AFI-Uplift has appointed Brian Parker as its first general training manager.
15.03.2007
Liverpool-based winners-access.com has taken the first Wumag WT370.
NMT Crane Hire of Milton Keynes, UK has ordered seven new cranes from Demag and Spierings.
A material supply manager at Hiab in Hudiksvall, Sweden has won the 7th Svenska Monteringspriset (production assembly prize).
A massive rail mounted port crane fell into a dry dock in Canada yesterday killing the operator.
14.03.2007
JCB is previewing the miniscopic - a new concept, compact telehandler.
A management reshuffle is underway at PM group the Italian crane and access company
Four Greenpeace campaigners have climbed the boom of a crawler crane on a barge next to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.
13.03.2007
Manitou has reported a 19% increase in net profits on a 14% increase in revenues.
The annual IPAF summit, AGM and dinner is barely two weeks away.
United has promoted Michael J. Kneeland to the post of executive vice president and chief operating officer. he was previously executive vice president-operations.
Genie has appointed a new sales manager for the Benelux markets.
12.03.2007
Australian Skyreach the acquisitive telehandler and access rental company will trade under the Force Corp banner.
A crane driver had a lucky escape on friday after the rough terrain crane he was operating tipped over in Portsmouth England.
11.03.2007
A tower crane collapsed yesterday while being erected at the Pearl-Qatar development, killing four labourers.
10.03.2007
A 60 metre lattice crane boom and jib failed dramatically yesterday in Grand Junction Colorado.
Alfred Wyss, president of Swiss crane and access company Stirnimann is retiring.
09.03.2007
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and ready to read or download
Peggy Mulligan chief financial officer of Linamar, Skyjack's owner, has resigned for personal reasons and will depart at the end of this month.
Linamar, owner of Skyjack has reported a 5% rise in 2006 revenues while profits remained flat. Skyjack sales and profits rose sharply.
The crane in the fatal accident in Merseyside yesterday was an overhead crane.
How do you paint the highest red nose in the country?
08.03.2007
Europe’s largest rental company, Loxam, has purchased Frances No 3, Laho from Barclays Private Equity. The third time it has been sold in six years.
Genie has appointed Matt Fearon as managing director and vice president of Genie Europe
