Peter Hird the UK access rental company has joined the Access Link
09.12.2006
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Siemens plan to sell their 33.2 percent stake in Demag Cranes worth €245 million.
08.12.2006
Sevcon, the control systems and battery charger manufacturer increased volume by 11% with net income rising by 75%.
Charles L.Szews is the interim president of JLG and responsible for the integration of the company into Oshkosh. So who is he?
07.12.2006
The draft order that clarifies which equipment can use red diesel in the UK was laid before parliament yesterday.
A new 200 page book charting the life of John Grove has been published.
We have had a few calls today from JLG customers regarding our earlier story.
Oshkosh has appointed Charles L. Szews, its executive vice president and chief financial officer, as interim president of JLG.
Bill Lasky is leaving JLG now that the acquisition by Oshkosh has been completed.
06.12.2006
A third tower crane in Bellevue was shut down after a hairline crack was found
Willi Liebherr has received an honorary doctorate from the university Freiburg, Switzerland.
05.12.2006
JCB is planning a new purpose-built factory in Uttoxeter.
As expected, JLG shareholders approved the takeover of the company by Oshkosh truck yesterday.
When fitted with the Max-Er attachment the 400 tonne Manitowoc 16000 can handle up to 174 metres of boom and jib.
A van mounted platform crashed into a low bridge causing rush-hour travel chaos in Jarrow
04.12.2006
We have added a new reader’s poll which we will use to ask a question of the moment every week or two.
Universal Aerial platforms is starting up again as a trading name of Facelift. Steve Mann will run the Brent park location as a stand alone operation.
04.12.2006 1
VP parent of UK Forks the telehandler rental company and Hire station has increased its first half revenues by 29%
JLG has won a further contract with the US military for the refurbishment of ATLAS vehicles and SkyTrak 6000 telehandlers, worth $23.7 million.
Pon, the largest shareholder in Cramo Plc the merged business of RK and Cramo has sold its 28.4% stake in the business.
03.12.2006
Vertikal.Net had 50,000 visitors in November with 1.5 million hits, two all time records.
02.12.2006
Investigations into the fatal tower crane accident in Bellevue, Seattle suggest that the crane was erected over a metre off vertical.
A tower crane is being dismantled today in Seattle after large vertical cracks were discovered in one of its tower sections.
The King group which includes SkyKing, has appointed a new group sales director
01.12.2006
