A 28 year old man died on Monday at the Wild Waves water park in Seattle, Washington, a second man is seriously ill in hospital after their boom lift brushed against power lines.
25.05.2007
Coast Cranes, the Seattle based crane and access rental company has been acquired by Northern Capital Appreciation
Samoter has confirmed its dates for 2011 and 2014
24.05.2007
Speedy Hire one of the UK’s largest rental companies, saw sales rise by 32% in the year to the end of March.
23.05.2007
More from day 2 at SED
After a quiet start SED made a strong rally on Wednesday with better attendance and a high quality turnout.
SED opened to a slow but sunny first day, traffic problems were minimal and there is plenty to see. Here are just a few photos.
22.05.2007
Cramo the Finnish rental company has reported first quarter sales of €107 million, an increase of over 28%
Abnormal Load Engineering has acquired John Gibson Projects, an offshore lifting specialist.
IPS has formed a new business to handle sales of UpRight aerial lifts in the UK as master distributor.
SED opens at 9:00 this morning, Vertikal.Net will be there with our Vertikal Van so do stop and say hello.
UK Platforms, the Haulotte owned powered access rental company, has chosen Insphire as its software supplier.
21.05.2007
Lavendon has announced that over 200 employees will benefit from share option payouts.
Falcon Cranes has issued a statement following several press stories regarding the tower crane collapses in Battersea and Liverpool.
Power Lift UK has been appointed UK distributor for Leader tracked access platforms, which it will market under the Terrain Scout brand.
Ingersoll-Rand has said that it may sell or spin-off Bobcat and its construction-related businesses.
Gardner Denver will unveil an all new telescopic boom lift at SED this week designed for utility and forestry work. We have the first photo.
The Platform Company entered the telehandler market just 12 months ago, and has expanded its fleet to 154 units.
H&E Equipment Services is to acquire J.W. Burress, the Roanoke, Virginia based crane and excavator distributor.
20.05.2007
A 360 ton mobile crane crashed though the street into basements below in downtown Chicago on Saturday disrupting traffic and trains.
Donegal crane manufacturer Mantis Cranes has secured a deal to distribute its self erecting cranes in North America.
18.05.2007
Nationwide spends £2.5 million on Euro 5 truck-mounts in order to reduce CO2 emmissions.
Escorts has signed deals with IHI and Weihai for India.
The Tanfield group has appointed a new non-executive director .