Ashtead, owner of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in the USA, has appointed a new non-executive director
08.06.2007
VP the UK based telehandler to tool hire company saw revenues rise by 22 percent to £122 million in the fiscal year to the end of March 2007.
07.06.2007
A photographer on the scene of the Croydon tower crane accident, caught the whole thing on camera as it happened.
In the USA the Association of Crane and Rigging Professionals has voted for the development of a new self-erecting tower crane standard.
Rogue hauliers face fines and vehicles immobilised under new safety measures.
A new design of re-usable safety overshoes is now available
A new study has shown that double cycling of harbour cranes is more efficient.
The Port of Tyne has ordered two portal harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology.
Pon has confirmed its acquisition of Milcon and the management role af the Van Mils.
This time of years birds are hatching their chicks, cranes and aerial lifts can be ideal nesting sites.
Delegates at yesterday's Crane Safety 2007 conference in London unanimously agreed that all tower cranes sold in the EU should be subject to a third party inspecton.
06.06.2007
The famous Swan Hunter cranes on Tyneside in the UK, are to be dismantled and sent to India.
Ramirent, the Finnish based rental company has acquired KMB Stavební Servis, a telehandler rental company in the Czech Republic.
Transport for London is to use Type Approval data for engine emissions.
The UK's HSE is promoting a ladder exchange aimed at removing 4,000 unsafe ladders from the market.
When the Orient Express needed a safe form of access for craftsmen working on its Pullman carriages, Planet Platforms provided a unique solution.
The Manitowoc Crane Group has appointed three new global product managers.
05.06.2007
This week opened with the crane safety conference in London and the European Rental Association annual conference in Berlin.
Andy Wright has been appointed to the new position of head of Lavendon UK.
Milcon the Dutch based access and forklift rental company has been sold to Pon
Seven Teupen spider lifts are working on 15 degree slopes at the Chill factor, a new indoor ski slope in Manchester.
Ainscough properties has announced new plans to expand its forty-five acre Leyland Business Park at Centurion Way, Leyland.
A volunteer was killed last Thursday and a teacher injured when an aerial lift being used for an experiment collapsed.
04.06.2007
MEC Aerials has appointed a new general manager for its manufacturing division
