Cramo has appointed Erik van Leeuwenstijn as president of Cramo Netherlands and announced new presidents for Cramo Finland and Cramo Latvia.
18.01.2005
Unic Cranes Europe will launch a new 1,000 kg crane which, they claim, will be the worlds smallest, at SMOPYC in Zaragoza, Spain this March.
17.01.2005
UK Forks has promoted its former sales and marketing director Haydn Davies to the positon of divisional director.
The International Powered Access Federation is offering Safety officers the chance to win a pair of tickets to a premiership football match for checking that users of aerial lifts have PAL cards, proving that they have received proper training in the safe use of aerial work platforms.
Volvo Rents has signed a franchising agreement with TE.CO the operator of the Italnolo rental franchises in Italy. There are currently 35 Italnolo outlets across northern Italy.
Veidekke, the Norwegian construction group which until November held 16 percent of Finland’s Ramirent, has liquidated its holding.
Here is a story, which proves that we do not always have our finger on the pulse when it comes to events in the UK access industry, We finally report and congratulate Roger Wickens and Anne James on their not so recent marriage.
16.01.2005
Palfinger delivers its 150,000th crane, a PK 100002 Performance, to Spanish customer Poncal.
14.01.2005
We understand that negotiations are going on between UK platforms and Loxam regarding the purchase of the Ireland Access business by Loxam, while this deal seems to be a fait accompli locally, neither company would confirm the transaction nor comment on it.
Terex, owner of Demag cranes and Genie platforms, has filed fomr 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA disclosing that the accounts for years 2001, 2002 and 2003 contain errors and will need to be restated.
Wumag has delivered its 3,000th truck mounted platform to long time German customer, Schmidt Arbeitsbühnen of Neu Isenburg.
13.01.2005
Nationwide Access has supplied the one of the UK’s tallest scissor lifts to Donkin Roofing for cladding work on a 25-metre high steel framed high bay pallet storage warehouse at Tilbury Docks.
The Construction industry growth statistics from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing managers for December indicate a strong year for 2005, and best of all Commercial Construction shows the strongest pick up.
12.01.2005
HSS has announced the sale of seven of its HSS-RentX branches, effectively breaking up the RentX/HSS business in the USA
11.01.2005
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has confirmed Maxim Crane Works’ plan of reorganisation, clearing the way for the worlds largest crane hire company to emerge from Chapter 11 protection.
10.01.2005
Manitou North America has announced plans to reinforce its sales and marketing team in the USA as part of its plan to increase its market share.
John Gillingham, a veteran of the UK crane industry died suddenly on the 29th December 2004 from a heart attack, he was 73.
A managing director was today sentenced to a 16-month jail sentence for manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, for the death of an employee following a fall due to lack of safe method of work.
Terex Atlas has said that it will be extending production capacity at its German facility in order to meet a recent order from British Telecom for a large number of knuckle boom cranes.
Those of you who have accidentally committed to a payment of €2,700 for an entry in the Fair Guide, can now legally refuse to pay. The Chemnitz Regional Court has confirmed its judgement against Construct Data AG of Austria, the company that sends out the misleading forms.
08.01.2005
After a last minute consultation period the UK’s Health & Safety Executive looks set to recommend that the two metre rule should not be retained as part of the new Work at height Regulations.
07.01.2005
We have been sent a photo of a two year old boy, a victim of the Tsunami who is missing from his parents, no one knows what nationality or who he is, can you please circulate the attached photo or contact the hospital if you recognise him. Many thanks
06.01.2005
BMS has acquired the assets of Swedish crane hire company TP Kranar based in Helsingborg, Southern Sweden. TP has an all Liebherr fleet of five units, three of them over 100 tonnes. The largest being a 200 tonne Liebherr LTM1200.
05.01.2005
UK based Hewden, Europe’s largest rental company, has announced new organisational and management structures as it merges its tool and plant hire businesses.
04.01.2005
