H&E Equipment, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, based crane, access and earthmoving sales and rental company, has reported first quarter sales down 24%
06.05.2009
This… our 65th Death Wish feature has to be one of the craziest we have ever seen and apparently resulted in an arrest.
Finnish based international rental company Cramo, has reported first quarter revenues down 15.7% and a loss of €6 million.
A ship bearing four new container cranes has arrived at Great Yarmouth's new Outer Harbour.
Loader crane manufacturer Effer has appointed Domenico Polimeni as its new sales manager.
05.05.2009
Spotted in a northern German town this weekend a man cleaning windows precariously.
Equipment Parts Wholesale has opened its European business today at its new UK sales and warehouse facility in Greenfield, Flintshire.
South West Crane Hire had two trucks with loader cranes stolen from its premises in Exeter, UK, last night – They are in full company livery so should be easy to spot.
Palfinger the loader crane and access company has reported first quarter sales down almost 33% on last year, while posting a €4.7 million loss.
Second quarter profits at Demag Cranes have fallen 50% as orders dropped 43%.
David Galloway is retiring at the end of the month as a non executive director of Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest general rental company.
A 200 ton crawler crane dropped its boom on the building it was working on in Orlando, Florida, yesterday after a cable reportedly snapped.
04.05.2009
Skyjack owner Linamar has reported a 60% fall in first quarter revenues at its industrial division – largely Skyjack.
David Symon former chief executive of Peterhead PLC, Cox Plant, Cox Hire Centres and most recently of Nigg Plant has died.
New York based Bay Crane Service has opened a new branch office in North Haven Connecticut, to serve the Northeast USA.
Strong winds from a tropical storm caused havoc in Singapore, wrecking at least one tower crane.
03.05.2009
Friday May 1 was holiday in most European continental countries while today May 4th is a public holiday in the UK.
Atlantic & Southern Equipment has been appointed as Link Belt crane distributor for Central and Eastern Tennessee.
Hertz Equipment Rental has reported first quarter revenues of $279.5 million a fall of 32% on the same period last year.
The first of Ainscough’s big crawler cranes, a Terex Demag CC2500 ordered last August, is now being prepared for its first job in the UK.
01.05.2009
A Death Wish photo taken in Germany yesterday, is a puzzle over why the operator is doing what he is.
A Telehandler tipped over yesterday at the Midland Safari Park in the UK injuring the operator.
Horizon Reinforcement & Crane Hire of Falkirk, Scotland has taken delivery of a new Tadano Faun ATF220G-5
Aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer JLG has reported second quarter revenues down 69.4% on last year and has booked a loss of $942 million
