A loader crane smashed into a pedestrian overpass in Sydney today closing an intersection in the business district.
13.12.2007
KR Wind of Denmark, is taking delivery of a new 750 tonne Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boomed mobile crane and has ordered two 600 tonne LR1600 crawler cranes..
Mantis Cranes of Donegal, Ireland is looking at the possibility of setting up a manufacturing base in the USA.
The Elevating Work Platform Association of Australia has issued its 100,000th yellow Trained Operator card.
Construction has started on the new JCB North American service and support centre in Savannah Georgia.
12.12.2007
Manitowoc chairman Terry Growcock has joined the board of SGB parent, Harsco.
The jib of a luffing tower crane buckled and collapsed on a site in Forest Hill,London, yesterday morning.
Terex has acquired a controlling interest in its joint venture, Terex Vectra Equipment, which builds loader-backhoes, skid steer loaders and compaction rollers
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt and A-Plant has reported half year revenues up 24% to £523.5 million ($1.1 billion).
Demag Cranes, the industrial and port crane manufacturer has reported revenues up by almost 10% to over a €billion.
Australian rental company, Instant Access has painted six new scissor lifts pink, a percentage of their revenues will be donated to the NBCF.
TIL - formerly Tractors India - recently produced its 5,00th crane from its Kamarhatty plant.
We are guilty of leaving a most important UK recruitment advert out of the current issue of Cranes&Access due to an oversight.
Manitowoc has given guidance for its fiscal year 2008 which includes a 20% increase in crane sales which could take revenues close to $4 billion.
JLG has relocated its South Australia branch to new purpose built premises in Greenfields, north Adelaide.
11.12.2007
Allan Access is finally shipping its V130 lift on the new 2007 Land Rover Defender chassis with Euro 4 engine.
AFI-Uplift has appointed Richard Saunders as managing director as part of a management restructuring.
New York investment firm SuttonBrook Capital Management has acquired a 5.83 percent stake in United Rentals.
Speedy Hire and HM Prison Service have launched a new plant maintenance rehabilitation scheme.
Texas-based Lewis Equipment Company has placed an order worth $33.9 million for Zoomlion truck cranes.
Two window cleaners fell from the 47th floor of a New York skyscraper when their suspended platform malfunctioned.
10.12.2007
Dutch based rental company Riwal has opened its first location in Kazakhstan, selling and renting aerial lifts, skid steer loaders and portable compressors.
The acquisition of DK Rental Belgium/France by the Lavendon group has been approved at a Lavendon EGM today.
From 2 January 2008 Teupen will launch Service Point - for parts and technical queries.
