A two axle All Terrain crane and a car collided in Rockingham, UK earlier today causing the crane to roll.
03.11.2009
Birmingham, UK based Platform Hire Ltd has taken delivery of a further 59 scissor lifts from MEC UK.
Dutch based rental company, Machine Verhuur Barneveld (MVB) has added a number of Aichi booms with the new extra wide platforms
Glyn Goodwin is leaving UK based Southern Plant at the end of this month.
02.11.2009
MEC has held its annual pumpkin carving party, with the themes once again being aerial lifts, telehandlers and safety.
Ken McDougall, chief executive of Skyjack has taken on additional responsibilities at parent company Linamar.
CTE UK has appointed a new sales executive
US rental company RSC has reported a 33% fall in third quarter revenues but beats its cash forecasts.
Hertz Equipment Rental has posted a 35% drop in third quarter revenues but the group is upbeat for the year.
United Rentals has reported third quarter revenues down 32%, but managed a small profit for the period.
UK based Mayes Access Platform Services has purchased two Versalift 38NF along with four Transit mounted Versalift 36NF
01.11.2009
Here is our final online report from SAIE with a photo review of some of the key displays adding to our earlier photo reports.
31.10.2009
Tanfield’s US joint venture SEV US Corp, has started production at its Kansas City plant and agreed a development project with AM General for the US Postal Service.
30.10.2009
HSS Hire, is establishing a Laois Hire depot in London that will see a transfer of aerial lifts from Ireland to the UK.
Day two of the SAIE show in Bologna saw visitor numbers pick up compared to day one with organisers claiming similar numbers to 2008.
Merlo has shown a small spider lift at SAIE and is considering entering the mainstream access market.
Manitowoc Crane has reported a 52% drop in third quarter revenues to $479.5 million, but nores that order intake is stabilising.
29.10.2009
Harsco Infrastructure which includes SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent scaffold has reported a 29 percent drop in sales.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based crane rental company AmQuip, has promoted Frank Bardonaro, Jr to chief executive officer
Harsco, owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent scaffold, has entered into a joint venture partnership for the rental of scaffolding,
28.10.2009
UK based Edmolift has launched a compact low-level lift for gaining access through a standard ceiling panel,.
Caught in the act in Wrexham, UK, two men using a truck mounted lift to put up lights in a less than ideal manner.
Blue skies and sunny weather failed to attract the visitors, however there were many new machines on show.
Manitowoc has added a complete range of tower crane courses to the programmes offered at its Shady Grove training centre.
27.10.2009
