Italian rental company GM Noleggio is adding Maeda mini cranes to its fleet.
01.05.2006
A car sponsored by Pirtek, the hydraulic hose replacement company, wins its first race MSA British Touring Car Championships, last weekend
Deutz, the diesel engine and equipment producer has announced the changes to its board following earlier changes in ownership.
This is the last day for this years big show in Paris, a surprising number of visitors are lining up outside for a holiday weekend. Overall it has been a reasonable show.
29.04.2006
Unic Cranes Europe is planning to market the Unic telescopic loader crane range in Europe.
Jorma Nyssola, Director of Rami-Rent plc, the Finnish based rental company is retiring today after visiting Intermat.
28.04.2006
Lavendon has released its revenues for the first quarter, they show a rise of 16 percent.
Bobcat has unveiled a new 10m lift telehander - the TL35100 - which should be available in the Autumn.
As well as the little Apollo 25.6 compact telehandler, dDieci exhibited another new machine at Intermat – the Pegasus 50.21.
The first telehandler from the global alliance between Caterpillar and JLG can be seen on the Cat stand at Intermat. Appearing just six months after the agreements were signed, Cat is showing a TH330B machine built at JLG’s Maasmechelen facility in Belgium.
We finally have formal confirmation that Martin Davies will join Oil&Steel UK in May.
Sarens, the Belgian based heavy lift specialist took the top ESTA award for excellence in the over 100 tonne category at the annual awards ceremony last night.
The Manitowoc Crane Group has become the one of the first equipment companies to provide information via an audio podcast.
27.04.2006
Many of you have realised that Vertikal.Net was out of action for several hours today, this was due to electrical problems in the region of Switzerland where Vertikal is hosted.
Terex has announced that it has acquired a 50% interest in Chinese truck crane producer Sichuan Changjiang Engineering, the third largest truck crane producer in China.
26.04.2006
Ahead of a major press conference with Ron DeFeo, CEO of Terex Corporation, in which details of a major crane acquisition will be announced, Demag has unveiled details of five new cranes.
Manitou confirmed this morning at Intermat that it is taking legal action against MEC distributors that sell the MEC scissor lifts in Europe.
The Tanfield group has purchased the powered access business of UpRight International Ltd. UPDATED
Manitowoc has reported first quarter crane sales up 33% on 2005 TO $477.5 million, while operating income jumped 151%
25.04.2006
Inverness based crawler crane rental company, Weldex placed a £3.6 million order with Liebherr at Intermat today.
The UK HSE has issued a warning statement following the major scaffold collapse in Milton Keynes two weeks ago.
The Manitowoc group held a major unveiling ceremony this morning to launch a new carrier cab for the Grove GMK range, starting with the 4100, due for launch in September.
Riggers manufacturing has delivered a new 75 ton, pick and carry - Tri Lifter with self loading capability.
24.04.2006
No earth-shattering news to report from the show, at least yet...! But here are a few photos.
