Brambles Industrial Services has taken delivery of the UK’s first 100-tonne Sennebogen 6100HD ‘B’ series crawler magnet crane
29.11.2004
BMS and Kran Ringen two of Denmark’s largest crane hirers have merged to create one of Scandinavia’s largest Mobile Crane and Access rental companies.
27.11.2004
Active Rentals in the UK recently supplied a number of aerial work platforms for maintenace work on the UK aviation icon, Concorde.
26.11.2004
The lack of planning is, it is said to be the biggest single cause of accidents when lifting, That includes of course choosing the right machine for the job. Is this the wrong machine or lack of a trained operator?
GT Access, the Bromsgrove based access rental company has emerged as GT Access Ltd, nine weeks after entering voluntary administration.
24.11.2004
The official statistics have been released for Bauma China, the construction equipment show held last week in Shanghai. The number of visitors this year doubled to 50,000
JLG saw sales revenues jump by 44 percent in its first fiscal quarter to the end of October, while profits plunged into the red with an $8.7 million net loss.
23.11.2004
Bauma China closed its doors on Friday with most, if not all, exhibitors declaring that they were very satisfied with the quantity and quality of the visitors this year.
22.11.2004
Bryn Thomas crane hire of Flint in north east Wales, has become the first UK customer for the GMK7450, Grove’s 450 tonne All Terrain crane complete with the Mega wing lift and full luffing jib.
19.11.2004
JLG has appointed Stirnimann AG as its sole distributor for Switzerland, The appointment is effective from today. Stirnimann previously sold Grove and Manlift aerial products
18.11.2004
The 2005 IPAF summit will be held at Whittlebury Hall, next to the Silverstone race track, on Monday May 16th, the day before SED
Manitou the French Rough Terrain forklift and access equipment producer, has reported revenues up by almost 22 percent to €595(£418) million.
17.11.2004
Kors Hoogwerk Systemen BV, The Netherlands distributor for the Denmark-based aerial lift producer Omme Lift, has sold the firm’s 5,000th aerial lift to Dutch cleaning firm, van Roon of S-Gravenhage.
Back in September we warned about mailings from an Austrian company called the Fair Guide, (vertikal.Net Sept 23th) readers tell us that similar notices are being received for the UK, CV Show
16.11.2004
Finning International Inc, the Vancouver based parent of UK hirer, Hewden, has announced its best quarterly profit ever and confirmed a number UK senior management changes.
15.11.2004
The world’s largest crane hirer, Maxim Crane, currently in chapter 11, has gained approval for its plan of reorganisation and managed to put a halt to the marketing programme that was ordered by the judge on October 14th.
Over 700 delegates from Manitou dealers and affiliates around the world attended a two day celebration this week of the production of the companies 200,000th rough terrain forklift.
12.11.2004
DSM demolition contractors of Birmingham,UK, have taken delivery of the first Terex A600C telescopic boom crawler crane in the UK.
Snorkel has appointed a new company within the Milcon group of Holland as its distributor, primarily for the Netherlands, but also for a number of other markets.
11.11.2004
For the German readers among you, or those who like to look at pictures of German cranes and platforms, The latest Kran&Bühne is now on line and available to download. NOTE: The World Wide Auction advertised in the back has been postponed.
A 210ft (70 metre) dock crane collapsed yesterday onto the deck of HMS Invincible in Portsmouth naval base. The load that broke the crane? A Mobile Elevating Work Platform!
10.11.2004
Over 200 delegates attended the first Aerial Platform Safety Conference Last week in Dallas, Texas organized by AWPT inc the American affiliate of IPAF.
Access industry veteran Steve Moody has established a new sales business, Safe 2 Reach based in the English Midlands
09.11.2004
Manitou celebrated the production of its 200,000th machine today with a world wide dealer meeting at which it announced a new Manitou logo and set ambitious targets for expansion.
08.11.2004
