The BBC will air a programme on Friday night Feb 22nd where crane drivers claim they are forced into unsafe crane practices on London sites.
21.02.2008
The owner managers of Certex UK have sold the business to Swedish conglomerate Axel Johnson International, which already owns the Certex companies outside of the UK.
Manitou has confirmed its full year revenues, up almost 12% and announced profits down by 3%.
Terex cranes has announced its full year 2007 results, with revenues up 28% and profits up by over 66%.
Terex AWP largely Genie industries, has reported 2007 results with revenues up by almost 12% Profits up 21%.
Janneniska, the Helsinki based truck mounted aerial lift rental company has acquired Stockholm based Nofa.
20.02.2008
Loader crane company Hiab has signed an agreement to acquire 70 percent of the operations of O’Leary’s Material Handling Services in Perth.
Manitowoc cranes has appointed a new executive vice president of for the Asia Pacific region.
We will shortly be closing the recruitment section for Cranes&Access, if you are looking for staff or for a job contact us now.
19.02.2008
A man died yesterday in Pennsylvania when the crane he was working next to touched overhead power lines.
UK equipment rental company Hewden has been nominated for two categories at the British Excellence in Sales and Marketing Awards
AFI, the UK based access rental company, Ainscough and the Specialist Hire Group have all made the Top 100 list of private equity funded companies with the fastest growing profits.
18.02.2008
Speedy Hire the UK’s largest general rental company has issued a positive third quarter trading statement
Vp (Vibroplant) the owner of UK Forks and Hire Station has issued an interim trading statement
JLG has won a $25 million telehandler deal wit the U.S.Navy for 197 MMV units.
Peter Hird and Sons the UK based Crane and access company celebrated 25 years in business this weekend.
17.02.2008
UK based King Lifting has concluded the deal to acquire ACE Crane and Engineering of Gravesend, Kent.
15.02.2008
Manitowoc UK has appointed a new product/customer support manager
Here is a little more coverage and a few more photos from the ARA-Rental show, which is over for another year.
A number of the new JLG 680S boom lifts with 4m platforms are in stock.
14.02.2008
Ready-made concrete building manufacturer Juwel is partnering with Emerson Crane Hire to deliver its range of modular buildings.
The collapsed Forest Hill, South London crane will be dismantled and taken to the HSE's Buxton laboratory.
Hiab has opened a state-of-the-art crane-testing centre at its loader crane production facility in Hudiksvall, Sweden.
Two telehandlers ended up in an unusual position as one toppled into the other in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
