Palfinger has released its annual report today and says that while revenues were up 14% and profits were down 38% it is optimistic and is raising new funds for expansion.
25.02.2009
Spotted in the UK a man with a boom lift, all the PPE gear and a big pipe.
JCB employee Paul Howard has won a competition for engineering apprentices in Wales.
The jib of a lattice boom crane dropped from a crane on a site in Oklahoma City yesterday.
Crane and hoist manufacturer Street Crane is expanding its Chapel-en-le-Frith facilities.
24.02.2009
A tower crane collapsed yesterday in Heidelberg, Southern Germany, narrowly missing a house.
UK truck mounted rental specialist, AA Access, has taken delivery of its latest 22 metre Ruthmann TB220 truck mounted lifts.
German aerial lift franchise network - System Lift has reported record revenues for 2008
Demag Cranes AG has appointed Aloysius Rauen as the new chairman of the management board
Three men working on a façade scaffold had a lucky escape in Melbourne earlier today when it collapsed into the street.
Terex chief executive Ron Defeo has said that it is reviewing its construction and road building divisions.
The Manitowoc Crane Group says that it will lay-off a further 450 employees at its Shady Grove plant this Friday.
23.02.2009
UK based heavy lift and transport company, Abnormal Load Engineering, has set up a new company - ALE Projects Limited to consolidate its heavy lift and international projects divisions.
UK specialist rental company Rapid Platforms has ordered a number of large truck mounted lifts.
A photo of some builders in Belfast clearing up at the end of the day might bring a smile to your face
Pat Cox the former president of the European Parliament and current affairs presenter will speak at the IPAF summit in Dublin on April 2nd.
22.02.2009
We have been sent a series of photos of a successful rescue from a failed BMU platform in Dubai,
A man died at the MTU engine plant in East Grinstead, UK, on Thursday after he was crushed by a 13 tonne engine.
Owner of UK access rental company GT, Jonathan Till is in the second week of a sponsored moustache growing competition for charity.
21.02.2009
Italian tower crane manufacturer Raimondi has entered administration as it seeks to restructure.
20.02.2009
A reader sent us a photo of a lift carried out in Newark, 50 years ago, can you identify the Mansfield based crane owner?
19.02.2009
This one is unusual, in that it can be argued that the job has been properly planned and is based on sound risk assessments. Maybe not a Death Wish at all - see what you think.
Dutch crane and access rental company, D.Boekestijn has taken delivery of its first Liebherr LTM 1150-6.1, one of nine new Liebherr cranes the company has ordered.
A man was burnt badly yesterday after he hit overhead power lines with the aerial lift he was using in Queensland, Australia.
