US based crane manufacturer Link-Belt has appointed Bill Stramer and Melvin Porter to its board of directors.
11.03.2011
A Perth court has fined two directors of D&G Cranes $45,000 each and the company $90,000 for a fatal accident in 2007.
Bobcat has announced a new generation of six and seven metre telehandlers, the 3,000kg TL360 and 3,500kg TL470.
10.03.2011
Haulotte has published its final top line results which are roughly in line with its preliminary revenue statement.
10.03.2011 1
A man has died after a crane dropped a concrete panel on him in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada yesterday.
Speedy, the UK’s largest equipment rental company, has secured a two year sole supply agreement with Tesco
Linamar has published its full year 2010 results which state that Skyjack sales jumped 69 percent ytd.
There have been two serious loader crane accidents this week in Austria with a total of three seriously injured
09.03.2011
Genie/Terex AWP has formally opened its Changzhou, China facility, located in a business park near Shanghai.
UK based rental company AFI has ordered 100 units of the new Bravi Lite low-level self-propelled lift.
UK based rental company Horizon Platforms has placed another significant order for new booms and scissor lifts.
09.03.2011 1
Richard Puglia managing director JLG Ibérica has moved to Oshkosh affiliate Jerr-Dan as international sales manager.
Truck mounted lift manufacturer Ruthmann has appointed Volker Klinkisch as area sales manager Eastern Germany.
A reader from the USA has sent us an example of what some riggers will get up to when the right equipment is not to hand.
Finnish based rental company Ramirent has acquired the 40% of OTS Bratislava that it did not already own.
08.03.2011
Hiab and Kalmar owner Cargotec has received approval from its shareholders to re-purchase its own shares.
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One man died and another is seriously injured after a scissor lit went over at a steel mill in Indiana.
Industry veteran Mike Evans will end his long term relationship with UK based rental group Lavendon this summer.
08.03.2011 2
Terex has announced an extended warranty option on Genie self-propelled aerial lifts in the European region.
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt Rentals in the US and A-Plant in the UK has reported a 15% rise in third quarter revenues.
Tanfield associate Smith Electric Vehicles US has completed a private placing, raising $58 million of new equity.
Italian rental company Edocar Noleggi has purchased the first lithium ion powered Hinowa 23.12 -23m spider lift.
07.03.2011
Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the launch of two new luffing-jib cranes.
