Paul Phillips of Tower Cranes consultants is to work with Arcomet, helping it with sales of Potain cranes in the UK.
06.04.2006
The April issue of Cranes&Access is now on line and ready to read or download. If you read German we also have the April May edition of Kran&Bühne on line.
05.04.2006
The driver of a truck and loader crane was jailed for 20 months yesterday following the death of a six year old girl in 2004.
The IPAF summit attracted a record attendance yesterday, here is a preliminary overview.
A Mastclimbing work platform collapsed into a busy Boston street on Monday while being dismantled, killing three people and injuring two.
04.04.2006
We have just learnt of the tragic death of Danya Ahern, the 20 year old daughter of Don Ahern, in a car accident on Friday.
03.04.2006
Ahern rentals of Las Vegas has reported revenues of $204 million a 31.3 percent increase on 2004, thanks to improved utilization and higher rates.
Al Jaber Heavy Lift & Transport of Abu Dhabi, has purchased 40 Hitachi Summitomo crawler cranes, including 13 of the company's 250 tonne SCX2500-2.
United Rentals has finally filed its annual results for 2004 and 2005, following the investigation by the SEC.
02.04.2006
A total of 37,113 visitors checked into Vertikal.Net in March, clocking up 1,037,193 hits, the most ever in a normal month.
Haulotte has confirmed its results for 2005, with revenues marginally better than reported in January and significantly stronger net profits at 11.8%.
01.04.2006
Hickstead UK, based Facelift surprised everyone with the news yesterday that it is has given JLG its second largest European order on record for new aerial lifts.
Ted Bratthauar assumes overall responsibility for American purchasing, David Hardin replaces Ron Schumacher as head of remanufacturing.
31.03.2006
Teupen has informed its customers that the Leo 50, has been cleared to go back to work, following an order it issued at the end of last week to immediately withdraw them from service.
A gang attacked a Securicor van in Ireland yesterday with a telehandler and made off with up to €600,000 in cash.
The European Association of Heavy Haulage, Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) will host its annual awards party and dinner on Wednesday April 26 during Intermat in Paris.
Next Tuesday IPAF is holding its third annual summit, if you have not yet registered it is still possible, but only a few places remain for the evening event.
30.03.2006
Tadano Faun has shown its new 220 tonne, five axle All-Terrain crane, the ATF220G-5 to an international distributors meeting in Lauf.
29.03.2006
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a “reminder” of the dangers of misusing retractable (inertia reel) type fall arresters.
28.03.2006
Ainscough crane hire has ordered 736 Ekman fall protection harnesses from Lloyds British, the UK distributor.
Brandon Hire has accepted a cash offer from Wolseley plc, owner of Hire Centers. The deal is worth around £72 million
Manitowoc has revised its earnings estimates upwards by almost 15 percent, following a strong start to the year.
A man was crushed to death by an aerial work platform last week, after it slipped off of a truck during loading.
27.03.2006
We have received reports of an accident in Belgium that killed two operators through the lack of a harness. If you are using a boom lift this week please wear an harness!
