Manitowoc’s board of directors has elected Glen Tellock as chairman, in addition to his role as chief executive.
14.02.2009
Tanfield, owner of UpRight, Snorkel and SEV Electric Vehicles is to spin off its Electric Vehicle business in the USA.
06.02.2009
Manitowoc crane sales in 2008 were up almost 22% to a new record of $3.9 billion, narrowly missing $4 billion, due to a flat fourth quarter.
29.01.2009
Preliminary results show Palfinger revenues up 14% to €795 million, while earnings declined 31%.
22.01.2009
Max Access, the company that introduced the spider lift to the UK has gone into administration.
18.01.2009
2008 was a record year for Multitel Pagliero with more than 1,000 platforms manufactured.
08.01.2009
Lavendon Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company has issued an interim statement showing revenues up 36% with a “good improvement in margins”.
13.11.2008
Crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has reported nine month revenues up by more than 20%, while profitability slips.
10.11.2008
Trojan Battery has announced a number of new engineering appointments as part of its growth strategy.
04.11.2008
Nine months revenues at Manitowoc crane are up 28%, while operating profits climbed 34%. Third quarter growth is a little slower with revenues up 22% and OI up 24%.
29.10.2008
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company has reached a final settlement with the SEC, closing the long running investigation.
14.09.2008
Altrad, the Montpelier, France, based scaffold and concrete equipment manufacturer, has agreed to merge with Belle, the UK based producer of compact equipment.
12.09.2008
Lavendon, the world’s largest powered access rental company has reported its first half results with revenues up 40% and profits up 43%.
29.08.2008
Southampton, UK, based Selwood Plant has acquired Proplant of Cardiff, its second acquisition in the last two months – the company purchased Glo Hire in July.
18.08.2008
Liebherr has published its final numbers for 2007, which show an 18.45 increase in mobile crane revenues and over 28% for tower cranes.
02.08.2008
Haulotte the French aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer has announced a 12 percent fall in sales to €259 million. Operational profits slumped 40%.
25.07.2008
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has reported a strong start to its new financial year
15.07.2008
Ashtead Group, owner of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK has reported full year revenues up 12% with pre tax profits rising 51%.
24.06.2008
Palfinger is in the final stages of taking over the Elevant aerial work platform division of Wumag
23.06.2008
Essex crane, the Chicago based crane rental company has reported first quarter revenues up by almost 30% to $20.1 million.
15.06.2008
Dutch based rental access rental company Riwal has made an acquisition in Estonia, promoted Jacques Catinot to a new group role and recruited Jeff Eisenburg and Mark Tracy.
04.06.2008
JCB has announced record revenues and profits for 2007 with sales up 30% and profits up 25%.
03.06.2008
Palfinger has reported another strong quarter with revenues up by nearly 29% although profits lagged growing just 11%.
07.05.2008
Spanish rental company GAM, owner of Vilatel, has reported 2007 revenues up 66% to €307.5 million.
27.04.2008
