Grove has updated and expanded its line of YardBoss industrial cranes.
01.09.2006
Alfons Moog of underbridge inspection lift producer Moog GmbH, has tragically died in an accident on one of his lifts in France
31.08.2006
Paul Nolan, CEO of HSS and a member of the 2004 Management Buy In team, has been replaced by Chris Davies.
Following its IPO announcement earlier in the week, ACE is now looking at an overseas acquisition
HTC Plant Ltd, has received the HealthSure, Healthy Workplace award in acknowledgment of its on-going commitment to the health and well-being of its employees.
30.08.2006
Gottwald has recently installed its first Generation 5 floating crane in the Port of Amsterdam
A large boom element on a big container crane inexplicably exploded yesterday in Shanghai, Killing two men.
OSHA has said that the failure to deploy outriggers, caused the truck mounted lift accident that killed Carlos Flores of Texas in June.
The Manitowoc Crane Group’s Asian-Pacific operation in Singapore has relocated to new premises.
Hire Association Europe’s managing director, Kevin Minton has announced his intention to step down from the post he has held since March 2003.
29.08.2006
Action Construction Equipment (ACE) which claims to be India's leading mobile crane manufacturer, is hoping to list on the Indian stock market on September 1st.
The two walkers from LTC scaffold hope to reach Cheddar in Somerset this evening.
The Platform Company has opened its first branch in Scotland, the Glasgow location is its 10th branch.
A 51 year old safety inspector was killed on Friday while carrying out an annual inspection on a steam railway crane at the Bodmin and Wenford railway in the UK.
Gotwald has announced the appointment of Mathias Dobner, former chief technical officer as its new chief executive officer, replacing Dirk Kiessling.
28.08.2006
Finnish Rental company RK, has released its first half 2006 numbers, which now includes Cramo and RK following their merger earlier this year.
Maxim crane has agreed to pay the family of Emilio Talavera $3.1 million after he was killed by a falling crane boom extension in 2000.
Here are a few more advance photos of equipment at Platformers days in Germany this weekend.
The High speed internet lines to Platformers days are still down, but here are a few tasters of the news and views from the best ever Platformers.
26.08.2006
Platformer Days the German access industry event opened this morning, with more exhibitors and pre-registered visitors than ever before. But all high speed internet connections are down.
25.08.2006
Scissor lift manufacturers Omega lift and HTN are to be merged into a new company - Omega Platforms PLC. A new 6,000 sqm facility is planned for 2007.
24.08.2006
The managing director of a top 20 UK access rental company has completed the Iron man triathlon
Trevor Chinn and Grant Rogers of LTC, the Plymouth based Scaffold and powered access company, set off on Sunday to walk from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise money for charity.
23.08.2006
A team of 33 scaffolders has raised £5,000 for cancer charities in an unusual manner.
