Palfinger has obtained approval from the Austrian and German anti-trust authorities for the takeover of MBB Liftsystems AG
07.12.2007
German tower crane company Wilbert has shipped its 99th and 100th crane this week.
MT Højgaard has finally sold its remaining 50% holding in Danish crane rental company, BMS ,to the Enggaard family.
06.12.2007
JLG has opened its fourth U.S. ServicePlus Centre in Riverside, California, to provide aftermarket support in California, Nevada and Arizona.
Special access platforms have been designed to carry out maintenance work on the large hammerhead crane in Sydney harbour.
Sharon Winter, founder of Supa Scaffolding, has won the Everywoman Athena Award for outstanding entrepreneurial success.
Peter Frisk the founder Zip-Up Svenska has died of a heart attack at his summer home in Sweden.
Mateco has appointed a new managing director , Hans-Hasso Kersten
Skyjack and AWPT have teamed up to offer free training and information sessions for North American government regulatory bodies.
05.12.2007
GGR Unic has held its first health & safety exhibition for two major contractors, highlighting equipment for material handling.
As we expected, we have received nothing but condemnation of that tower crane counterweight get up we published a few hours ago.
The latest issue of Cranes&Access is now available to read online or download.
The following photo of a tower crane counterweight in Dublin was received today, tell us if you think it is fit for purpose?
Mantis Cranes has taken a 30 percent stake in Cambridge-based company R & R Construction Logistics.
Keep an eye out for a stolen Genie GTH 4017 Telescopic Handler serial number 17371
JLG exhibited its new big deck 68ft straight telescopic boom at SAIE in October
04.12.2007
Tech Ops-Sevcon the supplier of electric motor control systems for aerial lifts and fork trucks has reported annual revenues up 13%
Another big crane with trailing boom had a spectacular crash on an LA freeway yesterday. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt.
Tower crane manufacturer Wolffkran, is to build a new state-of-the-art production facility in Luckau, Brandenburg Germany.
Manitowoc Crane Care has opened its fifth 24 hour contact centre in Zhangjiagang, China.
Steve Shaughnessy, previously with A-Plant, has been appointed as MD of Loxam UK.
The Specialist Hire group, which owns Jardine and Marsden Crane hire was listed as the 94th fastest growing company in Britain.
NSG directors move to Pop-Up Products to concentrate on the push around scissor lifts full time.
Manlift Engineering of Wisconsin is offering a DC power conversion for the Genie Z-60/34.
