JLG has purchased the designs and tooling of Caterpillar’s telehandler group for $51.4 million and signed a 20 year agreement to supply Caterpillar dealers with Cat branded telehandlers.
28.10.2005
Manitou is experiencing a record level of order intake in the UK, with orders coming in from both new and existing customers.
26.10.2005
We are currently sending out the forms for the sixth annual Cranes&Access UK/Ireland rental rate survey. The results of which will be published in our November/December issue.
Sir Anthony Bamford and his son Jo today officially opened a new £3 million depot for long time dealer, T C Harrison in South Yorkshire today
Once again Ainscough has supported the ‘ladies Driving Challenge’ in aid of ‘Marie Curie Cancer Care’, this year 49 ladies were let loose on the test track with a crane! The programme has raised £434,000 in the Northern region alone.
25.10.2005
A well meaning site Safety officer caused fear and disruption today on a UK jobsite, all because he had seen, but not properly checked, a piece of misinformation which is circulating via email.
Ramirent, the Finnish based rental company, has acquired the rental business of Alimak Hek Polska, from the Alimak-Hek groupl
24.10.2005
Parker Hannifin, has announced that it has acquired UK based Sterling Hydraulics, for an undisclosed cash sum.
The production of Terex-Peiner tower cranes has been moved from Germany to the Terex plant in Wilmington, Delaware in the USA.
23.10.2005
Stirnimann AG, the Olten based distributor for Grove, Potain and JLG has been purchased by investor Burkhard Lichtner
22.10.2005
Tom Stachurski who until recently headed the Haulotte team in North America, has departed along with a number of other members of the sales team.
21.10.2005
The UK HSE has published its sixth annual Offences and Penalties Report 2004/5. The report is available on line.
Franky Mulliez, the founder of Kiloutou, Frances second largest rental company, has sold 51% of the business to Sagard for €170 million.
Cramo of Sweden and RK of Finland are to merge, creating Europe’s fifth largest rental company.
20.10.2005
Snorkel International has purchased its production facilities in Elwood Kansas from the company’s previous owner, Textron.
SED, the UK’s largest construction equipment show has announced that its new home will be the Rockingham Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.
19.10.2005
Haulotte has released third quarter sales revenues of €84.7 million, 25% up on the same period last year. YTD sales are up 45%
Tony Havercroft is to leave Genie at the end of November, and join UpLift, the Wakefield based access rental company, as sales director
Sunbelt, the American subsidiary of the Ashtead Group has acquired Northridge Equipment, with five locations in California.
18.10.2005
Mister Gru, the Faun dealer for Italy, has launched its own 20 tonne City crane.
Bigge Crane and Rigging has acquired American Heavy Rigging & Hauling Co of Richmond, Virginia,
ABB has won the contract to supply automation and electrical systems for 76 terminal cranes at the new Euromax container terminal in Rotterdam.
Dutchman Peter Van Schaik won the 8th annual Caterpillar Operator Challenge competition earlier this month and declared that the telehandler was the most difficult machine to operate.
Malcolm Wicks, the UK energy minister will announce later today the go ahead for N Powers 26 turbine Little Cheyne Court wind farm on Walland Marsh in Kent.
