Manchester, UK, based rental company, Q-Plant Hire has added six more Kobelco crawler cranes for its fleet.
04.06.2009
The latest Cranes&Access is now on line and available to read or download
Terex has announced that it has completed its latest round of financing, raising around $612 million.
03.06.2009
A couple of men in the UK turned up to carry out some work at height on an NHS ambulance depot, they used scaffold towers but.....
Bert Ooms Transport en Logistiek of Holland, has taken delivery of a custom built enclosed semi trailer for new machine deliveries and demonstrations.
Haulotte has confirmed its purchase of UK rental company, Access Rentals as a going concern and will retain it as a seperate entity.
One man has died while another, suffered serious injuries, after a tower crane collapsed in Tokyo today.
Haulotte has taken over Telford, UK, based Access Rentals following its recent entry into administration.
When Ronaldo's team 'Corinthians' won the Paulista championship in Brazil last month the trophy caught fire causing near panic in a scissor lift that formed part of the celebrations.
Gottwald has appointed Clark Equipment Australia as its distributor in the Australia and New Zealand region, following the retirement of Graham Raneberg
Broderson the Lenexa, Kansas based pick & carry crane specialist, has appointed Cranes UK to distribute its products in the UK and Ireland.
Manitou has announced senior management changes, replacing Marcel Claude Braud as CEO.
02.06.2009
The new Australian Trade Practices Act has come into force and includes an amendment relating to pricing to consumers, which may effect rental companies'
KPMG, the administrators of UK rental company, Access Rentals, is in the closing stages of negotiating a sale of the business as a going concern.
Spotted in St.Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK, yesterday, a man and a riding a forklift to empty rubbish bins into a high sided skip.
Australian crane company, D&G Hoist&Crane Hire is adopting the CraneSafe third party certification scheme, after having bought Vertikon’s fleet in April.
01.06.2009
All Crane Rental (previously known as All Erection) of Columbus, Ohio, has received two safety awards for from the Safety Council of Greater Columbus.
New Zealand based rental company, Hirepool, has appointed Kingi Pikaahu as national manager of the company’s Access division.
The export department of Dubai based Kanoo Machinery, has sold 12 Bobcat telehandlers to Pexi Gulf for re-export.
Skyjack has appointed Surfwood Supply as a VR Telehandler dealer in British Columbia, Canada.
31.05.2009
The owner of the tower crane that collapsed in New York last May, killing two men. was reportedly notified that the slew ring weld might be suspect, well before the accident occurred.
The Bradford depot of Caledonian Access the UK based powered access service and certification company has become an IPAF training centre.
30.05.2009
It is amazing how many photos we receive of not only dangerous work at height practices, but of jobs where an aerial lift would save time and money as well as be safer. Here is one taken yesterday.
29.05.2009
Vp owner of telehandler rental company UK Forks and rental company Hire Station has reported annual results with increases in both revenues and profits.
