Sany America has established a finance programme with GE Capital for distributors and end user customers.
22.09.2011
UK based international rental company Lavendon has appointed Don Kenny as chief executive, with effect from 1st October.
A besotted man in eastern China rented a crane and platform in order to propose to his girlfriend – bad idea.
21.09.2011
Kerry Stokes/Seven Group has made a A$150 million bid for the third of the National Hire they do not already own.
Four men died when a 70 metre tower crane collapsed in Guangdong Province, China late on Tuesday afternoon.
The UK Safety Assessment Federation has appointed Peter Milton, as its new chairman.
Terex Cranes has appointed McClung-Logan Equipment as distributor for Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Washington DC.
French rental company Bleu Blanc has purchased 20 new JCB telescopic handlers.
Chinese equipment manufacturer Sinoboom has confirmed that will launch new product ranges next year.
UK-based Cumberland Industries has won another order to supply truck mounted platforms to Iraq.
Belgian boom and trailer lift manufacturer SkyHigh NV has been declared bankrupt and has closed its doors.
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Deep cycle battery manufacturer Trojan has formed an alliance with Palladium Energy to develop lithium batteries.
20.09.2011
Dutch rental company Gunco has unveiled its new identity following its acquisition by TVH in February.
Terex has appointed Scott Wine of snowmobile and quad bike manufacturer Polaris Industries as a director.
Spotted in the Wirral in the UK, a cobination of scaffold tower ladders and plank that breaks all the rules.
German based tower crane specialist Baukran Logistik has added Wolffkran tower cranes to its fleet.
Heddle Construction of Orkney in the north of Scotland has taken delivery of a 220 tonne Liebherr crane
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Netherlands based Sijtsma Groep has taken delivery of a new Bronto S61XDT mounted on a FMX Volvo chassis.
Manitou has appointed Henri Brisse as vice-president, sales & marketing across all brands and regions.
A reader in Poland has sent us information on a scissor lift accident in the centre of Gdansk last week.
A large loader crane overturned in Heerde, the Netherlands today after one of its outrigger beams snapped.
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Netherlands based Boels Verhuur has ordered 310 Niftylift aerial lifts,
Telehandler and access equipment manufacturer Manitou has issued its first half earnings report.
19.09.2011
A truck crane overturned in Shreveport, Louisiana yesterday, dropping its boom onto a retirement home.
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