In spite of loosing a lawsuit and incurring the wrath of almost every major exhibition in the World, ‘the Fair Guide’ continues its attempts to trick companies into parting with their money.
24.05.2006
Hiab is launching a handful of truck mounted cranes together with advanced features and increased capacity.
Peri has launched three new access products, including a modular system scaffold and a rail climbing system.
VOSA - Vehicle and Operator Services Agency - is launching a new Mobile Compliance Device (MCD) to improve its targeting of vehicles and operators.
We have had reports today of difficulties in connecting to Vertikal.Net from China. If you are in China you can help us.
Certex UK, the lifting gear and wire rope supplier has announced that it is reorganising its distribution operations in the South West.
23.05.2006
John Deere is to withdraw from the telehandler market and has announced that its Zweibrücken factory in Germany will discontinue the manufacture of telescopic handlers, as of 31 October 2006.
Here is a small selection of photographs from Intermat that we have not used in the news stories we ran during the show or since. (Be warned this is a big file, don't try and read it in a third world hotel room)
A-Plant, the UK general rental company has ordered 60 Pop-Up platforms for immediate delivery. It is planning to place Pop-Ups in all of its locations.
A-Plant has appointed Steve Shaughnessy as managing director of its Specialist Products business, Paul Fereday takes over as managing director of the Plant and Tool Hire business.
Grove is in the process of consulting its staff in the Sunderland area as it considers a move to a new UK location further south.
22.05.2006
We can now confirm categorically what we already knew, that Quigley United Kingdom Ltd ceased trading on May 12th.
Alimak has delivered its 2,000th container crane elevator. The crane elevator business which began in the 1970’s is now a significant business.
The official statistics for Intermat 2006 show a 16% rise in visitors, 45% of them international!
Italian self propelled producer Bravi had a good SED, selling all of the machines on its stand, most of them to Access Plus Scotland.
Over the past few weeks we have had a steady stream calls regarding the failure of Quigley UK Ltd. We have struggled to categorically confirm the situation. Until now.
Aimed at the building sector, Penny Hydraulics has launched the Swing Lift Foldaway 1000.
21.05.2006
Despite the traffic conjestion and poor weather, the general consensus on SED 2006 was favourable. Here are a few more highlights from the show.
20.05.2006
You may have noticed the problems we have had placing information on line this past week or so. It seems we were running into capacity problems. We have therefore expanded our storage space today by a further 25%.
19.05.2006
Mantis Cranes unveiled its new TC25 self-erecting trailer crane at SED hoping to attract the attention of both small and large contractors.
While thousands queued up to get into SED a slightly smaller number of exhibitors and visitors met up in Milton Keynes.
The first models of Kramer's new telehandler range were on show at SED. The brand-new machines have been introduced following well over a year of intensive research and development
Here are a few highlights from day two and three of SED, the UK equipment show.
City Lifting has entered the mini crane market and purchased the 200th Unic crane sold in Europe.
