Davies Crane Hire of Carmarthen, South Wales has become the first significant UK crane company to switch to Double Coin crane tyres after an evaluation period.
24.09.2008
A pension fund has filed a class action lawsuit against Oshkosh, owner of JLG, and its chief executive Robert Bohn for violation of federal securities laws.
All voting is now closed and the dates and location for Vertikal Days 2009 have been fixed. Reserve June 24th/25th in your diaries.
23.09.2008
A new access rental and training business, High Reaching solutions, has opened in the English town of Scarborough.
Dordrecht based rental company Riwal celebrated its 40th birthday at the recent APEX show, JLG took the opportunity to present a special birthday present
Havlíèkùv Brod based Trasek TS, has been appointed as the Niftylift distributor for the Czech Republic.
We received a series of photographs yesterday of an amazing climbing excavator.
22.09.2008
Genie executives broke ground at laid the corner stone of its new manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China on Saturday.
World Lift Industries, manufacturers of Falck Schmidt and Denka aerial lifts has applied to join IPAF.
Our first video Death Wish, found by a reader browsing the internet, shows a demolition project where safety is of no concern.
Mike Wishart and Access Rentals, the Telford, UK, based aerial lift rental company that he headed, have parted company.
IPAF’s photo competition will end on September 30th, but there is still plenty of opportunity to win one of the latest iPhones all you need do is email a decent photo of an aerial lift.
21.09.2008
UK based GGR-UNIC will open the first CPCS-accredited testing centre for the new A66 operator training category for compact cranes under 10 tonnes.
The USA Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced that it will go ahead and publish the draft of the new rule for cranes in construction.
Manitowoc UK will move into its new premises this week and be open for business at the new facility on Monday September 29th.
Manitowoc has obtained antitrust clearance from the European Commission for the acquisition of food equipment company Enodis clearance in the USA is progressing according to plan.
20.09.2008
We can now confirm that Allan Access, the UK based vehicle mounted sales and rental company has gone into administration.
19.09.2008
Cargotec, owner of Hiab has issued a profits warning due to slower sales from loader crane company Hiab.
A man has been injured after the boom of a crawler crane collapsed at the point Depot development in Dublin.
Manitowoc has appointed BLE, currently the Grove distributor for Belgium, as the dealer for Potain self-erecting cranes in the country..
Brian Parker of AFI-Uplift the UK access rental company, has taken on additional Health & Safety, environmental and quality responsibilities.
18.09.2008
At a lower height than some of our examples of inappropriate access equipment but a pallet and fork lift is not the way to go.
A small taster of products at the APEX show
A man working at a nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, was electrocuted when his aerial lift touched overhead power lines yesterday.
