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.
Michael Kneeland, chief executive of United Rentals will speak at the IPAF Summit in Dublin on April 2nd .
A self erecting tower crane tipped over in Malta earlier this week narrowly missing two nuns and a workman.
Finning, owner of UK rental company Hewden, has reported record annual and quarterly revenues for 2008, although a c$151 million goodwill write-off at Hewden sent profits tumbling.
Nationwide Platforms, the UK’s largest powered access rental company, has successfully gained the Achilles Construction Building Confidence Accreditation.
Ainscough Training Services has moved into new purpose built training facilities in Leyland, Lancashire.
18.02.2009
Erkki Hokkinen, managing director of Dinolift Oy, has resigned, effective immediately, chairman Lars-Petter Godenhielm will assume his duties.
UK crane, telehandler and access rental company, Hewden has won the (BESMA), Sales Team of the Year Award for the second year running.
Liebherr has published the first photos of its new 350 tonne All Terrain crane to be launched at Intermat, the LTM1350-6.1.
JLG has introduced an online training and training management system for its customers dubbed LMS.
17.02.2009
Our latest example, sent from Spain, shows a man working from a loader backhoe bucket, highly inefficient and highly dangerous.
Belgium based aerial lift manufacturer, Sky High, has appointed Grant Plant as its distributor for the UK and Ireland.
Haulotte has posted its preliminary full year results for 2008, they show revenues down 26.7% to €451 million, like for like fourth quarter sales were down 78%
The first week has passed in the charity moustache growing competition and access man Jonathan Till seems to be holding his own.
Two aerial lifts stuck on a roundabout in Hemel Hempstead, UK has caused embarrassment to the local council.
A telehandler toppled over in Lima, Ohio yesterday, hitting power linea causing an outage for almost 3,000 homes.
16.02.2009
