Dozens of you are still sending us information on PSS the UK crane and access company, part of which is due to go into liquidation this week.
13.01.2009
Omme Lift has launched a new 27.5 metre working height spider platform
JCB makes further cut backs and calls for government action to free up credit and accelerate infrastructure spending.
12.01.2009
A 41 year old man died near Tulsa yesterday, after being struck and pinned by a boom he was trying to remove from a crane he was working on.
Cargotec, owner of Hiab says that it has opened negations for temporary lay-offs of around 900 staff at its Raisio and Tampere facilities in Finland.
Glyn Goodwin has joined the Southern Plant division of Ballyvesey Holdings parent of the Montgomery Group of Northern Ireland.
11.01.2009
Lifting Gear Hire of Bridgeview, Illinois, has announced plans to expand its coverage in the Eastern United Sates.
UK based AJ Access has added a number of new Genie booms and scissors to its fleet.
10.01.2009
Ronan Mac Lennan has joined Genie Europe’s aftermarket division from Easi UpLifts.
West Sussex-based Southern Cranes and Access continues to expand
09.01.2009
Snorkel is to launch a new 65 ft straight boom platform with jib
Oil&Steel will launch a new tracked platform at the ARA/Rental show in Atlanta on March 3rd
Terex has told Fantuzzi that it has terminated its plan to acquire the group’s port equipment business, although discussions continue.
08.01.2009
Following our report earlier this week regarding counterfeit Tadano truck cranes in the Middle East, we have reports of units arriving in Australia.
Manitowoc has updated its 2008 numbers today and provided a preliminary forecast for 2009.
Perkins Engines has appointed Gwenne Henricks as its new president, replacing Hans Haefeli who moves to CAT.
2008 was a record year for Multitel Pagliero with more than 1,000 platforms manufactured.
A crane operator has died two weeks after falling into Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans
The UK Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute three companies and an individual for the fatal scaffold collapse in Milton Keynes in 2006.
BilJax, now part of the Haulotte Group, will two launch new products at the ARA/Rental show in Atlanta on March 3rd
07.01.2009
Ritchie Bros auctioneers will be holding its first ever, six day unreserved industrial auction in Orlando, Florida next month.
Since we posted a report on the liquidation of UK contract lift and training company PSS we have had numerous calls from readers. Updated:
A tower crane collapsed at one of South Africa’s new football stadiums on Sunday causing some damage but no injuries.
Niftylift has appointed Saleh & Abdulaziz Abahsain Heavy Equipment as its sole distributor for Saudi Arabia.
06.01.2009
