A man died yesterday in Pennsylvania when the crane he was working next to touched overhead power lines.
19.02.2008
UK equipment rental company Hewden has been nominated for two categories at the British Excellence in Sales and Marketing Awards
AFI, the UK based access rental company, Ainscough and the Specialist Hire Group have all made the Top 100 list of private equity funded companies with the fastest growing profits.
18.02.2008
Speedy Hire the UK’s largest general rental company has issued a positive third quarter trading statement
Vp (Vibroplant) the owner of UK Forks and Hire Station has issued an interim trading statement
JLG has won a $25 million telehandler deal wit the U.S.Navy for 197 MMV units.
Peter Hird and Sons the UK based Crane and access company celebrated 25 years in business this weekend.
17.02.2008
UK based King Lifting has concluded the deal to acquire ACE Crane and Engineering of Gravesend, Kent.
15.02.2008
Manitowoc UK has appointed a new product/customer support manager
Here is a little more coverage and a few more photos from the ARA-Rental show, which is over for another year.
A number of the new JLG 680S boom lifts with 4m platforms are in stock.
14.02.2008
Ready-made concrete building manufacturer Juwel is partnering with Emerson Crane Hire to deliver its range of modular buildings.
The collapsed Forest Hill, South London crane will be dismantled and taken to the HSE's Buxton laboratory.
Hiab has opened a state-of-the-art crane-testing centre at its loader crane production facility in Hudiksvall, Sweden.
Two telehandlers ended up in an unusual position as one toppled into the other in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
Lloyd Spalding said goodbye to the access industry at this years ARA/Rental show as he moves in to retirement.
Graham Dobbs, of Nottingham based software supplier inspHire has joined the board of the Hire Association Europe.
13.02.2008
We now have more information on the 24 year old steel fixing labourer who died whilst using a Genie platform on a site at Eurocentral in Motherwell.
Here are a few more details of the new Bil Jax PT 10 and Skyjack products at the ARA.
Italian telehandler manufacturer Faresin upgrades models
12.02.2008
A SR100 million (£13.6 million) crane manufacturing facility as part of a Saudi-Turkey collaboration is being set up near Haraaj in south Jeddah.
Finland’s Ramirent has announced its full year 2007 results with revenues up by over 27% to €634 million, pre tax profits rise nearly 43% possibly making it Europe’s largest rental company.
The Rental Show opens today in Las Vegas, and we bring you the first pictures of the New SkyJack 66ft boom and some other new products on display.
Modulift the modular spreader producer has appointed a new marketing specialist.
11.02.2008
