The Bologna-based knuckle boom crane producer, Effer, has announced an 18-percent year-on-year sales increase in 2004.
20.01.2005
The first of the new Terex-Demag 55 tonne AC55 City cranes have arrived in the UK.
McDermott Bros, was fined £150,000 yesterday after a man died following a fall at work. The HSE issue a statement on Harnesses and the use of Proper work platforms.
19.01.2005
Manitowoc has announced that it will break ground next month on a new crane production plant in China, twice the size of its current Potain facility.
A group of 40 Crane people from Sweden saw the arrival in Europe of Tadano’s new Rough Terrain crane the GR 300 EX from Japan, while at the company’s German plant.
Cramo has appointed Erik van Leeuwenstijn as president of Cramo Netherlands and announced new presidents for Cramo Finland and Cramo Latvia.
18.01.2005
Unic Cranes Europe will launch a new 1,000 kg crane which, they claim, will be the worlds smallest, at SMOPYC in Zaragoza, Spain this March.
17.01.2005
UK Forks has promoted its former sales and marketing director Haydn Davies to the positon of divisional director.
The International Powered Access Federation is offering Safety officers the chance to win a pair of tickets to a premiership football match for checking that users of aerial lifts have PAL cards, proving that they have received proper training in the safe use of aerial work platforms.
Volvo Rents has signed a franchising agreement with TE.CO the operator of the Italnolo rental franchises in Italy. There are currently 35 Italnolo outlets across northern Italy.
Veidekke, the Norwegian construction group which until November held 16 percent of Finland’s Ramirent, has liquidated its holding.
Here is a story, which proves that we do not always have our finger on the pulse when it comes to events in the UK access industry, We finally report and congratulate Roger Wickens and Anne James on their not so recent marriage.
16.01.2005
Palfinger delivers its 150,000th crane, a PK 100002 Performance, to Spanish customer Poncal.
14.01.2005
We understand that negotiations are going on between UK platforms and Loxam regarding the purchase of the Ireland Access business by Loxam, while this deal seems to be a fait accompli locally, neither company would confirm the transaction nor comment on it.
Terex, owner of Demag cranes and Genie platforms, has filed fomr 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA disclosing that the accounts for years 2001, 2002 and 2003 contain errors and will need to be restated.
Wumag has delivered its 3,000th truck mounted platform to long time German customer, Schmidt Arbeitsbühnen of Neu Isenburg.
13.01.2005
Nationwide Access has supplied the one of the UK’s tallest scissor lifts to Donkin Roofing for cladding work on a 25-metre high steel framed high bay pallet storage warehouse at Tilbury Docks.
The Construction industry growth statistics from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing managers for December indicate a strong year for 2005, and best of all Commercial Construction shows the strongest pick up.
12.01.2005
HSS has announced the sale of seven of its HSS-RentX branches, effectively breaking up the RentX/HSS business in the USA
11.01.2005
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has confirmed Maxim Crane Works’ plan of reorganisation, clearing the way for the worlds largest crane hire company to emerge from Chapter 11 protection.
10.01.2005
Manitou North America has announced plans to reinforce its sales and marketing team in the USA as part of its plan to increase its market share.
John Gillingham, a veteran of the UK crane industry died suddenly on the 29th December 2004 from a heart attack, he was 73.
A managing director was today sentenced to a 16-month jail sentence for manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, for the death of an employee following a fall due to lack of safe method of work.
Terex Atlas has said that it will be extending production capacity at its German facility in order to meet a recent order from British Telecom for a large number of knuckle boom cranes.
