We have recived some excellent photos of Halloween pumpkins with aerial lifts and telehandler carvings.
03.11.2008
JLG has reported a 12% fall in revenues and a 56% fall in profits for its fourth quarter to the end of September.
Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes and Kalmar reach-stackers has acquired 80 percent of two CVS service companies in Italy.
Power-Lift the German based access equipment distributor celebrated its fifth anniversary this weekend.
Kalmar has won a new five year contract to supply its Rough Terrain Container Handler/Reach stackers to the US Army.
Nationwide Access, the UK’s largest aerial lift rental company and Lavendon sister company, The Platform Company, have officially merged into Nationwide Platforms as of this morning.
02.11.2008
Vertikal.Net posted four new records in October, with 4.5 million hits, 91,000 visits, 1.3 million pages viewed and 143GB of bandwidth consumed.
Spotted in West Yorkshire, this is one of the worst we have seen in the UK, not just one ladder but two.
United Rentals, the world’s largest rental company which operates the largest aerial lift fleet is planning to close a further 30 locations after revenues fall 11%.
Aberdeeen, UK, based EnerMech, has acquired the crane division of Norwegian based Bjørge ASA.
Hertz Equipment Rental says that it has increased its short term rental rates in the USA and Europe by 10%.
4 Hire, a new access equipment rental company in the channel island of Jerseyhas purchased a number of Haulotte aerial lifts.
31.10.2008
Bronto boosts revenues by 25% and boosts its order book by 32 percent, while profits fall 8 percent.
An operator fled a site in Salisbury, North Carolina yesterday after the telehandler he was using tipped over.
A roofer was spotted yesterday in Wolverhampton, UK, using his vehicle and some add-ons to work at height
JLG is launching a new standard series of quick fit attachments for all three of its North American telehandler brands.
30.10.2008
Instant UpRight, the alloy access tower manufacturer has appointed Santiago (Santi) Araya as its district manager for South America.
Harsco Access services which includes SGB and Hünnebeck and Modern has reported nine month revenues up by over 16% and profits up by over 18%.
Sennebogen's new production facility in Germany is now open.
Haulotte has appointed a new account manager for the South of the UK
The First Grove GMK5170, the 11th off the production line, has arrived in New Zealand and joining the McLeod Cranes fleet.
We published a report earlier this week about a boom lift accident in New Zealand. We now have all the details.
29.10.2008
A tower crane operator in Bellevue, Seattle used the view from his cab to help police catch an escaped felon.
11 construction workers have died and 12 injured when a “container” transporting them to the bridge fell after a cable snapped at a site in Southern China.
