Palfinger will unveil its latest heavy duty loader crane, the 80 metre/tonne PK85002 at the European Transport Show 2005, in Amsterdam on October 14th.
20.09.2005
David Berwick has become the first winner of Miller Home – UK Forks, Forklift Driver Awards, for his work at a Miller Homes development in Ashbourne.
Ritchie Brothers, the equipment auctioneers will hold an auction in Luton on October 29th
The Elevating Work Platform Association of Australia has formed a telehandler group with the aim of establishing an affiliated association for telehandlers.
Harold Boyanovsky has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of CNH, the Case and New Holland group, following six months in the role on an interim basis.
19.09.2005
Ford has confirmed that it has sold the Hertz Equipment rental division along with the rest of Hertz to a group of private equity companies.
Stephen Williams, the new Chief inspector of Construction at the HSE starts today.
We are embarrassed to admit a significant error in the latest issue of Cranes&Access. The article on page eight refers to Manitowoc’s Crane Credit division teaming up with the Bank of Scotland.
Michael Mills, trading as MB Mills has been fined over £6,500 for a breach of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, even though no accident resulted.
17.09.2005
Holland Lift has delivered a 27 metre, heavy duty Combistar scissor lift, to Bo-Rent, the Dutch general rental company.
16.09.2005
Three companies have been fined for lack of training and lack of planning, following a boom lift accident. The injured operators were not wearing a harness
Teupen will show new version of Leo 50 at APEX next week.
14.09.2005
Michielsens and Van de Weghe, Belgium’s two largest crane and access companies, are to merge their crane fleets
Gil Riley of Unic cranes Europe has given birth to a baby daughter
United Rentals, has appointed Martin E. Welch as interim chief financial officer, effective immediately. This follows the dismissal of President and Chief Financial Officer, John Milne last month
United Rentals has reached agreement in principle with its bondholders concerning the delay in publishing its final accounts for 2004. United will pay a “consent fee” of $16.25 per $1,000 worth of bonds.
The Manitowoc Crane Group has built a new Grove facility in Niella Tanaro, Italy. The new plant will build Rough Terrain cranes.
13.09.2005
The shareholders of Effer Holding, the parent company of Effer lorry loaders and Bizzocchi truck mounted lifts, have reached an agreement with a new Italian investor, Following Effer filing for protection in July.
John Valla the president of Valla s.p.a the Italian crane company, died yesterday in the USA.
Express Reinforcements Limited was fined a total of £75,000 plus almost £11,000 in costs after the counterweight of a crawler crane crushed a man against a steel bench.
12.09.2005
Independent Parts and Service (IPS) has appointed Esther Lawson as its first marketing manager as part of its ongoing expansion.
The British Ladder Manufacturers’ Association is promoting a range of training courses and publications to help meet the new Work at Height Regulations.
11.09.2005
Erich Sennebogen was recently presented with the Keys to (freedom of) the city of Balatonfured in Hungary, in recognition of crane company Sennebogen’s rescue of a large plant in the city.
10.09.2005
As part of the 60th VJ Day celebrations, Hewden, the UK’s largest rental company, hoisted a 4.5 tonne rock into place at the Eden Camp museum in Malton, North Yorkshire.
09.09.2005
