Revenues for Terex aerial work platforms, largely Genie, jumped by over 45 percent for the first nine months of 2006, to $1.56 billion.
25.10.2006
Isoli has taken on Versalift for Italy, Oxley is looking at Unic, CTE- Sol.Ge update one year on.
A filter system is to blame for a fire that occurred Tuesday morning at a Manitowoc Cranes training facility
The 42nd SAIE exhibition in Bologna opened today.
The Manitowoc crane group, which includes Grove and Potain, reported sales up 37 percent for the nine months to end September. Operating earnings for the division rose by 240 percent.
Allan Chew a veteran of the Singapore and Malaysian access market has rejoined UpRight after an eight year sojourn with Genie.
The Van Seumeren family has relinquished its majority holding in Mammoet in a deal said to be worth €60 million.
24.10.2006
UK builder’s merchant, Jewson, has placed one of the largest single orders for loader cranes ever in the UK.
Tate Modern in London has used a Nifty 170 to assemble and unusual exhibit
JLG is to put its 100,000th boom lift up for auction, with part of the proceeds going to charity.
23.10.2006
Pfaff silberblau the German based material handling producer and distributor has been acquired by EQT, a Swedish investment fund.
Kobelco is ditching its Wind-turbine Special tag and promoting a range of custom options instead
Cob Stenham, non executive chairman of The Ashtead group, dies suddenly over the weekend.
The Tanfield group, owner of UpRight and Aerial is to raise a further £25 million to fund expansion of its aerial lift division.
Kobelco has completed its four machine 60 tonne crawler crane order to Weldex
The CV and ATS show dates confirmed
Outreach has delivered the first units of its special Aerial lift for drilling derricks and offshore platforms.
22.10.2006
Painters escape serious injury after their platform overturns in Portrush, Northern Ireland
21.10.2006
Morris material handling has opened a new UK Northern region service centre in Stockton on Tees.
20.10.2006
Crane group Sarens, has placed a €2 million order for heavy lift strand jacks with Hydrospex of Holland.
The Tower Crane Interest Group of the CPA has issued a statment following the recent incidents in the UK.
The October issue of Cranes&Access is now on line and available to read or download.
JLG has opened its third Service-Plus location in Kennesaw, Georgia, near Atlanta.
19.10.2006
Italian scissor and boom producer, Airo, has appointed Profflift of Heimdal, as its distributor for Norway.
