JLG has confirmed today that it has completed the purchase of equipment, tooling, and intellectual property of Caterpillar's telehandler product line.
29.11.2005
A-Plant, the UK rental division of Ashtead, has agreed a five year sole supply deal with the Birse group
07.11.2005
Stirnimann AG, the Olten based distributor for Grove, Potain and JLG has been purchased by investor Burkhard Lichtner
22.10.2005
Franky Mulliez, the founder of Kiloutou, Frances second largest rental company, has sold 51% of the business to Sagard for €170 million.
21.10.2005
Snorkel International has purchased its production facilities in Elwood Kansas from the company’s previous owner, Textron.
20.10.2005
Sunbelt, the American subsidiary of the Ashtead Group has acquired Northridge Equipment, with five locations in California.
18.10.2005
Telehandler manufacturer, Manitou has announced The acquisition of Hangzhou Irisman MH Equipment a producer and distributor of IC powered fork trucks.
13.10.2005
Loxam, Frances largest rental company has purchased Alpina, the Rouen based specialist access rental company owned by Patrick Hivet.
25.09.2005
Michielsens and Van de Weghe, Belgium’s two largest crane and access companies, are to merge their crane fleets
14.09.2005
A major package of cranes, telehandlers and trailers belonging to KBR’s Nigg yard has been sold by tender. The question is to Whom?
06.08.2005
The Gamble family has sold Gamble Jarvis Plant Ltd to a group of midlands based investors.
01.08.2005
Ashtead, parent of Sunbelt in the USA and A-Plant in the UK, has reported strong improvements in all three of its divisions for the year ended 30th April 2005
11.07.2005
David Price, chairman of Lavendon, Europe’s largest aerial lift rental company has announced that he will retire and leave the company later this year.
05.07.2005
Following the retirement of Gary Lorenz, 4 point Lift Systems has been sold to a group of long time associates.
Ron Defeo, chairman and CEO of Terex has resigned from the United Rentals board of directors, in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
27.06.2005
Palfinger the acquisitive Austrian crane and access company has purchased 100% of Ratcliff Tail Lifts Ltd, giving it UK market leadership.
14.06.2005
VP the parent company of UK Forks and Hire station, saw operating profits for the year to the end of March, rise by12 percent to £10 million, on revenues up eight percent to £90 million .
09.06.2005
Terex crane sales increased by 43 percent and Genie aerial sales by 60 percent, but margins have been squeezed by material cost increases.
31.05.2005
Mateco AG, the German based powered access company, has posted a 2.9 percent increase in revenues to €37.8 million. Returning to the levels last achieved in 2002
30.05.2005
Actuant parent of Enerpac, the heavy lift and hydraulics specialist, has acquired UK based Hydratight Sweeney
27.05.2005
JLG has released its fiscal third quarter results, they show revenues for the nine months up by 52 percent on last years record revenues to $1.17 billion.
25.05.2005
Kobelco cranes recently completed its first full year as an independent entity within the Kobe steel group. It has now published its results, plans and forecasts.
24.05.2005
Ashtead has acquired the Southern Florida operations of HSS RentX for approximately $1.7 million,
23.05.2005
Terex Corp, the owner of Terex-Demag and Genie, has released a statement regarding its first quarter results. Revenues are expected to be up by around 35 percent to $1.4 billion. The company expects to finally release its numbers towards the end of the month.
15.05.2005
