Atlas Maschinen, the company owned by Fil Filipov has completed its takeover of Terex Atlas UK.
10.08.2010
UK based A-Plant has won the RoSPA and Severn Trent Water Occupational Health and Safety Award 2010.
Italian platform manufacturer Socage is planning to launch a new spider lift at SAIE later this year.
09.08.2010
Manchester UK-based Higher Access has added to its expanding spider platform fleet.
Finning International has confirmed that it has been appointed as Caterpillar dealer for the Republic of Ireland.
Finnish based international rental company Cramo has reported higher losses on flat first half revenues.
Tanfield, has announced an agreement to consolidate its UK electric vehicle business with SEVUS.
Manitowoc has split its Asia Pacific region in two with John Wheeler heading to Shanghai to head up China.
The 17th annual Plant Hire Investment Report by Catherine Stratton has been published.
August is here and much of Europe is shut down for vacations, some of us at Vertikal.Net are also taking a break.
08.08.2010
First reminder- if you have not already returned your Cranes & Access Top 30 rental cmpany survey forms.
07.08.2010
The number of you promptly returning the survey forms for Vertikal Days has been fantastic as a result we can confirm next years dates.
Louisiana based H&E Equipment has reported large losses but is optimistic that the trend is now upwards.
A reader and eye witness has supplied details and photos of the crane accident in New Zealand earlier this week.
06.08.2010
IPAF has issued a warning over CE approvals/certification carried out by UK based Beide Product Service.
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Santander corporate banking has announced a multi-million pound refinancing deal for AFI-Uplift.
UK based access equipment manufacturer Youngman has appointed a new UK sales director
Hertz Equipment has reported its first half results which show a decline in revenues of just under 10 percent
05.08.2010
US boom truck manufacturer Manitex has booked $5 million of new orders from Canada for shipment this year.
An AT crane toppled into a creek this morning near Auckland, New Zealand, when the ground gave way under its outriggers
William Metts of Taylor Machine Works, the fork truck, reach stacker and manufacturer, passed away on July 17th.
Readers in the UK need to be aware of a fraudulent email that is being sent out purportedly from Revenue and Customs.
04.08.2010
Dr. Georg Sick, chief executive of German based Wacker Neuson has said that he is leaving the company.
After it seemed clear that crane drivers in the UK would not be subject to Drivers CPC regulations, the subject appears to open to interpretation again.