Trico, the US aerial lift rental company has opened a new location in San Antonio. Its second branch in Texas.
20.07.2009
Hertz's equipment has acquired the assets and rental business of Irving Industrial Rentals. of Saint John, New Brunswick.
JLG has agreed to pay extra compensation to employees after they threatened to explode gas cylinders at its plant in Tonneins, France.
18.07.2009
Paulo Troni, previously with Rent-Up, has taken over Cela, the Italian based aerial lift manufacturer.
Nacanco the Italian aerial lift and telehandler rental company has moved into new premises in Brescia.
The Hire Association Europe has held an opening ceremony for its new headquarters earlier this week.
17.07.2009
Another self erecting tower crane went over this week in Swtizerland, no one was injured.
Two men have died after the roof of a stage being built for a Madonna concert on Sunday was dropped during a tandem lift.
A self erecting tower crane tipped over at a building site in Oetwil Switzerland yesterday there were no injuries.
The latest issue of Cranes&Access is now online and ready to read or download.
16.07.2009
Facelift Access Hire has taken delivery of its 20th, 17 metre truck mounted lift from British based manufacturer Ascendant Access.
Manchester-based specialist access company ‘Higher Access’ has added a key new member of staff to its team.
UK rental company A-Plant has won a preferred supplier contract from Malcolm Construction Services in Scotland.
A 62-year-old man died at Karratha in Western Australia's Pilbara whilst unloading a boom lift.
AJ Access of the UK, has become a PASMA approved training centre, offering mobile access tower training from three locations.
15.07.2009
A Texas district attorney is considering charging employees of American Mastclimbers with homicide.
A mast climber working on a tower block in Wolverhampton, UK, gave two painters a fright when one side of the twin masted dropped around 30 metres...
Spotted by an eagle eyed reader, we assume by the buildings, in London a man with no fear - definitely Death Wish 74.
Finnish based international rental company, Ramirent has negotiated an amendment to its syndicated credit facility agreement.
US Boom truck manufacturer, Manitex has acquired Badger Equipment, the Winona, Minnesota based crane and excavator manufacturer
14.07.2009
German aerial lift rental company Mateco has acquired Kassel and Göttingen based rental company, Kühne Arbeitsbühnen.
The UK government has published a consultation document on its planned national register for tower cranes.
Peter Hird and Sons, the Yorkshire, based mini crane and access rental company has become a fully accredited test centre for the new CPCS training scheme.
Three 250 tonne plus mobile cranes collapsed yesterday in New Delhi while trying to lift the launcher crane which collapsed on Sunday.
