Scott McCall has moved from Nationwide Access to Gardner Denver, where he will be National (UK) sales Manager for Access, highway and utility products.
10.05.2006
Lloyds British Testing, has acquired Rota Handling of Dudley, a lifting and handling solutions provider to steel, water, rail, aerospace and construction industries.
Lord Hunt, UK minister of health and safety, thanked the member's of the Access Industry Forum at its conference today, for its efforts to improve the safety of people working at height.
The May issue of Cranes &Access, our largest ever, is now on line and available to download or read on line.
Doyle Construction of Welwyn Garden City and Herts and Exterior International of London, were fined £350,000 following a fatal lifting accident.
09.05.2006
Century city saw its second tower crane helicopter rescue in three months, when a driver was rescued on Sunday from the same crane.
Crane man Don Dymond has died after a long struggle with ill health, His funeral will be held on Thursday.
Tower crane producer, Jost has agreed a deal with Kranenbouw to assemble and market its tower cranes in the Netherlands.
08.05.2006
Moffett Engineering, the leading producer of truck-mounted forklifts, has opened its new facility in Dundalk, county Louth.
Aichi has opened a new HQ for North America in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
07.05.2006
The Gehl Company has announced a $6.5 million investment to increase its telehandler production.
The aerial platform division of Terex, saw revenues increase by almost 49% for the first quarter of 2006, operating income jumped by 275%.
05.05.2006
Terex cranes saw revenues rise by 215 in the first quarter of 2006, with operating income jumping by almost 75%
Fast growing Spanish rental company, GAM has confirmed a €50 million order it agreed with JLG last week.
Tanfield has appointed Richard Tindale to the post of product and business development manager for its access division, which now includes UpRight.
04.05.2006
SkyKing access, part of King Highway products will be the new distributor for Skyhigh aerial lifts.
03.05.2006
John Heywood has retired as a non-executive director of the Lavendon group, he is replaced by David Hollywood, a chartered accountant.
Trojan Battery is to build a fourth production facility, a 13,000 sqm plant in Georgia.
SGB is set to acquire Cleton, the Dutch based industrial services and scaffolding arm of Cape Industrial services from the UK.
02.05.2006
Italian rental company GM Noleggio is adding Maeda mini cranes to its fleet.
01.05.2006
A car sponsored by Pirtek, the hydraulic hose replacement company, wins its first race MSA British Touring Car Championships, last weekend
Deutz, the diesel engine and equipment producer has announced the changes to its board following earlier changes in ownership.
This is the last day for this years big show in Paris, a surprising number of visitors are lining up outside for a holiday weekend. Overall it has been a reasonable show.
29.04.2006
Unic Cranes Europe is planning to market the Unic telescopic loader crane range in Europe.
