The City of Springfield, Illinois has purchased four Terex Utilities aerial devices with its HyPower system.
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UK based Arnold Plant Hire has purchased three new Merlo 25.6 compact Telehandlers for its fleet.
The latest Cranes & Access and Vertikal Days guide is now online and available to download
UK based Skyking will launch a 12.5m hybrid van mounted lift at Vertikal Days in two weeks time.
Liebherr is hosting a series of customer days at which it will make an ingenious multiple crane lift.
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Italian lift manufacturer Isoli has signed a distribution agreement with Turkish manufacturer Yildizhan.
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Manitex has combined parts from two of its companies to create a tracked 50 ton crane for mining.
Tower crane specialist Wolffkran has unveiled an all new flat top hydraulic luffing jib crane – the 166B.
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Terex has announced a new Terex Port Solutions division and is branding harbour cranes as Terex Gottwald.
Wisconsin, USA based crane and access distributor Dueco has appointed Marikris O’Grady as executive vice president.
Equiport has delivered an additional six Terex TFC 46 M reach stackers to Tecondi, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Heavy lift specialist Mammoet has taken delivery of a 40 tonne Sennebogen 643R telescopic crawler crane.
Strong winds in Perth W. Australia took the luffing jib of a tower crane onto the roof of a hospital
Cargotec has warned that lower margins in its Terminals business will result in lower profits in 2012
UK based crane rental company Ainscough has acquired Plymouth based West Country Crane Hire
CTE has won a 266 unit /€10 million order for 15 -27m truck mounted lifts for the Iraqi ministry of electricity.
Lavendon has transferred an 84m Ruthmann truck mounted lift from its German operation to the UK.
A man was thrown to his death after the truck mounted work platform he was working from struck a bridge.
PASMA has launched its Tower Week which is being held in the UK this week at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
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Japanese crane and access manufacturer Tadano has fired a vice president at Tadano America for embezzling over $9 million.
Socage has issued a statement regarding production disruptions at its plant in San Felice, after an earthquake.
Socage has added three distributors in South America, through its Brazilian Joint Venture - Guiton Socage.
10.06.2012
A Rough Terrain crane overturned on a road in Mississippi on Friday, the operator was injured.
Possibly the worst case of forgetting to stow a boom before taking to the road that we have ever seen.