Dutch international rental company Boels Verhurr has placed an order for several thousand JLG aerial work platforms
21.01.2026
German sales and rental company Kunze has added a 2.5t BG Lift M250 telescopic spider crane to its fleet
JLG has unveiled a new telehandler concept machine, a 4,500kg/13.2m quad track telehandler
Terex has appointed Namita Jindal as chief AI and data officer
Australia's CICA is to set up a US version of its Crane Safe/Green Sticker programme in partnership with the CCO/NCCCO
20.01.2026
CICA CEO Brandon Hitch will relocate to the USA in May to take up a new role as senior director of CCO Certification.
Australian pick & carry crane manufacturer, Franna, has appointed Peter Koschel as sales director
Spider lift manufacturer Palazzani has appointed Safety Lift as its exclusive distributor for Germany
Italian low level platform manufacturer Bravi has appointed International Platforms as a UK dealer
Stafford Port Cranes and Core Lifting Services are to establish a joint venture to manufacture port cranes in the USA
A man has died after falling from a work platform on late Thursday afternoon in the town of Morciola di Vallefoglia (PU), Italy
19.01.2026
Aerial lift manufacturer Sinoboom has appointed Al Marwan Machinery as distributor for Saudi Arabia
Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe has appointed Takemichi Hirakawa as its new managing director
UK company Horizon Platforms has hosted a mobile work platform safety day at a Marks & Spencer site in London
Austrian cleaning company Schneider Facility has taken a 20m Ruthmann Ecoline RS200 truck mounted lift
A regular visitor spotted the image/flyer below posted on a wall in Waring Street, Belfast and asked: “Can any of your readers offer any insight or explanation to the attached?
16.01.2026 1
One man has died while another was injured in what appears to be an aerial lift entrapment incident on a job site in Hong Kong yesterday
16.01.2026
Alimak has hired Karin Bååthe as executive vice president of its Construction division
UK rental company Wire Cranes has taken delivery of a six tonne Böcker AK48 48m truck mounted crane
Tadano has promoted Tony Mullin to the role of manager for Ireland
16.01.2026 3
Indonesian fertiliser manufacturer PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur has taken a 230t Liebherr LTM 1230-5.1
US material lift manufacturer LiftSmart will give away one of its lifts at the ARA Show in March ion to celebrate its 15th anniversary
Just 24 hours after the fatal crane collapse onto a train yesterday, another launching crane has collapsed onto a busy road in a suburb of Bangkok, killing two people
15.01.2026
Dutch international heavy lift and haulage group Mammoet has added two big Liebherr crawler cranes to its fleet
