Haulotte exceeded €500 million in revenues in 2006, an increase of 34 percent on 2005.
23.01.2007
Orlaco the Dutch based crane boom camera company has appointed Cranesafe as its UK distributor.
Maxim Crane works of Pittsburgh has completed its analysis of strategic options.
Fresno based scissor and telehandler company MEC is due to ship its first telehandlers to APAC, its distributor for Australia and New Zealand.
New tower crane regulations are to be introduced in Bahrain.
Airtrax the omni-directional fork-truck maker, has said that it is due to begin testing the prototype of its King Cobra aerial lift.
James Woodward previously CFO or JLG has joined mining company Joy Global
22.01.2007
Following the recent crane collapses and the HSE prohibition notice, Falcon Crane Hire has today issued a statement.
Penny Hydraulics is set to launch a new one tonne crane at the CV show
Safway scaffold the North American scaffold business of Thyssen Krupp is changing its name to ThyssenKrupp Safway.
Irish fencing and scaffolding group Siteserv has reported €2.6 million profits.
Merlo has announced five new smaller ‘Roto’-360° telehandlers replacing the existing K and KS series.
A new tower crane is being erected at Tower 333, in Bellevue, the site of a fatal accident in November 2006.
20.01.2007
Heavy storms in Europe this week have brought at least two tower cranes crashing to the ground.
Merlo UK has appointed two new construction distributors in central and southern England.
19.01.2007
The owners of the bus that crashed into an aerial lift in Manchester in November killing the operator, has had its licence permanently revoked.
The UK Health and Safety Executive has placed a prohibition notice on most tower cranes in Falcon Crane Hire’s fleet after two fatal accidents in less than 15 weeks.
A man was hurt earlier today when a crane fell onto scaffolding.
Youngman has joined the OSEM the system scaffold organisation whose aim is to curb the copying and mixing of scaffold components.
18.01.2007
Firefighters on Humberside have been told that HSE rules forbid them from using step ladders
Konecranes is to start manufacturing straddle carriers
A brand new $3 million yacht was destroyed on Tuesday when the crane lifting it toppled over
New UK legislation that came in this month requires trucks to be fitted with speed limiters, some older vehicles will need to be recalibrated
A tower crane collapsed while being dismantled in Bucharest yesterday killing four erectors and injuring two others.
