Baton Rouge based rental company H&E has reported nine month revenues up over 13 percent, while profits slipped 10 percent.
09.11.2008
Two BT engineers (UK) were stuck some 15 metres up for over an hour last week after their boom lift broke down.
The boom of a crawler crane working on the Dubai Metro collapsed onto the Sheikh Zayed Road causing traffic chaos yesterday.
We have received a quantity of photographs of a Mantis crawler crane that went over but do not know where and when.
08.11.2008
The boom of a crawler crane collapsed at a plant in Kansas after the operator over luffed it – safety switches may have been bypassed?
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has announced the first international awards aimed specifically at the access industry.
07.11.2008
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has posted nine month revenues up almost 17%, while profits dipped 18%.
Manitou has reported sales of over €1 billion for the nine months to the end of September, almost 7% up on 2007
IPS the UK based international parts and service company has officially announced the opening of IPS Espana, a joint venture with Spanish manufacturer Matilsa.
06.11.2008
ANAPAT the Spanish aerial lift rental association held an extraordinary general meeting today to discuss the deteriorating market in Spain.
The first two German rental companies to buy Matilsa self propelled booms were in Zaragoza today to see their units on the production line.
JLG has launched a series of extended warranties of up to five years for its North American customers.
The mayor of Hoorn officially opened Holland Lifts new production and service facility yesterday.
05.11.2008
A man was seriously injured in Rome Georgia on Tuesday after the ‘bucket truck’ he was working from tipped after an outrigger punched a hole in the grass.
Skyjack has appointed Herc-U-Lift of Maple Plain, Minnesota as a dealer for its complete VR telehandler product line.
A Rough Terrain crane working on a road improvement project in Norwich Connecticut tipped over trapping the operator in his cab and closing the road.
TTS the Norwegian based container handling and marine crane manufacturer has reported a 71% increase in its 9 month revenues and issued a highly positive outlook.
Structure Flex of the UK and Bash-P of the UAE have agreed a joint venture to manufacture of a substantial fleet of proof testing bags, ranging from 5 to 35 tonnes for use across the Middle East.
Skyjack sales for the first nine months dipped by almost 7% while profits are down 40%, the third quarter was more severe with revenues down 21%.
04.11.2008
Trojan Battery has announced a number of new engineering appointments as part of its growth strategy.
Fagioli, the Italian based heavy transport, and lifting group has ordered two large Liebherr crawler cranes, a 750-tonne LR 1750 and a 1,350-tonner LR 11350.
This report is amazing in that it comes from the same job in which an unmanned boom lift tipped over a couple of weeks ago.
The fire-fighter who led the rescue of the tower crane operator whose crane collapsed in Croydon lat year has received a bravery award
HSS Hire, one of the UK’s largest general rental companies has been re-awarded with Type B accreditation from the UK Accreditation Service.
03.11.2008
