Hewden, one of the UK’s leading equipment rental companies announced the closure or merger of 22 branches and loss of 213 jobs on Friday.
08.12.2008
A fire brigade is considering legal action after paying nearly £1 million for two combined fire engine/Aerial platforms that it says do not work as intended.
07.12.2008
The latest Kran&Bühne magazine is online and available to download
The second Conexpo Russia, originally scheduled for 2009 has been cancelled, a May 2010 show is now planned.
IPS, the UK based international parts and service company has launched a ‘Winter Care inspection’ for £69.
05.12.2008
A South Carolina contractor has been fined for numerous violations, including the removal of boom stops, resulting in a crane accident this summer.
Socage has signed a co-operation agreement with Chinese company Shenyang North Traffic Heavy Industry Group.
04.12.2008
The curtain came down yesterday on almost 140 years of manufacturing, as the final machine rolled of the line at JCB’s Heavy Products plant.
JLG has placed operator, service and parts manuals for JLG, SkyTrak, and Lull telehandlers online.
Manitowoc has appointed Aspen Equipment as the Grove mobile and Manitowoc crawler cranes distributor for Iowa, Nebraska
Gill Riley of GGR – Unic has won the NatWest –Everywoman Athena award
McNally/Windhoist the Irish based crane rental and wind turbine installation specialist has carried out the first wind job for a Liebherr LTM11200-9.1.
The Access Link, the UK association of independent aerial lift rental companies held its quarterly meeting yesterday at Bravi UK.
Skyjack has issued a service advisory following a recent incident with a nine year old SJ8841 scissor lift.
Manitou has announced the arrival today of Christian Caleca, 50, who takes up the position of chief operations officer.
Spider, the North American based suspended platform specialist has appointed Bill Sherer as district sales representative for its Houston, Texas location.
Eurosupply has completed delivery of an order for 190 Niftylifts to Dutch rental company Boels Verhuur.
OSHA has extended the comment period for its proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction, by 45 days.
03.12.2008
Grampian police have appealed for a mobile crane driver to come forward as he may have witnessed a fatal road accident yesterday.
A man has died after being thrown out of a boom lift while demolishing a building at the SwanHunter ship yard in the UK.
Briggs Equipment has opened a new Contractor Rental and Aerial lift location in Atlanta Georgia and continues to expand.
A rare structural failure on a mobile crane over the weekend dumped its counterweight and snapped its chassis.
Tech Ops, the producer of Sevcon motor control systems for aerial lifts and fork trucks has reported full flat year revenues and lower profits...
Eve Trakway, the temporary roadway supplier, has appointed Lucy Lambertsen as marketing manager.
02.12.2008
