Horizon Platforms of the UK, has invested in its first large delivery truck, a Euro 5 Volvo with Shawtrack body.
01.09.2009
Cumberland Industries has been officially appointed Terex Utilities distributor for the UK, Ireland, Jordan and Iraq.
Haulotte has started to implement changes to Access Rentals, the UK based rental company it purchased in June.
IPS the international parts and service company and German based Powerlift have launched a joint venture online parts service.
31.08.2009
Trad Safety Systems of the UK has taken delivery of its first batch of Monkey Towers for its rental fleet.
Cargotec, owner of Hiab and Kalmar has appointed Lennart Brelin as executive vice president, Americas for the combined businesses.
Faresin the telehandler and building equipment company has reported 2008 revenues up 13%.
Haulotte has published its first half results which show a 61% fall in total revenue. The company has also breached its loan covenants.
30.08.2009
This weekend saw two more accidents on Delhi’s Metro construction sites, including a fatal fall for height and a crane boom collapse.
Meis Baumaschinen of Reken, Germany has introduced a fully self propelled platform attachment for Bobcat telescopic handlers.
29.08.2009
Power Tower has sold the first of its recently launched Nano, push around lifts to Switzerland.
A telecoms engineer working for BT was badly injured in the UK earlier this week, after coming into contact with overhead power lines.
28.08.2009
Bronto has appointed Ian James, previously of APS, as its sales director for the UK and Ireland,
The Lavendon Group has released its first half results with revenues of £114 million, a decline of 7% on last year.
Platformers Days will open its doors later today - here is a small taste of some of the new products on show.
27.08.2009
A man died Wednesday in Queens, New York, after a boom section slipped out of an articulated loader crane striking him in the head.
Swedish based Datek is claiming to be the first radio remote control manufacturer to achieve ISO 14001:2004. environmental certification.
PB Liftechnik will launch a new 11 metre/33ft platform height big deck electric scissor lift at this weeks Platformer Days.
26.08.2009
The 104 metre Bronto HLA104 will make its first appearance at Platformers Days in Germany this weekend
Bruno Fille, executive Vice president and director of Manitou has resigned effective the end of this month.
Manitowoc has been dropped from the S&P 500 after its market capitalisation dropped below $900 million.
25.08.2009
A building site at the University of Queensland in Brisbane was evacuated yesterday after a crane tipped over.
PSE has launched a new website which includes a parts shop with innovative parts identification and purchase options.
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s 5,000 tonne floating crane the Oleg Strashnov was successfully launched on Saturday
