Irish rental company BP Hire (Boom & Platform Hire) has purchased three more Platform Basket spider lifts
10.06.2026
Dutch international heavy lift and transport company Wagenborg Nedlift has taken delivery of a 250t Grove GMK5250XL-1
Turkish rental company Mert Vinç has taken delivery of a 300t LTM 1300-6.4 All Terrain
We have received the sad news that former Grove senior vice president of engineering Gene Gardenhour has died
09.06.2026
The second of several pictorial overviews from last week’s Apex trade show in Maastricht, the Netherlands
Dutch crane and off road tyre supplier Magna Tyres has acquired Belgian company Forrez
Boom and trailer lift manufacturer Niftylift has launched MyNifty, an online support hub that brings together technical documentation and video guidance
Hiab is to acquire Canadian refuse collection vehicle manufacturer Labrie Environmental from Wynnchurch Capital
08.06.2026
Over the next few days we will publish a series of pictorial overviews of the Apex trade show held last week in Maastricht, the Netherlands
Spotted in Kalymnos, Greece, several men re-pointing a wall while balancing precariously on scaffold frames and wooden planks
05.06.2026
IPAF held its annual Women in Powered Access breakfast at Apex this week
German crane & excavator manufacturer Atlas, currently in administration, looks set to be acquired by Buhler Versatile / Turkish group ASKO
A student has died, while another was injured in an incident involving a truck mounted utility platform/bucket truck
Xtreme Telehandlers has appointed MGX Equipment Services as its distributor in Omaha, Nebraska
Lithium battery pack manufacturer BSL Batt has appointed battery industry veteran David Chambers as head of global sales
Truck mounted aerial work platform manufacturer Multitel Pagliero has appointed Luigi Vitaliano as business development manager for Spain
04.06.2026
Zoomlion has signed multi year distribution contract extensions for the Netherlands and Poland with Dutch company Bac
Two men were seriously injured last Wednesday, when the boom of an All Terrain came too close to an overhead power line on B14 highway near Backnang near Stuttgart, Germany
APS has opened Access Platform Service & Repairs (APSR) based at a facility in Middleton, previously part of JLG
A service engineer died in the Melbourne suburb of Laverton North, earlier this week after the platform of the scissor lift, he was working on touched overhead power lines.
03.06.2026
Spanish rental company Grúas Alhambra has taken delivery of two new 120t Grove GMK5120L All Terrain cranes
UK arborist Kent & Sussex Tree Services has taken a 13.5m Socage 14A pickup mounted lift
Loader crane manufacturer Hiab has reported its first quarter results with lower sales and a steep fall in profits
Paraguay maritime company Puerto Seguro Fluvial has taken its second 80t Liebherr FCC 280 fixed cargo crane
