aerial lift producer has announced its preliminary results for 2004 with sales of €404 million, up by almost 21 percent on 2003. Earnings grew by over 60 percent.
04.02.2005
GSR in Italy has introduced a new 'up and over' concept with zero tail swing for mounting on its truck- and van-mounted aerial work platform ranges.
Denka lift, the Danish based producer of high quality trailer lifts, has appointed Facelift, the Hickstead based sales and rental company, as a UK distributor for its wide range of access products.
A number of companies have passed on details of some excellent job and business opportunities in the UK Access market. It seems however that the shortage of good people, an eternal problem, is getting worse not better.
03.02.2005
