Manitou has made four new dealer appointments in the UK in Devon and Cornwall, the East Midlands and East Anglia.
19.06.2007
UpRight Powered Access has appointed Martin Connolly as international sales manager.
John Spillings has joined Scottish heavy lift specialist Port Services (Invergordon) as sales director.
We reported last week on a fatal aerial lift accident at Port Headland Australia, we now know that the cause was a rare slew ring failure.
An accident in April that we missed occurred at the Dubai Marina, when water flooded into the foundation excavations of the Infinity tower.
18.06.2007
The counterweight of a mobile crane at Newcastle’s Hancock Museum fell to the ground yesterday seriously injuring a mans legs.
The first Alimak ‘After sales academy’ was held at the end of May in Sweden
Dick Schalekamp Senior the founder of Riwal has been made a Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau. Essential the Dutch equivalent of a knighthood.
A crane driver was killed on Saturday when his mobile crane overturned at the foot of Brindley Mountain, Alabama
Here is a challenge for you to kick off the week, a reader sent in this photo of an access tower, can you spot the errors?
A man was killed after falling out of a JCB front end bucket on the farm of JCB owner, Sir Anthony Bamford.
17.06.2007
Haulotte UK has confirmed the appointment of Phillip James to head up its UK based businesses.
15.06.2007
Newcastle, (UK) based Huntley Plant has added 40 more units to its access fleet
Several of you have pointed out that we missed a fatal tower crane accident at the end of May in Jakarta.
Belgian based tower crane company Arcomet expects fiscal 2007 to be up 12 to 15% on 2006. Manwhile 40% of the business could be up for sale.
The UK HSE has issued a prohibition order on Select plant after finding that the superstructure of the tower crane in the Croydon accident was not attached to anything.
14.06.2007
McCrory Scaffold has used mastclimbers and a hoist to solve a problem in Belfast.
Agricultural tractor manufacturer Landini has entered the telescopic handler market with a nine metre, 3,500kg reversible drive machine.
A tower crane has collapsed at the Boguchany hydro power plant site in Siberia killing four.
Hewden has sold its tool hire business to Speedy Hire for £115 million, roughly equivalent to its net book value.
A couple were released from police custody last night without charge after they were caught having sex on the top of a 30m tower crane
A man thrown from an aerial lift after hitting a power line yesterday survived thanks to his harness.
13.06.2007
We can now bring you more details of the crane accident in Lurgan this weekend.
HSS has confirmed that the business has been acquired by a group of investors headed by ex Asda boss, Archie Norman
