IPSthe Telford, UK based supplier of parts and services to the powered access industry has established a new operation in Finland.
02.05.2007
Tony Stokes, previously with UK Platforms, has joined Clements Plant & Tool in Coventry, UK.
The ebay auction for Ruthmanns 10,000th lift closes today, we made an error yesterday, at least 20% will go to the childrens charity, rather than 10% we reported.
Glen Tellock, president of Manitowoc crane has been appointed as president and CEO of the Manitowoc group, taking over from Terry Growcock.
01.05.2007
Bidding for the 10,000th Ruthmann aerial work platform has exceeded €80,000 and will continue on e-bay until Wednesday.
Manitowoc crane has reported its first quarter results for 2007, they show a 43 percent increase in revenues to, $683 million while OI leapt 88%.
30.04.2007
Peter Hird in the UK ordered 20 of the new JLG 1230ES self propelled vertical mast lifts at Bauma
London’s City Lifting made full use of Bauma last week to order cranes for the fleet and to confirm the purchase of the very first Unic 706, to be delivered worldwide.
Limerick based Skylift Hire and JCB have announced a new partnership which will result in a major order from Skylift for JCB telehandlers to convert and expand its telehandler fleet.
Preliminary numbers from last weeks Bauma exhibition indicate a 20% rise in visitor numbers to over 500,000.
We start the week with an apology, last weeks Bauma was so hectic, so busy with its extended hours, that it almost stalled our daily news service.
The JLG Germany team at Bauma took to wearing traditional Bavarian dress, including lederhosen.
Spanish rental company Euroloc has reached an agreement to acquire Spanish aerial lift rental company Nacanco.
Rita Moog, wide of the late Alfons Moog, is to take over as general manager.
29.04.2007
The Aerial work platform division of Terex increased sales by over 19% in the first quarter of 2007.
28.04.2007
Revenues at Terex cranes rose by over 35% to over $500 million for the first quarter 2007.
27.04.2007
Hybrid has completed the CE approval process for its 1030E lightweight self propelled scissor lift.
Ainscough took the top ESTA award for crane jobs up to 100 tonnes for a job on the millennium stadium.
Bauma has been more hectic than ever, with record numbers streaming through the gates. Here is just a fraction of the news we have collected so far.
25.04.2007
Charlie Szews transitional president at JLG announced that a president would be appointed in May from the ranks of JLG management.
The Lavendon Group has purchased the UK’s Largest Van mounted lift rental company, Rise hire
Revenues at Lavendon are up by 52 percent with increases in all markets except France. Germany rose by 150 percent thanks to the Gardemann acquisition last year.
Chuck Martz has been named as CEO of Link Belt Cranes
Workers at Tanfield Engineering Systems, part of the group that owns UpRight powered access have come out on strike over pay.
24.04.2007
