UK specialist crane rental company K-Lift has gone into liquidation following a three week process.
13.01.2012
A man was seriously injured in Calgary on Thursday after he was crushed by a lattice boom section
Manitowoc Crane has added to its sales team in Australia with the appointment of Andy Chambers.
Holger Johan, founder of Powerlift, has joined German based Schipper group to head up its sales efforts.
Italian manufacturer CTE has built a combined aerial lift/loader crane for a fire department in Hong Kong.
12.01.2012
Striking Manitowoc machinists will vote on a modified contract later today and could return by Monday.
The latest Cranes & Access is now online and available to read or download.
Lavendon, Europe’s largest powered access rental company has issued its full year trading statement with revenues up 7%.
John Bittner has been appointed vice president global marketing for Manitowoc Cranes as part of a restructuring.
11.01.2012
A 40 tonne crawler crane has overturned on a redevelopment site in Cairns, Australia
Liebherr is celebrating the shipment of its 100th mobile harbour crane for the African Continent
UK based rental company HSS Hire has opened a new ‘supercentre’ branch in Bristol.
US wholesale rental company Acme has appointed Scott Stewart, a former airline executive, as chief financial officer.
UK based industrial support and contract scaffold specialist Pyeroy, has opened an Aberdeen office
10.01.2012
Terry Philpot a popular character within the UK crane market has passed away after a short illness.
Faber-Com, the Italian based hydraulics and control specialist has appointed Enrico Cantadori as sales manager.
Pasi Uusi-Kuitti, sales director of Finnish based manufacturer Dinolift has resigned and left the company.
UK based rental company Peter Hird & Son has appointed two new directors to the board, Carl Norfolk and John Wilding
Ramirent has been selected as sole rental supplier for the Garpenberg mine expansion in Sweden.
Schreiber Baumaschinen, the Potain crane dealer for northern Germany has sold 15 tower cranes to Zechbau.
Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has appointed Modern Emirates Heavy Equipment as distributor.
In a surprise move, Jonathan Wiseman has left Sup Elefant UK to join Multitel’s UK distributor Access Industries.
09.01.2012
A photo arrived this week of a novel way of gaining access to the underside of a footbridge.
Camillo Vismara of Switzerland has become the first non-British company to gain IPAF Rental+ in Europe.
